Do college name and fame matter?. People are afraid of the college tag…
By: Swati Tripathi
Tags: Failure, College Entrance Exam, Exam, College, Success

People are afraid of the college tag they carry. They fear that if they weren’t able to go to a famous college, they will never be able to achieve success or money in life. Is this reality? If not, then why people are so disappointed and afraid that they lose hope for their future. Sadly, many even end their life if they don’t crack college entrance examinations. Is taking such extreme measure really worth it? Or will it help in any way if you just carry this disappointment in your heart?

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Colleges are the most important part of any student’s life. What a person learns in college is usually the foundation of that person’s career. Due to this reason, many students and their parents are very particular in deciding which college they want. College entrance examinations are also no joke for many people whether in India or anywhere in the world. They prepare really hard to get into the college of their dreams.

However, the reason behind this endeavour is blinded by people’s assumptions. People assume that a famous college is a door to their guaranteed success. This assumption is a mistake for sure.

Success in life is not guaranteed by the college tag that you carry. Proof to this can be obtained easily if you search on the web. Search about the people who made it big without ever going to a famous or any college. There is a huge list that you can find if you are willing to.

There are people from famous colleges who are making it big but it doesn’t mean at all that it’s because of their college’s fame. It’s their own efforts that helped them. Ask the people who went to Harvard or IIT, are they not working hard? Why are they working so hard if their college is already so famous? Ask yourself then, are you working as hard as they do? Are your skills equal or better than theirs?

The truth is that people are not afraid by the college they got admission into; they are afraid of the hard work that they may be expected to do. They are afraid to take responsibility for what went wrong and to accept the truth. Whatever may be the reason behind not getting into good colleges, right now if you are sad about it, you are just doing injustice to yourself.

The chance that you missed to go into the best college is just like a missed ball in cricket. Why don’t you get over this? Why not get excited about the sixes that you can hit out of the next ball i.e. the opportunities that life will throw at you? The help that you are expecting to get from the fame of your dream college is so small that it can be compensated with your hard work.

It’s always easy to say, “I didn’t get a good job or salary because my college was not good enough”.

It’s always easy to blame college for one’s career difficulties in life. People who do it are weak. They can be strong and achieve great things only if they stop right now and start taking responsibility and action for hard work that is expected. You can find thousands of faults in your college. But, can you find a single reason to be grateful to a college that accepted you and is trying to groom you for your career in the best possible way they believe?

Your college may not be able to give you resources and opportunities that perhaps your dream college is giving. But since this one road is blocked, are you just going to brood over it? Is complaining about this, the solution? Are you not going to take other roads that are available? This doesn’t mean to overlook the faults of your college; this means that you must acknowledge those faults, accept it, and search for ways that can fill those gaps.

If one door is closed, widen your horizons so that you can see other open doors that were waiting to be seen.

Consider your college name in the same way, perhaps your college doesn’t have the fame but it does have the ability to provide you with the help to get expertise in your field. You will never rely on your college’s fame if your skills are good enough. Your path to success can never be blocked if you focus on the skills that your career requires.

Even if your college was best in the world but your skills are poor, why a company will bother to hire you? The truth is that if you really love your work, career or job that you are supposed to do, you will have a fun time working hard and becoming the best in your field.

If you really are among the best in your field then why would a company let go a person like you? Will college name really matter to a company over the skills you have? Can a company really survive if they start hiring by fame and losing the real gems? What is your opinion on this? You must think about it.