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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Underlying all these discussions but rarely stressed…you have to go to one of only like 20-30 schools to see tremendous financial success as an English major.

I doubt even the successful English majors on this thread would encourage their kid to be an English major at Radford or ODU or any o end thousands of different schools.

Hence why so many posts start with “I went to a top 3 LAC”…which is a far different reality for most kids.[/quote]
Can you explain to me how t3 lacs are different? There are maybe a few ten thousand or so Williams or Swarthmore alum alive? It’s not like they have access to more than anyone else. It’s not like Harvard where half the government has graduated for the college- they’re pretty tiny places with little societal importance. [/quote]

They aren’t…but several posts on this very thread started with “I went to a top 3 LAC”…that’s all.[/quote]
Well you said that they’re a “far different reality” what about them? Most of those grads have to go to grad school, cause they don’t go to career-heavy colleges, seems they’re the type of people you should listen to[/quote]

I don’t understand at all what you are trying to say.  My point is you have to attend a top school to pursue any career from undergrad as an English major.  Like a top 1% school…which is all the examples provided in this thread.

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Okay let’s make this easier. Williams or Swarthmore isn’t some household name like Harvard and isn’t gonna get you some Easy top job like Harvard or Yale will. What about it being a top college means we should invalidate the English majors from those colleges when they give you nearly zero advantage in getting a job.[/quote]

Your thesis is flawed…plenty of Williams and Swarthmore kids are recruited for Wall Street and McKinsey and other lucrative jobs because of their reputations.  
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Highly doubtful these are English majors.[/quote]

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