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Back to EpisodesNobody Told You This About College: Student Loans, Burnout, and Whether a Degree Is Actually Worth It
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Robbie went to UC Santa Barbara, started as a biochemistry pre-med student, burned out completely, switched to sociology, and graduated with a degree he freely admits he uses mostly for bar trivia. He's not bitter about it — but he does have some strong opinions about what nobody tells 18-year-olds before they sign up for six figures of debt.
This isn't a college-bashing episode and it's not a "just go, it builds character" episode either. It's the honest middle ground — the one that actually looks at the real problems in the system without pretending there are easy answers.
Topics covered: why not everyone should go to college and why that's okay to say out loud, the predatory reality of student loans that nobody talks about, what Robbie would tell his own kids about higher education, the value of trade schools and alternative paths, and how to think about the college decision without the noise from either political extreme.
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