College Grads Regret Majoring in Humanities Fields

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Anonymous wrote:Investment banking, medical schools, law schools and management consulting have high percentage of humanities majors.

Investment banking =Must attend target schools usually top 15-20
medical schools = Humanities majors lack the requisite courses (organ. chem, physics etc.) to apply to med schools (also need 3.92+ GPA)
law schools = Must go to top 10 or bust now days
management consulting = Look at IB answer.

BS

Plenty of humanities majors go to medical school. All that is required is the core/required courses (10-12 courses). Med schools would rather see someone who majors in something they love and take the requisite courses for med school than someone who just majors in Bio because it covers all prerequisites (or most).

https://www.aamc.org/media/6061/download

Oh yeah, "plenty" of humanities majors go to medical school. Looks like a whopping 3% of applicants majored in humanities. Good luck to those folks who majored in "something they love" LMAO.

Meanwhile 58% majored in bio. Hmmm yeah looks like med schools don't want to see those boring old bio majors.

Only 36% of bio majors that applied got accepted. 44% of Humanities majors were accepted.
Only 36% of people who applied were accepted overall. So biology majors were just average.
Humanities has the highest overall acceptance rate of any category. Seems like they did well majoring in "something they love". Statistically a much higher chance of getting Med school acceptance as a Humanities major.

Because other than the requisite courses for med school, all those other easy humanities courses helped with the gpa compared to STEM majors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Investment banking, medical schools, law schools and management consulting have high percentage of humanities majors.

Investment banking =Must attend target schools usually top 15-20
medical schools = Humanities majors lack the requisite courses (organ. chem, physics etc.) to apply to med schools (also need 3.92+ GPA)
law schools = Must go to top 10 or bust now days
management consulting = Look at IB answer.

BS

Plenty of humanities majors go to medical school. All that is required is the core/required courses (10-12 courses). Med schools would rather see someone who majors in something they love and take the requisite courses for med school than someone who just majors in Bio because it covers all prerequisites (or most).

https://www.aamc.org/media/6061/download

Oh yeah, "plenty" of humanities majors go to medical school. Looks like a whopping 3% of applicants majored in humanities. Good luck to those folks who majored in "something they love" LMAO.

Meanwhile 58% majored in bio. Hmmm yeah looks like med schools don't want to see those boring old bio majors.

Only 36% of bio majors that applied got accepted. 44% of Humanities majors were accepted.
Only 36% of people who applied were accepted overall. So biology majors were just average.
Humanities has the highest overall acceptance rate of any category. Seems like they did well majoring in "something they love". Statistically a much higher chance of getting Med school acceptance as a Humanities major.

Because other than the requisite courses for med school, all those other easy humanities courses helped with the gpa compared to STEM majors.

Fairly certain med school admissions are aware of that and take it into consideration. But it still proves my point that it's smart to major in what you want to. Those Bio majors that don't get into med school won't make that much more than a humanities/social science major. But the H/Ss major may have learned more because they were learning something they enjoyed.

But you do you---and force your kid to major in what you want as well so they can be unhappy

[Anonymous]

Some people love Bio...

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Not everyone is good at math or science or likes it. I hate STEM.

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone is good at math or science or likes it. I hate STEM.

Just like not everyone can get into prestigious school.

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I got decent grades in math and science (even took both AP Calc classes in HS) but STEM wasn’t my strength. I didn’t have any desire to be an engineer or a doctor. Could I have forced my way through? Sure. But I wouldn’t have been happy.

My husband is an engineer/govt contractor. I work in a nonprofit. Yes, he makes more money than I do. Doesn’t matter because I enjoy my job and I like knowing that what I do makes an impact for those in need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not everyone is good at math or science or likes it. I hate STEM.

Right? Not everyone has a clue when it comes to necessary engineering classes. This includes humanities majors who eventually wind up in Big Law.

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Anonymous wrote:Not everyone is good at math or science or likes it. I hate STEM.

