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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I feel like certain people will flounder no matter what their major. [/quote]

And picking a useless major is just one symptom of floundering -- why be an enabler?  Unless the kid is at HYPS --- they can do anything and still do well. [/quote]
But what a lot of us are saying is that they're not (necessarily) useless majors. Listen, I have a BA in theatre from AU, and I have a full time paying job in a theatre non-profit, plus a thriving freelance career. DH has a degree in Poli Sci, also from AU, and he's a lobbyist. Sure, I put in my time as a bartender, but I made a crap ton of money doing it, and also learned a lot about customer service and work ethic. It. Can. Work. [/quote]
Me again. :)

Just wanted to elucidate on why I put "necessarily" in there. For me, the student/graduate has as much to do with it as the institution and degree. I absolutely could have floundered after graduation, decided I just wanted to audition for plays and do nothing else, and ultimately decide that theatre wasn't for me and I should get a law degree. But my degree got me a preschool-teaching assistantship, a great gig tutoring, and ultimately my non-profit job. And as I said, I also learned a lot by tending bar and waiting tables.

Networking happens in the liberal arts as well, so you can't discount it, even from schools "like AU."[/quote]

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