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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of posts here recently about major and concern distress. Why would non-wealthy or trust fund families ever let their kid major in something like philosophy or history?

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The point of college is social mobility. Why would you intentionally hamper that with a humanities degree? No judgement, just wondering. [/quote]

The point of college is intellectual development. Social mobility may or may not follow. But it’s more important to me than money.[/quote]

More delusions from the 1%[/quote]

Are you kidding me? My mother never had much money (and at one point right after her divorce I got reduced lunch at school) and PP’s comment perfectly describes what she taught me. Yes she wanted me to get a job but based on how I was raised I always figured that a job can come from anywhere (trade school, family business, graduate program, etc) but your undergraduate years are your big opportunity for intellectual development.

This isn’t how you think and that’s okay but a lot of people think otherwise. [/quote]

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