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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow this resonates for me! It feels like shit that people without guidance or role models [b]can often end up making all of the wrong decisions out of pure class ignorance.[/b] It sucks because everyone thinks there is something wrong with you.[/quote]

I don't get it. If you were really working class/middle class, why did you major in English? Pretty much all the non-wealthy students at my Ivy majored in STEM or went to law school or finance. [/quote]

OP here.  I majored in STEM.  But a field of STEM famous for low salaries; I loved the science behind it and was prioritized "interesting" and "meaningful" work and an interesting places to live -- without understanding the costs that accompanied such places.  A lot of engineering fields outside of CS have higher starting salaries with a BS but plateau very quickly and much lower than the salaries discussed here.

[b]Law/medicine?  The prospect of taking out more debt than 4x what parent's house was worth?  That was unimaginable.  And its a huge risk for LMC students -- what if you get to year 3 of med school and can't complete for whatever reason?  It's not like the debt is forgiven...[/b][/quote]

This is definitively not true. My med school class was filled with LMC kids (disproportionately Asian-American). And "not completing" your MD or JD is just simply not an option for working-class kids. The fact that the idea of quitting med school/law school even crossed your mind shows that you are weak-willed. [/quote]

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