Humanities Majors

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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.

I’m the PP who took sociology electives. What does your DC do? Glad she found a job quickly.

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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.

Why are you monologuing about the way things are at large state schools? No one asked, no one cares.

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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.

Why are you monologuing about the way things are at large state schools? No one asked, no one cares.

+10000

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Sociology, history, poly sci are what all the pre-law kids at my kid's T10 do. More than 50% of pre-law students there matriculate into T14s, and from there it is a much easier bounce to Big Law/big $. These salary graphs do not delineate the ones who go to grad/prof school vs the ones who go straight into employment: show all of the students who go on to get further degrees. Heck we know soc majors who went to med school, make 350-600k.
If the undergrad is a top school, the major does not matter much, as well over half the grads go on to grad/prof school either immediately or in 2-3 yrs

[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

Interesting that drama major is such a high salary?

[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

Interesting that drama major is such a high salary?

The median salary of drama majors is < 50K. The 90%ile of income of those who majored in drama is high - ranging from like $75K to $150K, but that does not mean that 90% of drama majors earn that much. Given that the median income is only $50K, it means that at least half earn below $50K. Of those who earn more than $50K, the top 90%ile ranges from $75K to $150K. I don't know if that chart only shows those people who work in a field that they majored in, though.

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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.

Why are you monologuing about the way things are at large state schools? No one asked, no one cares.

Follow the thread.

Someone up thread stated: "easy to switch when you get to college people..." That is what the response is about. It's not easy to switch majors at large state schools.

Also, data doesn't lie. Sociology majors are underemployed and low paid, unless you have a masters degree.

I have a friend who majored in sociology. Couldn't get a decent paying job, so they got an MBA. Now a CEO of a small company. They admitted that a sociology degree alone is not useful.

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The biggest head start you can get in your career is going to a top college. The major barely matters, just get into a good college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The biggest head start you can get in your career is going to a top college. The major barely matters, just get into a good college.

So true

[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.

Or they simply need to find a job that isn't "sociology specific". There are many jobs that just require "a BA/BS" in something. But you have to search a bit more and market yourself to find those