People don't have to go to college to make a lot of money. Look at Richard Branson, Chairman of the Virgin Group. He's a billionaire, yet he was a terrible student, and he dropped out of school when he was sixteen.
A) False dichotomy.
B) Hasty generalization.
C) Argument against the person, circumstantial.
D) No fallacy.
E) Weak analogy.

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This is a hasty generalization because it uses one example of a successful individual who did not attend college to make a broad generalization that people do not need to go to college to make a lot of money. This overlooks the countless other individuals who did attend college and became successful.

People Don't Have to Go to College to Make a Lot