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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Art history majors getting consulting jobs are either top students from target colleges where companies recruit or have solid family connections.[/quote]

Even at target colleges, it's rare.
Why would they pick art history when there are applied math, CS, engineering, econ, finance, etc. majors.

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Ummm . . . because they wanted to study art history, or also because they wanted art history to be the way they earned a bachelor's degree on their way to a career that will use some of those related skills?[/quote]

I was talking about the high profile consulting companies, but then college is not a place for hobbies when you pay $$$ unless you are a trust fund kid.[/quote]

Art history isn't a hobby: it's a major.  So is French literature.  So is history.  Just because something isn't named after a job doesn't mean it isn't worth studying.  And it also doesn't mean its graduates won't make a good living, have a good life, and set their kids up for success.

signed, Humanist who makes a perfectly good living without a trust fund[/quote]

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