College
Dear For Love & Money,I am the oldest daughter of three siblings. I’m three years older than my brother and 12 years older than my sister. We have a great, tight-knit family, and my parents have always showered us with love.However, my issue is that my parents have changed their…
It felt like someone was stabbing me in the stomach.At the time, there were plenty of halfway reasonable explanations why my stomach might be hurting. Maybe it’s a cold. Maybe I have the flu. Maybe this is just me getting used to college food. Or maybe I just got punched…
Meta was cofounded by a college dropout — and so was its latest acquisition.Ji Yichao, the cofounder and chief scientist of Manus, the AI startup snapped up by Meta, shared two pictures on X: one of his younger self behind a laptop, and another of a young Mark Zuckerberg, seemingly…
AI has become one of the most popular fields in tech. The people working in it didn’t all follow the same path to get there, but for some, college played a crucial role in their success.For one AI startup engineer, returning to school provided an opportunity to explore what an…
Lively college towns are pinnacles of American higher education.The communities immediately surrounding college campuses can define what a student’s college experience looks like, from having access to restaurants and bars to meeting students from nearby institutions.When it comes to choosing a college or university to attend, location can be just…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Mei, 20, a small-business owner from Australia. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I turned 15, like all my friends, I wanted to get a job at a café to earn money. But my father pushed me to…
“Are you coming to the 9 o’clock service with us?” I asked my 22-year-old son. It was a Saturday night, a month or so after he had moved home after graduating from college.”Actually, I’m going to check out the Catholic church,” he replied.I paused. The fact that he wanted to…
My fifth and final kid is a senior in high school, which means it’s time for graduation, award nights, and most importantly, the college application process.At a recent college night presentation, I met with a high school counselor. They gave all parents a startling message: You’re not in the driver’s…
I was surprised when my daughter told me she wanted not only to attend college but also to pursue medical school. She even planned out her prerequisite classes, residency, and potential debt.In our house, we rarely talked about college because I never went. My husband also only did a few…
Don’t count on a college degree to land your dream job in Silicon Valley.Increasingly, founders and tech companies are judging talent by how quickly someone can learn, adapt, and build — not on how long they spent in a lecture hall — reshaping traditional pathways into the workforce.Fei-Fei Li, the…
