Once the dust has settled from prom season, the ACT/SAT scores have been tallied and shipped out, and the acceptance letters have rolled in from just about all of the country, high school seniors all over America are faced with one major question; What college is for me? To take that even more in-depth, a student might even ask themselves IF college is for them, let alone which college suits them the best. Just like any decision, whatever answer that student picks will have its definite positives and for sure negatives. Whether you venture out and decide that it is time to ‘spread your wings’ and fly or decide that the university lifestyle is just not worth it, it is always better to informed than misinformed about what you want to do. When you ask most college students on any campus why they are enrolled in their university, it would probably be very uncommon to hear a student say “I’m here simply because I enjoy education. I love school.” In a fairy tale world, this would be a reality but in this day and age, most students are probably going to mumble around the same thing; college degrees make a larger amount of money than simply a high school diploma. The value of a high school diploma alone is plummeting quickly with each passing year, and leaving many students with a tricky ultimatum; take the risk or go with the ‘safer’ road, being a college institution. In a 2014, study by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan organization that informs the world about political, social and economic information through studies and polling’s of the public, it can be observed that the gap financially is quite large and perhaps the risk may not be worth the fall. Entry level workers, between the ages of twenty-five and thirty-two, working full time hours with at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited university earned roughly 45,500 dollars in annual earnings. On the other end of this spectrum, however, were the participan