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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Undergrad business major is a sad thing.[/quote]

You're more sad.[/quote]
+1 I was an undergrad business major in a low rated state school, and I've been making six figures for 20 years.  I know of a history major, a STEM major, a few English majors, all at  better rated schools making half of what I make. It's not necessarily your major. It's what you do with your major and how hard you're willing to work.[/quote]

Largely agree. Do think one needs a certain level of proficiency, though that can happen at a range of schools, not just the better rated ones.

The mistake some grads from better rated schools make is assuming that grads from lower ranked schools are simply not as bright as them when the reality is that many of those grads had the chops for T10, 20, 50 schools, but not the bank accounts for them.

One of DH's HS acquaintances was good looking, sporty, etc. He didn't really have a plan post HS graduation other than partying. Drifting around became less appealing when most of his friends left town. Aced some CC classes, headed to a 4-year college, and is now an MD. His path wasn't clear for a few years, but it did come into focus.

Kudos to the PP for showing how it can be done.[/quote]

Plenty of kids do not hit their stride until college.  I know several from my HS (30+ years ago) who were good students, but not "Top students" who now have their MD or PHD or advanced STEM degree.  Would never have thought they would do that based on their HS experience.   Kids mature at different rates and find their path when they are ready[/quote]
I'm the PP who went to a no name school for business.  I was a late bloomer, to be sure, but I was from a poorer family whose parents were uneducated and didn't speak English.  I didn't have guidance to steer me to a better college, nor did I have the money to pay for it.   But, what I did have was a desperation to get out of being lower income and to help my parents.  I always wanted better for myself, and I was driven by financial pressures rather than anything else. The people I knew who majored in what they were interested were better off financially than I was.

I had dreams of majoring in something else that wasn't going to pay well and was harder for someone like me to get into this field.  So, I went the route that was going to help me get a good paying job right out of college from a no name state u.  I got an internship during college, and that turned into my first job. I didn't love it, but it paid decently.

I don't love what I do, but I find that I am good at it, and it pays well.  I also write fairly decently  :wink:   I'm going to retire earlier than those people I wrote about and pursue what I love now, which is traveling. I cannot wait.

All this to say.. an undergrad business major can be financially rewarding.[/quote]

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