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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any parents out there who paid $200K+ for college, kid did great, and now can't find job?
Kid graduated from top 20/30 school with honors and career center was completely worthless. [/quote]

(Kenyon College ?)

OP: If your kid is making $80,000 a year as a tutor, that is outstanding !

Why not continue tutoring while earning a master's degree in English or in Education ?

Could be lucrative if your son/daughter opens up a tutoring business.

Congratulations !!![/quote]

Exactly!  Kid can continue to tutor, [b]take business classes[/b] on the side and perhaps open their own tutoring company.  This is a very lucrative business in most major metropolitan areas.   Your kid has a meaningful, well paying job, that they can easily turn into more if they want.  Or they can continue to do the tutoring while they pursue an advanced degree, but I highly recommend them figuring out what they'd really like to do.  No point in a MA in English if the tutoring company is what they want to purse.  So work the tutoring gig and do an internship (for low or no pay ) in publishing/ editing to see if that's what they really want to do.

Here's the thing, most people with a BA in English do NOT "use their English degree" directly for their career...they use the fact they have a BA and ability to write/critically think to pursue whatever interests them. 
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Should have done this in the first place. 
Major in business and double major or minor in English.

That's what my kid is doing in a T20 school.
Business Analytics msjor and 2nd major in psychology.

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Well, yes, I would recommend that.  If my kid wanted to do a humanities or social science major (non business, non-stem) I would have encouraged them to study what they love, but to also minor or double major in business/data analytics/something that helps get that first job.  Then you can use that 2nd major/minor to help launch your career path perhaps along with your other major.

The OP kid is obviously smart, they are tutoring and doing well. So they need to decide what their next step is: do they want to continue with tutoring, then start their own company?  Or do they want to venture into publishing/somehting with English.  If that, then they need to get their foot in the door with an internship/volutneer position (maybe without pay) while they do the tutoring as well to pay the bills (since most tutoring is after 3pm and on weekends).  Or decide to be a teacher and do tutoring.  But it always amazes me how people go to college without any thought of what they will do with their degree.  Fine major in English if you love it, but then you need to be finding internships while in college to get some experience and also getting a minor with some skills that will help you get hired for a job, in an area you are interested in.  There are not just tons of jobs that scream "hey you with a BA in English, we need you now", so you have to work a bit harder, and market yourself and possibly take a job that isn't perfect but gives you some meaningful work experience for a few years.   But you should know these things when you select a major, it's 2020's , the internet is your friend and it's easy to figure out what jobs might be available with a certain major and how to set about working in that field . Then follow what you learn. [/quote]

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