Is advanced education worth? Question: Some people think the qualities a person needs to become successful in today’s world can’t be learned at a university or similar academic institution. To what extent do you agree or disagree? As the resource of education becomes sufficient, more and more people are offered the chance to enter universities to acquire advanced studying. While recently some people have started to question whether college or similar academic institutions can provide the knowledge to help students become successful in society nowadays. This essay will discuss the two opposite opinions, and provide my own perspective. Most of the students only learn basic and general knowledge from primary school to high school. As a result, universities are usually the first place for students to obtain professional knowledge in specific areas, and that knowledge tends to be more related to students’ work and can increase the chance of them to become successful in the future. For example, a survey of graduates from Harvard University reveals that around 76% of graduates consider that the knowledge they learn from college or the same level academic institutes is more useful than the knowledge taught in high school, middle school, or primary school. However, some people disagree with the idea. Universities and education institutes always require students taking a certain amount of major courses and general courses, while forcing students to attend courses they are not interested in might limit the time that student could put in the field they are passionate about. Take the founder of Apple Inc, Steve Jobs, as an example. After quitting the university, Steve Jobs claimed that he could spend more time studying the subjects he like such as calligraphy, and he eventually utilize what he learned from the calligraphy class and design beautiful fonts for Apple’s computer. In the essay, I have discussed the different opinions regarding the question of whether advanced education can help students be successful in the future. In my point of view, university education does empower students abilities, however, students should also know their own interests and passion, so that they can utilize the resources provided by schools to lift the chance of being successful in today’s world.