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[Diggles]

I'm going to college for IT so i can be like Rogean!

[Awwalike]

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I knew you were still alive Pac!

[Kabilos]

I can tell you from personal experience that if you are going to want to work in the IT field you don't necessarily need the certs. But on the other hand you don't need the degree either.

I've worked with those that have one over the other and some that have both. My personal experience I am getting more by having both a 2 year Networking degree and a 4 year Information Security degree and no certifications.

I would highly advise staying away from "For Profit" schools like DeVry, ITT Tech, Dunwoody, Phoenix, Capella and a slew of others.

If you are strongly considering a for profit school I would highly recommend you check out on Netflix "Schools for Profit" documentary first. The schools seem awesome at first but they soon lose their luster when you have signed the paper work.

If I could go back and do my college over, I would have went to a local college that was not "for profit". Granted now I have 2 degrees, I am also sitting on 90K in student loans. I could have done the same thing at the big state university for a fraction of the cost.