Reply to What to do with a humanities kid?

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "What to do with a humanities kid?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]20k is nothing,  At HYPS she’s going to develop better writing skills, communication skills, critical reading and analysis than at a state school.  So no matter what profession she enters, she will likely be more successful.  This is true if she is professor, lawyer, manager, marketer, [b]basically anything[/b].  Plus a way better alumni network to help find jobs.  I wouldn’t be surprised if she makes 20k more than the ASU grad the first year.  [/quote]

penniless painter?  starving novelist?  It could be a real problem if you were a starving artist and had loans hanging over your head.  Not everyone is in the world of pencil pushing or number crunching.  The world needs artists too!  That said, Yale was a wonderful incubator for my drama major DD.  Her job prospects are basically limited to the cut-throat NYC theater scene.

It's good going down this path with eyes wide open.  So, this is still useful for OP I think.[/quote]

A novelist who went to Harvard probably has better access to stellar writing professors.  A painter who went to Yale probably   Knows people who buy paintings.  Plus, if it doesn’t work out, they have a degree from Yale. [/quote]

I literally opened up my Princeton Alumni Weekly today and saw an art major who has illustrated yet another published children's book.  I'm positive that Princeton connections have not hurt.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics