College Choice vs Major Choice

[Anonymous]

So Tufts or Notre Dame over Georgia Tech for engineering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's your definition of success, OP?

A child who attains an UMC life (or MC if that’s what they truly want) with little financial support from their parents after graduating by working in a job that they generally like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Tufts or Notre Dame over Georgia Tech for engineering?

I would go to George Tech in that case. But if you ask about Harvard or George Tech for engineering I think everyone would pick Harvard in spite of the much lower ranking of Harvard engineering compared to George Tech. So it depends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both. The college needs to offer a decent program in the major. No one wants wants to hire an engineer from a general LAC, for example. And some majors are extremely specific and only a few schools have a specialized program for it.

But if you are just talking general majors (science, business, history, etc.) then the college matters more than specific major. Companies want people who know how to think, and will train in the specifics of a job.

Yes, those poor Swarthmore grads are struggling.

Never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So Tufts or Notre Dame over Georgia Tech for engineering?

Notre Dame no doubt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Both. The college needs to offer a decent program in the major. No one wants wants to hire an engineer from a general LAC, for example. And some majors are extremely specific and only a few schools have a specialized program for it.

But if you are just talking general majors (science, business, history, etc.) then the college matters more than specific major. Companies want people who know how to think, and will train in the specifics of a job.

Yes, those poor Swarthmore grads are struggling.

Actually many liberal arts grads end up making peanuts teaching at private schools because they can't get jobs anywhere else.

This is not true for Swatties, but any measure.

OMG, are you the poster who keeps braying about Swarthmore? Hint: no one cares.

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Anonymous wrote:Major is most important but make sure DC can get through the program. Many schools have limited enrollment programs to matriculate to a major and that can be hard. JMU is a prime example of a school I would research a lot before enrolling because it is hard to change a major there.

That’s actually major-specific. My son had no trouble switching majors there.