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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP is the only purpose of college to get a high paying career? Not to be a well educated person? You realize that’s the purpose of Columbia’s Core right? [/quote] We are not independently wealthy. The main purpose of college for all but the 1% is to get a stable high paying job after graduation (or get into law school or med school). Frankly, we chose Columbia in spite of the Core — colossal waste of time making my kid take useless classes like Art History or African Lit. [/quote] OP, I work on Wall street. There are no stable high paying jobs anymore. There are sort of stable high paying careers, and the key to getting one is the social capital, thus the Core and connections your kid is making at Columbia. Technical knowledge can only get you so far, and eventually you will be replaced by a machine or a younger version of you. It’s the ability to BS that sets you up for life.[/quote]
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