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[quote=Anonymous][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] DP: And the fact that you view the possibility of quitting as “weak willed” strongly suggests that you’ve never had to face a personal or family crisis with limited resources. My only older sibling died unexpectedly when I was in college. My dad died after a lengthy illness when I was in grad school. Since my parents were divorced and my older sibling was dead, I became his legal next of kin. Yes, “ the idea of quitting … crossed my mind”. No, this did not in any way “show that I was weak-willed” by any sane and healthy standards. Fellow students with unexpected high risk pregnancies weren’t “weak-willed”. PP, If you really are a practicing physician, your understanding of what is “definitely “ and universally true could use some empathy and actual data. [/quote]
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