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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Forgot a few more:

Neighbor’s kid went to Harvard and majored in Philosophy. Yikes! He graduated a few years ago and moved to the PNW to be an “environmental educator” (whatever the hell that is) because he couldn’t get a real job post-grad.

But sometimes state school kids drop the ball. A friend’s DD is super smart. Turned down 3 Ivies for UMD on Banneker (donut family). She is majoring in Classics and English, and my friend told me that she wants to be an academic in the humanities. I told her that her DD should be prepared to not be able to find a job — the market for professors in the humanities is awful. And the kid wouldn’t even take my suggestion to at least minor in CS or Data Analytics (or anything useful!).  [/quote]

This child needs a Ph.D. before she knows whether she can make it. If she doesn't, she could teach in the public schools. It's a respectable job that has job security and great benefits, and there is opportunity to supplement teaching income with tutoring. [/quote]

It would be sad to see such a bright girl end up as a public school teacher. [/quote]

Not for her students.

In my experience with outcomes, (a third of my high school graduating class went to ivies), your computer science/med school pipeline is a crock. A lot of kids who go to demanding schools take a pause year after to spend some time in the real world before getting serious about their careers. Everyone I know who went to an ivy for graduate school (about 15 people) did it after spending time teaching English in a foreign country, working as a waitress, with a puppets, whatever. Everyone I know who didn't go to an ivy for grad school (even more people), also took a pause before finding their feet.

While it's true there's a certain set of people who get recruited and go to work in IB or tech or consulting or whatever straight after undergrad, most don't. By your own admission, I think your kids haven't finished school yet?

Try not to be mean if they want to spend a few months in their old room working at Starbucks just to decompress. [/quote]

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