Universities might be bloated, wasteful, and expensive, but I don't think I would recommend to any kids that they skip college and take a major gamble for only $100,000. Sure, one or two of these idea kids might make it big, but the rest will do nothing. With a good college degree you can easily make $100,000 in less than two years.
Differentiating between good and bad ones may be a large part of the issue.
you can easily make $100,000 in less than two years
This where I have to disagree, especially if you're talking about $100k net, that is, in addition to paying off the extra college costs for those (less than) two years.
Moreover, I think the context of the OP is that the grant being offered is to disrupt by building something of value. Ideally, at the end of the 3-4 years (what it would take to finish college and earn the afformentioned $100k), one is left with much more value in what one built and possibly even much more money in the form of further investment. In the worst case, one is left with extremely valuable, arguably more so than a degree and a couple years of employment, experience.
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Universities might be bloated, wasteful, and expensive, but I don't think I would recommend to any kids that they skip college and take a major gamble for only $100,000. Sure, one or two of these idea kids might make it big, but the rest will do nothing. With a good college degree you can easily make $100,000 in less than two years.
With a good college degree
Differentiating between good and bad ones may be a large part of the issue.
you can easily make $100,000 in less than two years
This where I have to disagree, especially if you're talking about $100k net, that is, in addition to paying off the extra college costs for those (less than) two years.
Moreover, I think the context of the OP is that the grant being offered is to disrupt by building something of value. Ideally, at the end of the 3-4 years (what it would take to finish college and earn the afformentioned $100k), one is left with much more value in what one built and possibly even much more money in the form of further investment. In the worst case, one is left with extremely valuable, arguably more so than a degree and a couple years of employment, experience.