Post College 2025 and 2026

[Anonymous]

Given the collapse of graduate programs, peace corps, Fulbright and consulting forms as well as other programs, what are college graduates looking at for options this year and next?

[Anonymous]

law school?

[Anonymous]

Probably the stupid gig economy. Future seems so dismal for the young gen. I am sending my kids of to Europe so they can explore their options there as well.

[Anonymous]

Things are going to be rough for these kids for a while, I think. Encouraging my kid to study the classics, history, to read great books, seek beauty. Can’t control the world out there, but a person can control the contents of their mind and the quality of their attention.

Some Viktor Frankl is probably in order right about now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things are going to be rough for these kids for a while, I think. Encouraging my kid to study the classics, history, to read great books, seek beauty. Can’t control the world out there, but a person can control the contents of their mind and the quality of their attention.

Some Viktor Frankl is probably in order right about now.

Giving the same advice. And I love "Man's Search for Meaning!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things are going to be rough for these kids for a while, I think. Encouraging my kid to study the classics, history, to read great books, seek beauty. Can’t control the world out there, but a person can control the contents of their mind and the quality of their attention.

Some Viktor Frankl is probably in order right about now.

Giving the same advice. And I love "Man's Search for Meaning!"

Yes, agree! It was required reading for all freshman at my college back in 1992.

[Anonymous]

My DS is planning to join a presidential campaign pre-midterms to help us unseat the ruling party that is propping up to this corrupt and destructive president!

Vote them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:law school?

Law schools had record applications this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:law school?

30% increased in apps at Stanford this year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:law school?

https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/law-school-application-increase-job-market-623bb314

The number of applicants to the nation’s nearly 200 law schools is up 20.5% compared with last year. Georgetown law alone received 14,000 applications to fill 650 spots, while the University of Michigan Law School now has more applications than at any point in its 166 years of existence.

[Anonymous]

Law school, phD programs saw a huge increase the past two cycles including the current one finishing. Med school was already peaked for a few years and stayed up. The cuts in programs across all fields will scare away future phD applicants but the job market is not great either. Law and Med will be relatively unaffected and apps will go up. Med is a much harder pivot and increase will be tempered.
Interest in expensive masters programs at lower tier schools will i crease as well. The good masters—the fully or partly funded ones that cost less than 25k after funds—are seeing the same cuts as phD programs and apps will drop when students realize the chance for funding is low.

[Anonymous]

Many PhD programs are also being defunded. I see an interest in jobs that require professional certification for future security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Things are going to be rough for these kids for a while, I think. Encouraging my kid to study the classics, history, to read great books, seek beauty. Can’t control the world out there, but a person can control the contents of their mind and the quality of their attention.

Some Viktor Frankl is probably in order right about now.

I love this so much. My DC is freshman and just decided they wanted to major in English. In the short time they have been away at their SLAC (please hold the snark - you know who you are) they have become so passionate about learning. Learning in general. With AI, who knows what the future holds for many of our kids. Our kids’ future is not how ours looked at their age. All my friends, regardless of major, had a jobs before or within two months of graduation. All majors - even those deemed useless by many on this site. We are now in a very different time. Oh, and before you attack the English major, I majored in English and went on to get an MBA at a top 10 business school. I treasure my undergraduate education in the humanities to this day and it has served me well. Anyway, I loved the sentiments of the PP. Well said.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps a job would be in order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things are going to be rough for these kids for a while, I think. Encouraging my kid to study the classics, history, to read great books, seek beauty. Can’t control the world out there, but a person can control the contents of their mind and the quality of their attention.

Some Viktor Frankl is probably in order right about now.

I love this so much. My DC is freshman and just decided they wanted to major in English. In the short time they have been away at their SLAC (please hold the snark - you know who you are) they have become so passionate about learning. Learning in general. With AI, who knows what the future holds for many of our kids. Our kids’ future is not how ours looked at their age. All my friends, regardless of major, had a jobs before or within two months of graduation. All majors - even those deemed useless by many on this site. We are now in a very different time. Oh, and before you attack the English major, I majored in English and went on to get an MBA at a top 10 business school. I treasure my undergraduate education in the humanities to this day and it has served me well. Anyway, I loved the sentiments of the PP. Well said.

Do you see the irony ?