Humanities Majors

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Anonymous wrote:Popular for people who want to have high student loan debt and no job, lmao.

harsh, but true.

Sociology majors usually need a masters degree to get a decent paying job.

easy to switch when you get to college people...

BINGO!

For those looking for an edge, my social sciences (history, sociology, or poli sci) kid got into a competitive STEM-heavy school. He was an "academic diversity" applicant 😉 according to AO. Srsly, they said they were low on non-STEM boys.

He's adding business minor 2nd year.

Undergrad is the new high school.

Get in first. Judge later.

um.. ok, but clearly they didn't switch to a STEM major. They minored in business; that's not STEM.

It would be incredibly difficult to switch to a highly competitive STEM major from a humanities major in some of those schools.

For example, if you go in as a sociology major to UMD and try to switch to CS major, that would be extremely difficult, more like "not happening".

Not at stanford...and several other places...

Most serious CS majors would rather go to a B rated college than enroll as a sociology major. In any case, a lot of those schools, like Stanford, don't admit based on major. You go in as undeclared. So, that's kind of a moot point.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Popular for people who want to have high student loan debt and no job, lmao.

harsh, but true.

Sociology majors usually need a masters degree to get a decent paying job.

easy to switch when you get to college people...

BINGO!

For those looking for an edge, my social sciences (history, sociology, or poli sci) kid got into a competitive STEM-heavy school. He was an "academic diversity" applicant 😉 according to AO. Srsly, they said they were low on non-STEM boys.

He's adding business minor 2nd year.

Undergrad is the new high school.

Get in first. Judge later.

um.. ok, but clearly they didn't switch to a STEM major. They minored in business; that's not STEM.

It would be incredibly difficult to switch to a highly competitive STEM major from a humanities major in some of those schools.

For example, if you go in as a sociology major to UMD and try to switch to CS major, that would be extremely difficult, more like "not happening".

There's a lot of incomplete info here. Look at the data. Much easier at some schools than others. ofc probably easier at the most selective schools (Brown, Stanford) so your kid needs an uber competitive T10 application with all of the EC/award bells and whistles that are in a different subject/academic area than CS. Only works for kids with real varied interests. Or those that start in 9th grade with this strategy. Or private HS kids with access to lead 3-4 clubs due to school size etc.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/changing-to-computer-science

? That's why I stated "some of those schools".

It's easier to switch at a smaller private, not so much at a larger public.

Yeah public schools would be the backup option. Shoot your shot and aim big.

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Anonymous wrote:Popular for people who want to have high student loan debt and no job, lmao.

harsh, but true.

Sociology majors usually need a masters degree to get a decent paying job.

easy to switch when you get to college people...

BINGO!

For those looking for an edge, my social sciences (history, sociology, or poli sci) kid got into a competitive STEM-heavy school. He was an "academic diversity" applicant 😉 according to AO. Srsly, they said they were low on non-STEM boys.

He's adding business minor 2nd year.

Undergrad is the new high school.

Get in first. Judge later.

um.. ok, but clearly they didn't switch to a STEM major. They minored in business; that's not STEM.

It would be incredibly difficult to switch to a highly competitive STEM major from a humanities major in some of those schools.

For example, if you go in as a sociology major to UMD and try to switch to CS major, that would be extremely difficult, more like "not happening".

Not at stanford...and several other places...

Most serious CS majors would rather go to a B rated college than enroll as a sociology major. In any case, a lot of those schools, like Stanford, don't admit based on major. You go in as undeclared. So, that's kind of a moot point.

lol. ok.
stanford reject.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Popular for people who want to have high student loan debt and no job, lmao.

harsh, but true.

Sociology majors usually need a masters degree to get a decent paying job.

easy to switch when you get to college people...

BINGO!

For those looking for an edge, my social sciences (history, sociology, or poli sci) kid got into a competitive STEM-heavy school. He was an "academic diversity" applicant 😉 according to AO. Srsly, they said they were low on non-STEM boys.

He's adding business minor 2nd year.

Undergrad is the new high school.

Get in first. Judge later.

um.. ok, but clearly they didn't switch to a STEM major. They minored in business; that's not STEM.

It would be incredibly difficult to switch to a highly competitive STEM major from a humanities major in some of those schools.

For example, if you go in as a sociology major to UMD and try to switch to CS major, that would be extremely difficult, more like "not happening".

Not at stanford...and several other places...

Most serious CS majors would rather go to a B rated college than enroll as a sociology major. In any case, a lot of those schools, like Stanford, don't admit based on major. You go in as undeclared. So, that's kind of a moot point.

lol. ok.
stanford reject.

Do you know any serious CS student?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is sociology a popular major?

Its not about popularity but studying what interests you and adding marketable minor and extracurriculars to strengthen your resume.

It’s an easy major. That’s about it.

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Sociology is an extremely data driven field. The sociologists that I know are killer statisticians and survey methodologists.

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I took about 4 sociology classes as electives many years ago. I loved the courses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is sociology a popular major?

No idea on popularity, but my DC graduated in sociology last year. Found a job in the field immediately. Went to LAC. Is a very good writer.

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People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-college-degrees/



Sociology is just above Hospitality & Tourism.

And

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-college-degrees/



Sociology is just above Hospitality & Tourism.

And

Yes, if you do the bare minimum with your sociology degree and are allergic to math, it will be hard to get a job. Big whoop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-college-degrees/



Sociology is just above Hospitality & Tourism.

And

Yes, if you do the bare minimum with your sociology degree and are allergic to math, it will be hard to get a job. Big whoop.

Nothing on that graphic shows what you stated.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-college-degrees/



Sociology is just above Hospitality & Tourism.

And

Yes, if you do the bare minimum with your sociology degree and are allergic to math, it will be hard to get a job. Big whoop.

lol
My husband is a history major. Ended up in banking/finance and runs a business now.
He makes $5-8mm a year.

These stats are for middle income ppl who don’t understand where or how wealth is made in this country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People here who say that sociology is a bad degree for seeking employment must not know much about sociology. It's a stats heavy field and if you go anywhere beyond the intro stats/quant methods courses, you can easily get a job. It may be a bit more difficult for quantitative sociologists.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-salaries-college-degrees/



Sociology is just above Hospitality & Tourism.

And

Are you from an immigrant background?

I ask bc these are the things my Indian immigrant parents would have showed me (political science & English double major here)…now biglaw partner.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is sociology a popular major?

Its not about popularity but studying what interests you and adding marketable minor and extracurriculars to strengthen your resume.

It’s an easy major. That’s about it.

Yep, it's a Mickey Mouse major.