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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s interesting and relatively easy[/quote]

+1. It’s the easiest [/quote]

And if you don’t got to grad school, you are basically useless. I know many who have trouble getting jobs.

It’s a lame major unless you go to grad school. [/quote]

Just like history English communications anthropology sociology etc.[/quote]

My bosses always thought my English degree was useful. I'm the one who could persuade people through storytelling to give us millions in budget for marketing to help us meet organizational goals.

But yeah, I should have learned to program a computer, I guess? lol Actually, I did learn that on my own time. ;)

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One example doesn't mean shit.
Typical english major I guess.

[/quote]I work with statistics all the time, and I think you are overstating. One example can often matter.  Black swan examples kill blanket arguments all the time.  And every individual is an outcome, not an average.  So hearing examples and seeing if their context aligns with your own can be very relevant to making good judgments--often more valuable than just seeing averages based on one or two relatively reductive variables (e.g., major and salary at one point in time).[/quote]
Your data analysis is lacking.  One example is just that.  Statistically, a person with just an undergrad in English or Psych major doesn't get paid all that much.

Recall in scientific lab experiments, if you get an anomalous data point, you throw that data point out.

dp[/quote]NP. Also an English major. I keep in touch with a few former classmates. We're all in our late-40s or early-50s now, and we're all making mid-six-figures and up across a range of fields.[/quote]

I would love to know which fields.  My DD just started college.  If she never sees another math class again, she will be happy.  Now, English..she reads Shakespeare with ease.   History too.   ONe of my good friends got an English degree from a Big 10 school eons ago.. Now a talent agent in NYC.  That's my most interesting English major friend.  ;) [/quote]
More than likely, that ^^pp's classmates have advanced degrees.[/quote]

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