Right? Not everyone has a clue when it comes to necessary engineering classes. This includes humanities majors who eventually wind up in Big Law.

That would be me. I was a double liberal arts major in psych and history. I didn't have a clue what I was doing (first gen), but got into Harvard Law, which made my life and that of my husband and children comfortable,. Not rich or wealthy. But comfortable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got decent grades in math and science (even took both AP Calc classes in HS) but STEM wasn’t my strength. I didn’t have any desire to be an engineer or a doctor. Could I have forced my way through? Sure. But I wouldn’t have been happy.

My husband is an engineer/govt contractor. I work in a nonprofit. Yes, he makes more money than I do. Doesn’t matter because I enjoy my job and I like knowing that what I do makes an impact for those in need.

And we need plenty of people like this!! Not everyone can be or should be STEM/Medical. People need to do what they like/love. However, kids choosing majors/careers that pay lower need to know that going in. So don't take 100K+ in student loans if your job will start you at $40K and you will likely never top $95K. And know that you need to live a lifestyle that your income can support. Set your expectations accordingly.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/college-grads-regret-majoring-in-humanities-fields/

Lack of critical thinking in choosing a major which is a very important thing. They focused too much on 'college experience' was

I don't regret my history major one bit. So I do not care what this study says!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got decent grades in math and science (even took both AP Calc classes in HS) but STEM wasn’t my strength. I didn’t have any desire to be an engineer or a doctor. Could I have forced my way through? Sure. But I wouldn’t have been happy.

My husband is an engineer/govt contractor. I work in a nonprofit. Yes, he makes more money than I do. Doesn’t matter because I enjoy my job and I like knowing that what I do makes an impact for those in need.

And we need plenty of people like this!! Not everyone can be or should be STEM/Medical. People need to do what they like/love. However, kids choosing majors/careers that pay lower need to know that going in. So don't take 100K+ in student loans if your job will start you at $40K and you will likely never top $95K. And know that you need to live a lifestyle that your income can support. Set your expectations accordingly.

I was lucky that my parents paid for my undergrad, although it was like $20k/year all in for a fancy private school in the 90s. My husband was military and much of his schooling was covered by the GI Bill, with some covered by his employer near the end.

We have a decent life. Our kids are taken care of and go to good schools. Our home isn't huge or fancy, but we are comfortable. We don't take fancy vacations and much of our vacation time has to be spent visiting my husband's family, anyway (he grew up halfway across the country)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/college-grads-regret-majoring-in-humanities-fields/

Lack of critical thinking in choosing a major which is a very important thing. They focused too much on 'college experience' was

I don't regret my history major one bit. So I do not care what this study says!

Seriously.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/college-grads-regret-majoring-in-humanities-fields/

Lack of critical thinking in choosing a major which is a very important thing. They focused too much on 'college experience' was

I don't regret my history major one bit. So I do not care what this study says!

Seriously.

Yeah. I don't know why people keep coming here looking for this fight. It really betrays their ignorance and their choice of a very narrowly defined view of success. If you like stem, go for it, but no need to bash humanities.

FWIW, I have a humanities degree and made more than my stem spouse, and then we moved and he made more. It's all good.

There's so much more to life than what people think guaranteed earning potential might be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.bestcolleges.com/news/analysis/college-grads-regret-majoring-in-humanities-fields/

Lack of critical thinking in choosing a major which is a very important thing. They focused too much on 'college experience' was

I don't regret my history major one bit. So I do not care what this study says!

Seriously.

Yeah. I don't know why people keep coming here looking for this fight. It really betrays their ignorance and their choice of a very narrowly defined view of success. If you like stem, go for it, but no need to bash humanities.

FWIW, I have a humanities degree and made more than my stem spouse, and then we moved and he made more. It's all good.

There's so much more to life than what people think guaranteed earning potential might be.

I only hear this from people who grew up wealthy. For middle class + poor students, ROI and earning potential are the most important things about college.