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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please do not take on 80k for your misery just to appease your parents. Do you currently have access to counseling services through your school? Even a few sessions might be able to help you make a plan to move forward. Do you have any friends or other contacts who you might be able to talk to about your situation?

I work in college access. If you were one of my students, I would encourage you to at least take a leave for a semester so you can figure out what you want to do. Don't take out these loans under pressure. Get a place with roommates, get a regular people job, start exploring your options. Check out your state school options. You really don't want to get locked into a situation where you have to work at a job you hate and in which you feel like a failure just to pay loans that you didn't want to take in the first place![/quote]

I hate to tell you, as a state school graduate, not only I have to work a job that I hate, for subsequent job hops, I can only be considered for jobs similar to what I have done before.
Such rule do not apply to Ivy kids, hate finance? they run to endowment investor relations. Hate accounting? they do business dev with wealth management firms. Hate their hedge fun job? Some lobbyist firm will take them right in.
The competition is cut throat for us for life. and people are more brutal. If you are ivy, your managers don't want to steamroll you because they expect you to be high up in another organization later on. They will take out their anger on us instead.[/quote]

I really hate to say this, OP, but this poster is correct.

My DD graduated from a no-name college, but then went to a prestigious grad program. She tried looking for a job with her no-name degree and got NOWHERE. Nada. She spent two years at the prestigious grad school, and presto changeo, she got a dozen job offers. Same smart kid, but that degree opened doors. Prestige matters in the job market, I hate to say it.

I understand how much you hate your college I went to an Ivy and I hated it too. The hyper-competitive kids made me sick. All they wanted to do was go to law/med/business/tech and make loads of $$$. They had no interest in learning, just in achieving!! Status was everything to them (I know this is ironic, as I'm pushing status in this post!) and they did everything they could, short of eating babies, to get where they wanted to go. It made me sick to go to college with these types, even though I made a small group of friends there who thought as I do.

But you live in a real world where an Ivy degree is helpful. I left for a year, then came back and finished, even though I loathed the school, the other kids, even most of the professors. It did not suit me at all!!!

Sad to say, for me, and for DD, a prestigious degree is helpful in your career. Idiots who do the hiring LOVE those fancy degrees. Smile, and look past them to the interesting job you'll get.

I'm so sorry your parents aren't supportive. We don't choose our parents, and it hurts when they don't get us. But don't let your parents ruin your life!! You have talents that they don't value.

My DS majored in theater. He found a job almost immediately after graduating and makes a decent salary doing marketing for a well-known company.  Humanities majors are great!! Companies who recognize their flexibility and ability to think value kids who major in humanities. You don't have to work in CS or any other STEM field if you don't want to, and yes, you can be very successful with a humanities degree from an Ivy.

BTW, do you go to Dartmouth? My best friend went there and transferred to my Ivy. She loathed it beyond all imagining. She didn't love my Ivy, but it was better at least than Dartmouth. [/quote]

OP here. Do you mind emailing me at venusgreenfield28@gmail.com ? No worries if you would rather not spend your time emailing randos, but I feel like I have so many questions for you specifically.[/quote]

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