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As a (former) employer, I can tell you that participation in team sports meant more to me than a college degree.
That aside, if you choose a university that doesn't have a physical campus (Phenix comes to mind), your potential employer will know that you didn't go to a "proper" university. Will that matter? Probably to some of the uppity, hoidy-toidy snobs. I doubt it will matter to entry-level employers.
I would say that anything you can do to better yourself can only help.
Good luck,
Michael
And...as a current employer, what I care about is...that you care.
To educate yourself.
Where it came from, I couldn't care less.
When I was a kid (before electricity and multilane highways), I was going to a local community college, taking a variety of courses, none of which amounted to anything as to a sheepskin; music, accounting 101, speech, sociology, PolySci, basket weaving I'm sure.
10 months in I got a call from my "Guidance Counselor".
She called me in and proceeded to explain to me that I was taking courses that didn't much amount to anything, some did, and if I took "thus and such", "in 2 years (I) could have a (some kind of starter) degree that would allow me into a real college where I could get a real degree".
I asked her why I'd want that and she said "so you can get a job".
I said "I don't want a job, I came here to learn stuff...if I wanted a job, shouldn't I have gone to the Employment Security Dept.?".
She explained to me that "at some point (I) will want a job, and a degree will be important in" obtaining same.
I said "Well, I see it differently, I came here to learn stuff...if I'm missing any of the items I need, I'll hire those people....I just want to learn stuff....the stuff I've signed up for". Whereupon she made clear that "the chances of you being successful in business lie somewhere between not at all and....hardly".
We spent another 45 minutes or so with her explaining that I needed to take bullshit courses so I could have a degree so I could get a job, me explaining I didn't want a job, I'd make my own if I really felt a need....and then my Dad came in a few weeks later (with her, me and my Dad) and my Dad explained to me that if I didn't follow the Counselors recommendations, he would stop funding my education....at which point, weeks after, I started the first of several businesses, 70% of which have been successful.
Education is where you find it. Even in the streets. Education is what you seek and desire wholly.
A sheepskin is useful if you want to sit at a desk and be a dot on the wall.
There isn't a (decent) business owner on Earth who won't recognize talent....IF the talent shows an ability...moreover, a distinct desire to succeed.
A degree is vital for 99% of the population and...it is important...it's even grounding.
But...the best education on Earth is....Knowledge.
Where you get it is entirely beside the point.
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