College Grads Regret Majoring in Humanities Fields

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Investment banking, medical schools, law schools and management consulting have high percentage of humanities majors.

You’re not getting into the first or last options if you’re a humanities major at a state school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/college-grads-regret-majoring-in-humanities-fields/

Lack of critical thinking in choosing a major which is a very important thing. They focused too much on 'college experience' was

No. Used my critical thinking at my slac in liberal arts to get inHarvard Law school. DC is doing the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 24 year old nephew has been employed since 21 and earning $180k+ with a humanities undergrad, his twin sister with STEM undergrad is still trying to get into any third rate medical school. Difference? One loved what he studied and other was just trying to do required prerequisites and get good grades.

Even after getting admitted, four years of tuition and living expenses plus lost wages then 3-6 years of minimum wages in residency and possibly two more years of fellow stipend before she starts earning attending salary. If its a low paying speciality, she is doomed for eternity to pay back loans.

[Anonymous]

I know a ton of underemployed Bio majors, just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a ton of underemployed Bio majors, just saying.

Without a master's you are not going to get far in Biology.

There is a glut of pre-meds that never make it into med school who chose Biology without a plan B. They are not really into Biology it was just means to a perceived easier route to med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a ton of underemployed Bio majors, just saying.

Without a master's you are not going to get far in Biology.

There is a glut of pre-meds that never make it into med school who chose Biology without a plan B. They are not really into Biology it was just means to a perceived easier route to med school.

+1 if you weren’t acing AP Chem, AP bio, AP Calc, and getting 1550+ on your SAT in high school, there’s no way you can just turn it around and ace orgo, do all the med ECs and get into a good med school. It’s odd that people can’t see early on whether someone is med school material or not.

[Anonymous]

My husband has an engineering degree from Mason (he is a vet who did his degree part time while working and starting our family) and had to do group projects.

He would hand the write ups to me, the "lowly" humanities grad, to edit because these folks couldn't write a sentence to save their lives.

His favorite teammate was the one who couldn't stop reminding people he went to TJ.

My husband was a much better writer than some of his teammates on these projects, and that is saying something.

All this to say - the world needs humanities majors. Not everyone wants/desires to be an engineer, computer scientist, lawyer or doctor.

I thought I was going to go into Ed Policy (daughter of educators with no desire to be a teacher), but wound up in fundraising for nonprofits. No, I'm not making a ton of money, but I enjoy what I do and I am good at it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband has an engineering degree from Mason (he is a vet who did his degree part time while working and starting our family) and had to do group projects.

He would hand the write ups to me, the "lowly" humanities grad, to edit because these folks couldn't write a sentence to save their lives.

His favorite teammate was the one who couldn't stop reminding people he went to TJ.

My husband was a much better writer than some of his teammates on these projects, and that is saying something.

All this to say - the world needs humanities majors. Not everyone wants/desires to be an engineer, computer scientist, lawyer or doctor.

I thought I was going to go into Ed Policy (daughter of educators with no desire to be a teacher), but wound up in fundraising for nonprofits. No, I'm not making a ton of money, but I enjoy what I do and I am good at it.

+1

NP. I hear you, PP. My spouse wishes all these IT programming experts he manages had had a better dose of writing in their educations. They can program all day and night but are terrible at talking to their client about what the client needs, and terrible at explaining anything to the end users, who are not a bunch of fellow programmers. Nearly every profession needs for people to be able to explain what they do, but many programmers, engineers, even MDs, are all tech knowledge, with no ability to translate what they do for the users and patients whose lives are affected.

[Anonymous]

I'm going to let my child major in a performing art (with a side of a health profession-NOT a med school candidate).

No, I don't plan on supporting said child into old age.

Y'all can kiss my behind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband has an engineering degree from Mason (he is a vet who did his degree part time while working and starting our family) and had to do group projects.

He would hand the write ups to me, the "lowly" humanities grad, to edit because these folks couldn't write a sentence to save their lives.

His favorite teammate was the one who couldn't stop reminding people he went to TJ.

My husband was a much better writer than some of his teammates on these projects, and that is saying something.

All this to say - the world needs humanities majors. Not everyone wants/desires to be an engineer, computer scientist, lawyer or doctor.

I thought I was going to go into Ed Policy (daughter of educators with no desire to be a teacher), but wound up in fundraising for nonprofits. No, I'm not making a ton of money, but I enjoy what I do and I am good at it.

+1

ITA, it's scary how so few can string 2 sentences together!

NP. I hear you, PP. My spouse wishes all these IT programming experts he manages had had a better dose of writing in their educations. They can program all day and night but are terrible at talking to their client about what the client needs, and terrible at explaining anything to the end users, who are not a bunch of fellow programmers. Nearly every profession needs for people to be able to explain what they do, but many programmers, engineers, even MDs, are all tech knowledge, with no ability to translate what they do for the users and patients whose lives are affected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a ton of underemployed Bio majors, just saying.

Because anyone knows that a BS/BAin Biology leads to low level, grunt work and that you really need your PHD or masters to utilize the degree to its fullest extent. So be a Bio major, but take a data analytics minor (if med school or the like isn't your path). But a Bio degree alone is not the best choice, unless you like grunt work in a lab at low pay.

But even a little bit of research will tell a potential bio major this. That is why pre-med students should major in what they like, and then fit in the prerequisites. Because Bio isn't the best "fall back " major if you don't make it in medicine or change your mind

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a ton of underemployed Bio majors, just saying.

Without a master's you are not going to get far in Biology.

There is a glut of pre-meds that never make it into med school who chose Biology without a plan B. They are not really into Biology it was just means to a perceived easier route to med school.

+1000

[Anonymous]

My husband is a scientist. He makes 125k for a biotech company. Most of my friends majored in the humanities/soft social sciences and make as much or more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm going to let my child major in a performing art (with a side of a health profession-NOT a med school candidate).

No, I don't plan on supporting said child into old age.

Y'all can kiss my behind.

Who is said child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My husband has an engineering degree from Mason (he is a vet who did his degree part time while working and starting our family) and had to do group projects.

He would hand the write ups to me, the "lowly" humanities grad, to edit because these folks couldn't write a sentence to save their lives.

His favorite teammate was the one who couldn't stop reminding people he went to TJ.

My husband was a much better writer than some of his teammates on these projects, and that is saying something.

All this to say - the world needs humanities majors. Not everyone wants/desires to be an engineer, computer scientist, lawyer or doctor.

I thought I was going to go into Ed Policy (daughter of educators with no desire to be a teacher), but wound up in fundraising for nonprofits. No, I'm not making a ton of money, but I enjoy what I do and I am good at it.

+1

NP. I hear you, PP. My spouse wishes all these IT programming experts he manages had had a better dose of writing in their educations. They can program all day and night but are terrible at talking to their client about what the client needs, and terrible at explaining anything to the end users, who are not a bunch of fellow programmers. Nearly every profession needs for people to be able to explain what they do, but many programmers, engineers, even MDs, are all tech knowledge, with no ability to translate what they do for the users and patients whose lives are affected.

Another NP, I hear you as well. My husband transitioned to Tech Marketing (has a STEM degree and was programming in Tech before), he is doing very well for himself, but struggles with writing. He is taking Udemy courses to become a better writer. My kids both want to go into STEM and are in public school. We supplement reading and writing with extra classes in elementary and middle to make sure they have a good foundation. I will encourage them to take AP classes in Language and Literature in High School along with advanced STEM classes. I feel most of the future jobs would be at an intersection of two fields, and having a decent humanities education along with spectacular STEM education would be very valuable.