Most regretted majors and least regretted majors

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

Indeed and ironically this shows a lack of the critical thinking skills that all the liberal arts worshipers claim they got with muh liberal arts degree.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

Indeed and ironically this shows a lack of the critical thinking skills that all the liberal arts worshipers claim they got with muh liberal arts degree.

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I have always found that the best critical thinkers and employees (and the hardest workers) tend to be Physics/Computer Science/Applied Math/Statistics majors. Engineering comes at a close second. Natural sciences at a third.

The vast, vast majority of the humanities majors I see have an awful work ethic and little to no ability to think critically. I am always amused when DCUMers post that their Philosophy degree taught them to "think critically in a way that you can't with STEM."

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^And yet, here you are using sweeping generalizations and conformation bias to argue a point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^And yet, here you are using sweeping generalizations and conformation bias to argue a point.

DP. As are Libarts majors claiming to be “critical thinkers.”

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I'd be careful becoming a CS major right now or I'd be sure to have another minor.

If you are a good test taker, want comfortable and safe long-term money, and care about general prestige, go pre-med. The upside is more limited but docs will continue to do well and the AMA has a lot of power!

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Anonymous wrote:I'd be careful becoming a CS major right now or I'd be sure to have another minor.

If you are a good test taker, want comfortable and safe long-term money, and care about general prestige, go pre-med. The upside is more limited but docs will continue to do well and the AMA has a lot of power!

Why be careful for a CS major?

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Anonymous wrote:I'd be careful becoming a CS major right now or I'd be sure to have another minor.

If you are a good test taker, want comfortable and safe long-term money, and care about general prestige, go pre-med. The upside is more limited but docs will continue to do well and the AMA has a lot of power!

Why be careful for a CS major?

I'm not the PP to whom you're responding but: There are tons of CS majors right now, both in and freshly out of college. Not sure I'd call it a glut, but there are just so many of them. And despite what you read on DCUM, being a CS major does not translate magically into walking into a high-paying job right out of college -- some parents here insist that's the case but it's just not. Source: My spouse who is a high-level IT manager and hires CS graduates. And other types of grads as well, many of whom weren't CS majors but still are fantastic at their jobs and often are better rounded employees.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd be careful becoming a CS major right now or I'd be sure to have another minor.

If you are a good test taker, want comfortable and safe long-term money, and care about general prestige, go pre-med. The upside is more limited but docs will continue to do well and the AMA has a lot of power!

Why be careful for a CS major?

I'm not the PP to whom you're responding but: There are tons of CS majors right now, both in and freshly out of college. Not sure I'd call it a glut, but there are just so many of them. And despite what you read on DCUM, being a CS major does not translate magically into walking into a high-paying job right out of college -- some parents here insist that's the case but it's just not. Source: My spouse who is a high-level IT manager and hires CS graduates. And other types of grads as well, many of whom weren't CS majors but still are fantastic at their jobs and often are better rounded employees.

DP agree. I work in tech.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd be careful becoming a CS major right now or I'd be sure to have another minor.

If you are a good test taker, want comfortable and safe long-term money, and care about general prestige, go pre-med. The upside is more limited but docs will continue to do well and the AMA has a lot of power!

The chance of being admitted to a medical school is slim. Not to mention the cost and time involved compared to a CS undergrad degree.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

Indeed and ironically this shows a lack of the critical thinking skills that all the liberal arts worshipers claim they got with muh liberal arts degree.

+1000

I have always found that the best critical thinkers and employees (and the hardest workers) tend to be Physics/Computer Science/Applied Math/Statistics majors. Engineering comes at a close second. Natural sciences at a third.

The vast, vast majority of the humanities majors I see have an awful work ethic and little to no ability to think critically. I am always amused when DCUMers post that their Philosophy degree taught them to "think critically in a way that you can't with STEM."

With engineering, you are solving actual problems, not just theoretical ones.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

Sociology is 90% bs.

Criminology at least teaches you useful things that can be applied in many contexts, not just to become a police officer.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

Indeed and ironically this shows a lack of the critical thinking skills that all the liberal arts worshipers claim they got with muh liberal arts degree.

+1000

I have always found that the best critical thinkers and employees (and the hardest workers) tend to be Physics/Computer Science/Applied Math/Statistics majors. Engineering comes at a close second. Natural sciences at a third.

The vast, vast majority of the humanities majors I see have an awful work ethic and little to no ability to think critically. I am always amused when DCUMers post that their Philosophy degree taught them to "think critically in a way that you can't with STEM."

With engineering, you are solving actual problems, not just theoretical ones.

Social sciences today is not about solving problems, even abstract ones.

It's about creating them.

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So for a kid who isn’t good at math, and is strongest in writing, history, and political science, what would be the best major to pursue? Psychology? DH did go with information systems even though he was weak in math, and it has actually worked out reasonably well for him since the field has such high demand, but I don’t think our kids want to go that route.

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting that criminology is one of the least regretted majors and sociology is one of the most regretted. Almost all of the criminology classes are sociology classes. A criminal justice degree is a waste of 150k because you don't need need the degree to get a job as a police officer. Furthermore, college doesn't give you any of the skills it takes to do the job, so big waste of time/energy/money.

No education is a waste. The belief that college is a trade school is a relic of lower and lower middle class origins of our immigrant forebears.

Sorry that made more sense when you didn’t graduate with 5-6 figure student debt and housing was affordable without a college degreed professional job.

Sorry. You want trade school go to Lincoln Tech. It is possible to go to a decent college and get a real education that changes everything for you without 5-6 figure student debt.

That depends a lot on your individual situation. Is college going to cost you 200k or 50k? You can call it trade school if you want, but if you aren't learning any skills relevant to your job, I'm not so sure it's a good deal. It's an antiquated and elitist view to think that taking a bunch of gen ed classes will make you a good citizen and a well rounded person.

Indeed and ironically this shows a lack of the critical thinking skills that all the liberal arts worshipers claim they got with muh liberal arts degree.

+1000

I have always found that the best critical thinkers and employees (and the hardest workers) tend to be Physics/Computer Science/Applied Math/Statistics majors. Engineering comes at a close second. Natural sciences at a third.

The vast, vast majority of the humanities majors I see have an awful work ethic and little to no ability to think critically. I am always amused when DCUMers post that their Philosophy degree taught them to "think critically in a way that you can't with STEM."

My experience as well.