It’s nice to know there’s so much in life to look forward to.

I guess I am too old because I do remember a brighter future after college.

I have read that for baby boomers, companies sent recruiters on campus and graduating students had to make the hard decision on which of their many job offers to pick from. Did it really work that way? Did people actually graduate with job offers, no student loans and do stuff like buy houses based on their first paycheck?

Totally disagree with above-both my kids graduated with good job offers-which they took-daughter graduated in 2015 business/ marketing/ psychology and son in 2017 engineer. And most of their friends got jobs in their fields too-even an art history major. And they are managing their student debt well. Key seems to be to do internships in your field while in college -after sophomore year, devote summers to that-or work during school year. Many colleges and universities realize this and now help students get internships. Also apply for as many scholarships as possible and always fill out the FAFSA-I am amazed that more families just assume they don’t qualify for financial aid. Yes we paid a lot of money and made sacrifices (no travel, kept old cars, did without stuff-even newer clothes) for our kids to go to college but worth every penny.