Colleges removing useless majors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was an English major. Now I’m a lawyer and I write a lot. I don’t think my major was useless but I guess wtf do I know?

+1. Political science and philosophy double major. I am a practicing attorney. My undergrad degrees, more so than my law school experience, shaped me into the lawyer and human being I am today.

My DD wants to be an English major. She's also a singer. So Voice and English. You English majors are fantatically interesting people who can communicate well. Half the people I work with cannot communicate clearly..writing, speaking. And they are college graduates.

Also, my DD has friends going off to these fancy schools for engineering and computer science. When she works with them on group projects, they can't spell or write good sentences.

Hooray for English and other liberal arts majors!!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If OPhad bothered to read the first entry they would know that Low enrollment was the cause of Marymount’s decision

But OP thinks English isn’t valuable. Lol

Considering OP is probably from a Russian troll farm, that tracks.

True.

[Anonymous]

I really hate that OP tried to qualify these as "useless." Maybe undersubscribed in this day of both valid and of shortsighted conclusions about ROI. Can you report without burning something you clearly have no experience in?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We will end up in a society with technology that we cant control or regulate and diplomats that cant talk to each other and teachers that cant teach needed skills to our kids.

My business major kid and CS+Design major kid get plenty of education in communication and writing.o
They do a lot of group work for collaboration and teamwork, presentation, critique, etc.

An English major can also choose a minor in business/informatics/computers/design.
Best of both worlds.

I went to business school. We didn't write nearly as much as the English majors, which I regret now.

[Anonymous]

There are no useful or useless majors, just more revenue producing and less for college's point of view.

[Anonymous]

Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was an English major. Now I’m a lawyer and I write a lot. I don’t think my major was useless but I guess wtf do I know?

+1. Political science and philosophy double major. I am a practicing attorney. My undergrad degrees, more so than my law school experience, shaped me into the lawyer and human being I am today.

My DD wants to be an English major. She's also a singer. So Voice and English. You English majors are fantatically interesting people who can communicate well. Half the people I work with cannot communicate clearly..writing, speaking. And they are college graduates.

Also, my DD has friends going off to these fancy schools for engineering and computer science. When she works with them on group projects, they can't spell or write good sentences.

Hooray for English and other liberal arts majors!!

Those are actually the most well rounded of our employees, and fine writers, but perhaps it depends where you work. I am sorry for your contempt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

You're more sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

Why would you say that???

[Anonymous]

My useful accelerated BS-MD left a lot to be desired. I would've been better off opting for a full undergraduate education before getting locked into trade education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

Why would you say that???

+1

The most useful major I know. Crazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was an English major. Now I’m a lawyer and I write a lot. I don’t think my major was useless but I guess wtf do I know?

You don't need English major to go to a law school, and become a lawyer.
Law school is necessity to become a lawyer, English major is not.

That is not at all what the poster is saying. Can you read?

Gee, I wonder why some posters seem to lack…critical thinking skills!

Exactly what I was thinking.

[Anonymous]

Whatever major you are good at, is not a bad major. Whatever major you are able to secure viable employment with, is even better - but that often requires several factors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

Why would you say that???

There is a reason most top schools (even ones with a business school) don't offer or recommend a business major for undergrads.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Undergrad business major is a sad thing.

You're more sad.

+1 I was an undergrad business major in a low rated state school, and I've been making six figures for 20 years. I know of a history major, a STEM major, a few English majors, all at better rated schools making half of what I make. It's not necessarily your major. It's what you do with your major and how hard you're willing to work.