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上大学到底有没有用？是否有必要把大学读完？下面的故事虽然都发生在美国，但是相信对我们仍有借鉴意义：大学四年里究竟应该收获什么？
Steve Blank是一位在硅谷创业界很有影响力的人物，是8家创业公司的创始人，退休以后常年在加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福大学和哥伦比亚大学商学院讲授创业课程。Steve Blank称很多大学的学科设置和教育体系跟不上当前业界正在和已经发生的变革，很多东西在大学里都学不到。
不谋而合的，Paypal教父Peter Thiel启动了“20 under 20”项目。这个项目简单地说就是挑选20个20岁以下的年轻人，给他们每人两年共10万美元的资金和导师帮助，让他们从事自己的科研或者创业项目。
那大学该怎么上？上到什么时候？这期间应该做些什么？
Mark Suster VC，GRP合伙人
我非常信奉教育的价值，不管是课堂内的还是课堂外的。在大学里，你可以培养自己的独立性，了解自己，结识可能一生都值得信赖的好友，还可以不断的探索知识，追求快乐，尝试各种新鲜事物等。教育就是一个自我发现之旅。
另外，我也很愿意同大家分享：在大学里，我对领导艺术的学习更多的是来自担任同学会主席的职务上，而不是在课堂上；我学习的政治科学比经济学对我后来的事业帮助更大，在对政治科学的学习上，我学会了怎样更好的去进行批判性的思考，也学会了怎样更好的写作，后来我又逐渐培养起了对地理政治的兴趣，使得我期望在不同的地方生活和旅行（接下来的11年里，我在5个不同的国家生活过，在9个不同的国家工作过）。我想，要是我18岁的时候没有培养起这些兴趣，以上这些事都是不可能发生的。
专业和兴趣单一对于有些人来说也许是好事，但是对于其他人来说则不是，事实上对于许多人来说都不是。作为一个人，我们要尽可能的多学知识，我们要学人文科学，要学政治科学，要学经济学等许多学科，这样我们才能变得更加充实而富有内涵。
999%的情况下，只要有学生问我他们是不是应该继续待在学校里学习，我的答案都是“是”。如果你让我给年轻人提建议，我希望他们去考虑那些能够给他们的毕业后的就业增加更多筹码更加实际的学位。但是请务必待在学校，体验学习生活，发现自己，拿到那张能够证明你的学习的学位证。
不过，实际情况是确实会有一些非常“异类”的人。这里有一个例子：我的一位朋友现在正在斯坦福大学攻读联合法学博士和MBA学位。他从哈佛大学毕业，此前曾创办过几家科技公司，我知道无论他选择什么都有足够的才能做出一番重大成绩。而3年前他还对于是继续完成学位还是开始下一段创业生活而举棋不定。他不想从事法律类工作。那时我跟他是这样说的：
你已经有了成功的证明：哈佛大学的本科学位，22岁创业，成功被斯坦福大学法学院和商学院录取。这些已经足够了。今后做任何事都会有这些光环罩着你。事实上成为法学院和商学院的毕业生也不会带给你现在还没有的东西。再说你又不想从事法律类工作，所以你并不需要法学院的这一个关系网络。
此外，你比任何商学院99%的学生都更具有创业精神。你已经有了公司的具体目标，你在课堂上学到的每个知识你都可以在创业过程中学得更好。那么为什么不现在开始创业呢？
视频网站Justin.TV创始人 Justin Kan
Im conflicted on the debate on whether or not young Americans should go to college.
In high school I worked hard to build up a perfect college resumeworked hard to build up a perfect college resume：resume：简历。为升大学准备一份完美的简历。为了考上大学而努力学习的意思。. I got good grades, did lots of activities, and I even sent an experiment into space! When I applied to college, I applied only to the top ten and fortunately, after a few scares, I got into Yale at the last possible moment.
