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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Too many people on this board see higher education as a trade school. And most are too focused on CS/engineering. As the child of  immigrants, this is extreme immigrant mentality. And it will make sure your child gets to middle management - at best - and stays there and goes no further in life.

- signed 1st gen South Asian-American humanities major from T10 school (in the 90s), now with a HHI in the millions (& sometimes it’s an 8-digit HHI) annually. The most successful people in our circle of friends (including two self-made billionaires had a well rounded liberal arts education - with some majoring in philosophy and applied mathematics)….

What I want more than anything this for my two HS aged children (and now one Ivy bound humanities major) to continue to learn how to think critically, to read voraciously, to write and analyze well and to make cohesive well-reasoned arguments in a Socratic setting. All of these skills are still relevant today.

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You have weird mentality.  
It's usually the kids majoring in hard stuff like STEM who obtain well rounded serious education. 
That's why employers prefer them. 
Simple facts.

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Not really. Your reasoning is myopic.[/quote]

You are delusional.
Easy majors don't mean well rounded.
They are just easier majors and have lower outcomes on the average.  Simple fact.[/quote]

You can be good at math and not an engineering major. 
You can be good at math and a humanities major. 
What about double majoring at Williams in a true liberal arts area along with a science?!?
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