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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why I never understand the families where they are so obsessed with their kid going to a top 20 university and then said kid majors in something like English. I rather my kid go to Penn State and major in Mechanical Engineering.[/quote]

I think you are missing the point.  Just because your kid goes to Penn state and majors in ME, doesn’t mean in a terrible economy someone will hand them a job because they went to Penn Sate and majored in ME.  The English major could be a double major, could be planning on law school/grad schoo, could be planning to teach etc. No matter what they study there are so many other steps along the way of grades, internships, networking, knowing how to find and interview for a job etc., being willing to move where the jobs etc. and even then there are no guarantees. There are few fields in 2026 where graduating in the field is literally enough to guarantee a job, excluding service academies.

It’s less stressful with college admission because you know at the end of the day there is somewhere and a path if they want to go to college.  There isn’t the same with the job market where there is definitely a path to work in their field at a livable wage within x amount of time of graduation.[/quote]

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