Majors for a non-math kid
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Anonymous
| Prob better to put that $ in real estate for the kiddo. |
Anonymous
Recent study showed humanities and social science majors fare just fine career-wise--actually especially well in the DMV. |
Anonymous
| pp was referring to the reco to go to law school if unsure what to do. |
Anonymous
+1 My kids majored in History and International Affairs and both are doing great career-wise here in the DMV. |
Anonymous
+1 Recent grad Government major has a great job, several business major friends are still looking. |
Anonymous
| Following: PPs can tou share the types of jobs your kids have with Govt, History and IA degrees? Did they find them through career office? Are they super competitive requiring top 20 schools? I obviously know nothing about these careers and have a kid interested in all of these subjects. Also, could you share schools? |
Anonymous
| you not tou😀 |
Anonymous
I agree with this. A very forgiving major but a small Jesuit college is not likely to have this option. For others reading this: look to state universities in the midwest. Midwest is what I know. The university needs to have a College of Communications, not just a major - that's when the differences in requirements matter. Appropriate also if the student is weak in foreign language. "Communications" offers lots of latitude to build a course of study with an emphasis on almost anything - anything that is a student strength/interest. |
Anonymous
My husband actually went to a small Jesuit college for communications! But it was in a different part of the country. Don’t count out the small schools. |
Anonymous
My kid went to W&M with a Govt major and she had 3 job offers by graduation--one within the Federal government--found through going on USAjobs. She first went on just on her own and had no luck. But the career office helped her tailor her resume for a government position--very important as they are much more elaborated than business--and then had many responses. The second offer was for a consulting firm that works with the government. They were an on-campus recruiter. The third offer was an international NGO headquartered in DC but involving international travel for half the year--that had a generous per diem subsidy when abroad. This opportunity was connected to research she did with a professor while in college. The offers had salaries between 48k-72k for a recent grad, each with various pathways for advancement and all had really good benefits. She was a good but not standout student (3.2 GPA)--she did paid research work/internships with professors but no other outside internships (the pandemic disrupted her plans, she didn't want to do remote internships and she rescheduled a planned study abroad instead of doing an internship the summer before senior year). We had no family connections to any of these opportunities. |
Anonymous
| Thank you for sharing. We are looking only at in-state schools in MD but I would be thrilled if my son had such success. Congratulations to your kid! |