And since we are, is it worth going to college? Obviously the answer is yes. Without colleges, without universities, our knowledge of the world would be less and therefore our ability to develop more limited. Knowledge is power, as they say. And we are so quickly useful, as soon as we have the title of someone who is already an engineer, architect or doctor, we stop. This is what is called a success strategy, as opposed to maximization strategies. By success I mean that when we reach a sufficient, satisfactory level for some job we let ourselves be trained and have to work. But one of the biggest takeaways from going to college is self-confidence, think of college as the next step into the real world. Living together with colleagues most of the time but on your own schedule, living alone, setting your own schedule, being responsible for your own tasks, are all things that help prepare you for adulthood in the relatively lenient atmosphere of campus. If we worked in a maximizing way, we would not stop studying when it is enough, we would stop when we reach the best of our ability. And utilitarianism, as we bitterly see, is only valid as a short-term strategy. If we only focus on minimum coverage, we don't get very far. In the long run, it's a good idea to maximize. College is much more than spending time in class working towards a diploma or simply good grades. In the process, he meets new people for whom they will become very important