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The relevance of major is directly correlated to rank/prestige of school if you control for networking/getting hooked up with a job by someone you know.

A dance major at jmu or umd or even uva is not getting a job at a bulge bracket investment bank.

but yes, major becomes a bit more irrelevant if you go to hyps.[/quote]

I think that, even with lesser schools, the same phenomena that allows HYPS kids to end up at Goldman with an dance major can be observed if the student is smart, motivated, and circumstances play along.  I know a bunch of people from my time at UVa who majored in music and ended up at ivy med schools, sociology and went to HYS for law school, and even a classics major who runs a division at a systems integrator.  Networking, personal drive, etc all play bigger parts than the degree a few years after college.

My advice: major in something you actually enjoy and plan to go to grad school or professional school of some kind.[/quote]

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