As many alumni often say, getting in is the hardest part about attending an Ivy League school.alumni：校友；Ivy League school：美国常青藤盟校。 Im not saying I didnt work hard, but I definitely worked less and less each subsequentsubsequent：随后的。 year. In my final year I was taking classes two days a week for only two hours a day. Keep in mind that I was a full time student without a job at one of the best universities in the country. Instead of studying, I spent my time:
·Drinking and socializing
·Playing video games
·Working on a calendar website
Today, I am a technology entrepreneur running a middle stage startup.entrepreneur：创业者；startup：新兴公司（尤指新兴科技公司）。 When thinking about the great college debate, Im often inclined to think about how college affected this outcome:
What it didnt do|大学不能给的
A “Mistake” is when something is done once, and learned upon… If it is repeated consistently, its a “Habit”! 只犯一次并吸取教训的错误才叫“错误”；屡犯不止的错误叫"恶习"。
True friends are those who wont feel embarrassed when stay together saying nothing rather than having endless words. 真正的好朋友，并不是在一起就有聊不完的话题，而是在一起，就算不说话也不会感到尴尬。
It didnt teach me any skills relevant to anything Im doing now. I was a Physics and Philosophy major, but from conversations with other friends no one seemed to learn anything useful to their later careers. Most of the foundation in communication, writing, and quantitative reasoningquantitative reasoning：数量推理。 I developed in middle school and high school, and not in college.
It didnt prepare me mentally for startups. College didnt prepare me to think outsidethebox, live the consequences of my own actions, or really exist on my own in the real world at all.
It didnt improve my work ethicwork ethic：职业道德，职业伦理。. While I am a hard worker, college definitely did nothing to improve my work ethic as I found I could get by on relatively little work.
What it kind of did|大学少许能给的
College kind of exposed me to entrepreneurshipentrepreneurship：企业家精神。. We had some business plan competitions, but Yale didnt really have the technology entrepreneurship culture of MIT or Stanford. Later on after graduation I connected with other YaliesYalies：耶鲁人，指与耶鲁大学具有某种关系的个人，其中包括校友、教职员工和其他人员。 who were working on startups, but at the time examples were few and far between.
What it did do|大学能给的
I was in no way mature enough to operate a real business until I was of a postcollege age. In the meantime, it was nice to have a comfortable place with food and smart people to hang out at.
Two of my three cofounders were friends from college, and we definitely couldnt have gotten where we are without each other.
Steve Blank是一位在硅谷创业界很有影响力的人物，是8家创业公司的创始人，退休以后常年在加州大学伯克利分校、斯坦福大学和哥伦比亚大学商学院讲授创业课程。Steve Blank称很多大学的学科设置和教育体系跟不上当前业界正在和已经发生的变革，很多东西在大学里都学不到。
不谋而合的，Paypal教父Peter Thiel启动了“20 under 20”项目。这个项目简单地说就是挑选20个20岁以下的年轻人，给他们每人两年共10万美元的资金和导师帮助，让他们从事自己的科研或者创业项目。
那大学该怎么上？上到什么时候？这期间应该做些什么？
Mark Suster VC，GRP合伙人
我非常信奉教育的价值，不管是课堂内的还是课堂外的。在大学里，你可以培养自己的独立性，了解自己，结识可能一生都值得信赖的好友，还可以不断的探索知识，追求快乐，尝试各种新鲜事物等。教育就是一个自我发现之旅。
另外，我也很愿意同大家分享：在大学里，我对领导艺术的学习更多的是来自担任同学会主席的职务上，而不是在课堂上；我学习的政治科学比经济学对我后来的事业帮助更大，在对政治科学的学习上，我学会了怎样更好的去进行批判性的思考，也学会了怎样更好的写作，后来我又逐渐培养起了对地理政治的兴趣，使得我期望在不同的地方生活和旅行（接下来的11年里，我在5个不同的国家生活过，在9个不同的国家工作过）。我想，要是我18岁的时候没有培养起这些兴趣，以上这些事都是不可能发生的。
专业和兴趣单一对于有些人来说也许是好事，但是对于其他人来说则不是，事实上对于许多人来说都不是。作为一个人，我们要尽可能的多学知识，我们要学人文科学，要学政治科学，要学经济学等许多学科，这样我们才能变得更加充实而富有内涵。
999%的情况下，只要有学生问我他们是不是应该继续待在学校里学习，我的答案都是“是”。如果你让我给年轻人提建议，我希望他们去考虑那些能够给他们的毕业后的就业增加更多筹码更加实际的学位。但是请务必待在学校，体验学习生活，发现自己，拿到那张能够证明你的学习的学位证。
