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This is just my random Q for people who think liberal arts degrees are useless.
Are you saying even Harvard graduates with say, American Studies major can't secure a job in current economy?
I studied abroad with people who went to top schools like UChicago, Cornell, and my own (Brandeis University)- all with broad liberal arts majors that we paired with hard skills (language, technical, etc) and internships/volunteering/studying abroad, and all still unemployed.
It's a sign of the economy more than the worth of the degrees themselves.
This is just my random Q for people who think liberal arts degrees are useless.
Are you saying even Harvard graduates with say, American Studies major can't secure a job in current economy?
What kind of job? They could probably find a job somewhere in some university but I think soon even universities might be affected financially and face some cut backs on spending. We don't see that yet - but it could be around the corner at least in some places.
What would you guys suggest for a high school senior who will be going to college next year (University of Texas at Austin) to pick for a major?
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Stay the heck out of science. Many years of hard training for a benefitless $15 to $20 an hour. I'm currently seeking a job completely unrelated to my major but it's a longshot.
Stay the heck out of science. Many years of hard training for a benefitless $15 to $20 an hour. I'm currently seeking a job completely unrelated to my major but it's a longshot.
That goes against everything our generation's ever been told.
I feel like you get to pick one of two truths: any major's good if you're incredibly passionate about it, or, no major's good since they're all gonna lead to low-paying or outsourced jobs.
That goes against everything our generation's ever been told.
That's because it's politaclly correct to say scientists are invaluable and we need more of them. Companies especially like having a surplus of science majors that can pay blue collar wages to. Just ask yourself: when was the last time they called for more lawyers, marketing executives, and mutual fund managers, investment bankers etc.
If science was such a great career they wouldn't have to sell it so hard.
Stay the heck out of science. Many years of hard training for a benefitless $15 to $20 an hour. I'm currently seeking a job completely unrelated to my major but it's a longshot.
Science by itelf isn't too useful unless you want to be a professor or high school teacher. It's best to study science for an actual job such as engineer, physician, clinical laboratorian.
For a lot of job fields today, a college education is like trade school, it's not about getting some degree and then being considered smart enough to be employed in any variety of jobs, it's a strict line-up of courses you take or you're wasting your time. I'm not sure why it's become that.
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