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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm an English major now practicing law.  I never sold a shoe in my life.  I will absolutely encourage my kids to be liberal arts majors.  The liberal arts help develop critical and creative thinking.  Besides, an undergraduate degree of any kind won't guarantee success.  [/quote]

Yeah, but you are basically relying on another degree for your profession.  Lots of people can make a career out of math and science degrees, without going back to school.

An A student from a good college in electrical engineering/ computer science can probably get a job in strategy consulting, banking, and technology.  That's a lot of opportunity.  An A student in liberal arts has a much more uncertain future.

I'm not saying that we should abandon liberal arts.  But I am watching my friends with PhD's in liberal arts struggle because there are no tenured jobs, few slots in their specialties, and not a lot of outside employment besides the journals and think tanks.  So if you love it, do it but do it with eyes open.  If your primary goal is to find professional opportunity, learn math, science, and engineering.[/quote]

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