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[quote=Anonymous]Seriously, this is all about the dominance of engineering as a good source of entry-level jobs and good career prospects. My dad was an engineering and always said it was the easiest way for a smart working class kid like him to break into the middle and upper middle class because the field was much more a meritocracy than business or other fields. The problem is that not everyone wants to be an engineer. I didn't. I was OK in math and my dad used to complain about his job all the time, so it was a big turn off for me. At places like VT, a huge percentage of undergrads are engineering or science majors (maybe half), which schools like UVA and W&M have small engineering and science programs. If you compared business, social science, and liberal arts salaries at mid career at UVA and W&M, I suspect they would be higher than VT. That would be the relevant stat to look at if you were not going into engineering or science. [/quote]
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