不过，实际情况是确实会有一些非常“异类”的人。这里有一个例子：我的一位朋友现在正在斯坦福大学攻读联合法学博士和MBA学位。他从哈佛大学毕业，此前曾创办过几家科技公司，我知道无论他选择什么都有足够的才能做出一番重大成绩。而3年前他还对于是继续完成学位还是开始下一段创业生活而举棋不定。他不想从事法律类工作。那时我跟他是这样说的：
你已经有了成功的证明：哈佛大学的本科学位，22岁创业，成功被斯坦福大学法学院和商学院录取。这些已经足够了。今后做任何事都会有这些光环罩着你。事实上成为法学院和商学院的毕业生也不会带给你现在还没有的东西。再说你又不想从事法律类工作，所以你并不需要法学院的这一个关系网络。
此外，你比任何商学院99%的学生都更具有创业精神。你已经有了公司的具体目标，你在课堂上学到的每个知识你都可以在创业过程中学得更好。那么为什么不现在开始创业呢？
视频网站Justin.TV创始人 Justin Kan
Im conflicted on the debate on whether or not young Americans should go to college.
In high school I worked hard to build up a perfect college resumeworked hard to build up a perfect college resume：resume：简历。为升大学准备一份完美的简历。为了考上大学而努力学习的意思。. I got good grades, did lots of activities, and I even sent an experiment into space! When I applied to college, I applied only to the top ten and fortunately, after a few scares, I got into Yale at the last possible moment.
As many alumni often say, getting in is the hardest part about attending an Ivy League school.alumni：校友；Ivy League school：美国常青藤盟校。 Im not saying I didnt work hard, but I definitely worked less and less each subsequentsubsequent：随后的。 year. In my final year I was taking classes two days a week for only two hours a day. Keep in mind that I was a full time student without a job at one of the best universities in the country. Instead of studying, I spent my time:
·Drinking and socializing
·Playing video games
·Working on a calendar website
Today, I am a technology entrepreneur running a middle stage startup.entrepreneur：创业者；startup：新兴公司（尤指新兴科技公司）。 When thinking about the great college debate, Im often inclined to think about how college affected this outcome:
What it didnt do|大学不能给的
A “Mistake” is when something is done once, and learned upon… If it is repeated consistently, its a “Habit”! 只犯一次并吸取教训的错误才叫“错误”；屡犯不止的错误叫"恶习"。
True friends are those who wont feel embarrassed when stay together saying nothing rather than having endless words. 真正的好朋友，并不是在一起就有聊不完的话题，而是在一起，就算不说话也不会感到尴尬。
It didnt teach me any skills relevant to anything Im doing now. I was a Physics and Philosophy major, but from conversations with other friends no one seemed to learn anything useful to their later careers. Most of the foundation in communication, writing, and quantitative reasoningquantitative reasoning：数量推理。 I developed in middle school and high school, and not in college.
It didnt prepare me mentally for startups. College didnt prepare me to think outsidethebox, live the consequences of my own actions, or really exist on my own in the real world at all.
It didnt improve my work ethicwork ethic：职业道德，职业伦理。. While I am a hard worker, college definitely did nothing to improve my work ethic as I found I could get by on relatively little work.
What it kind of did|大学少许能给的
College kind of exposed me to entrepreneurshipentrepreneurship：企业家精神。. We had some business plan competitions, but Yale didnt really have the technology entrepreneurship culture of MIT or Stanford. Later on after graduation I connected with other YaliesYalies：耶鲁人，指与耶鲁大学具有某种关系的个人，其中包括校友、教职员工和其他人员。 who were working on startups, but at the time examples were few and far between.
What it did do|大学能给的
I was in no way mature enough to operate a real business until I was of a postcollege age. In the meantime, it was nice to have a comfortable place with food and smart people to hang out at.
Two of my three cofounders were friends from college, and we definitely couldnt have gotten where we are without each other.