What was your undergraduate major? Did you enjoy it? Does it relate to what you do now?
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Anonymous
| English, and yes, I still use it every day (writing/editing at work, not just speaking English, which I also do every day). |
Anonymous
| Writing and History for my BA. International Affairs for my MA. I work in philanthropy and hate it and the countdown is on to starting my PhD in Political Science in the fall. |
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English (major) and Psychology (minor).
I had a job months prior to graduation from college in marketing and recruiting. Stayed in recruiting/marketing/sales/human resources for a decade until I quit to pursue my dream job of being a SAHM. I most definitely use my degree daily, not only at home, but in my board position at a charity. |
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Anonymous
| Really, really gratified to see such a great commitment to the liberal arts in the responses here. I majored in an obscure offshoot of 20th century philosophy (think post modernism, but not quite) and I loved it. It was hard, and it taught me reading and writing skills I use all the time. I'm a lawyer and I am happy I didn't major in economics or political science or something more obviously "pre-law." |
Anonymous
| International Relations then MPH. Life's work. I love it but if I did it over again I would have become a clinician of some sort. |
Anonymous
| Loved computers, and majored in computer science. Still doing it today, in a situation that gives me very flexible hours. I see my kids a lot every day, then do a lot of work while they're asleep at night. |
Anonymous
I'm a clinician and would love to do something in International Relations. The grass is always greener on the other side. Sigh..... |
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Double major AeroEng and Math. Then Master's in EE. I work for one of the Big 3 Defense Companies now. Not sure i'd go down that road again.
Maybe medicine instead. |
Anonymous
I Went to a school with an Aerospace program - you must have been a glutton for punishment  .
I earned a bachelor's in chemistry. Worked in a lab for a year and realized it was a dead end, so I went back and got a master's in accounting. My first year's salary as an accountant/financial analyst was higher than what they were paying some of the senior scientists at the place I used to work, sadly enough. The problem solving skills that I learned as an undergrad were helpful in my new career. I'm a SAHD now due to health reasons, but I try to share as much of my knowledge about science and analytics with DD, who's interested in a STEM occupation. |
Anonymous
| Biology. I loved it but hated the chemistry and statistics. Wish I learned those better. Now I run a research lab and have to look this stuff up all the time. So yes I use what I learned and should have learned. |
Anonymous
| Philosophy. Considered law school, but went back to grad school in philosophy and am now a professor. So, I definitely use it every day! |
Anonymous
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French literature. Ended up as a …French literature professor! So it was very useful. Also, my students use the skills they learn in the major in all kinds of jobs and careers (international law, development, business, public health, ext)-- and not juts the French language but critical thinking and excellent writing skills.
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Anonymous
Philosophy. 
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Anonymous
I also got a degree in journalism and have been a working (knock on wood!) journalist for the past 35 years. The business is changing so much, though. I'll be lucky if I can stay in the business for another 13 years until retirement. I do love the business, in spite of its many flaws. |