# The 5 year theory. Does it apply to you?

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**Created:** [August 24, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-5-year-theory-does-it-apply-to-you/264843 "2012-08-24T05:35:07Z")
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### Author: ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2012, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-5-year-theory-does-it-apply-to-you/264843/23 "2012-08-26T17:44:21Z")

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> [@Auto Financing - Options?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/auto-financing-options/50564/49):
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> waste of time and money. I went for 3 years, got two degrees I dont use and bought a ton of tools I never use.
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> I went for what I thought I wanted to do but ended up not wanting to do it. I dont know of another major I wouldve picked.

Any god damn idiot can make it through 2 or 4 years of college. If you don’t have what it takes to make yourself stand out from the competition (which keeps growing every year) then yes, it is going to be a waste of money. Plenty of students explore different fields of study through classes and/or internships and work in order to find out what their interests truly are. You’re not just supposed to pick something because it sounded cool when you were a senior in high school and then rush to the finish…

You’re killing me, Pauls.

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