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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe I am just too pragmatic, but I'm not paying six figures solely  for "experiences". I want my kid to buckle down and gain some marketable skills and leads (internships, etc) that will enable her to support herself sufficiently post graduation. I can find other economically sound (and FUN) ways to enrich her life experiences along the way. We're moving abroad next year, for example, where she will attend a French school. Remember, you're sending a teenager off to college, not Siddartha. Let's not kid ourselves. DD can have similar experiences at a low to moderately priced school. Or she can pay for prestige herself.[/quote]

[b]What person can support themselves with only a college degree[/b]? I want a college for my kid that has a very high admissions rate to grad school and where they can make good connections.[/quote]

Are you high?[/quote]

No, I'm not. A liberal arts college degree is not generally going to let you make six figures.[/quote]

That's complete BS.  I have a liberal arts college degree and I've been making six figures for 3 years now.  I'm 15 years out of college.  My DH has been making 6 figures for 5+ years and he's only 12 years out of college.  There are all kinds of studies showing that the vast majority of CEO's of major corporations in this country graduated from liberal arts colleges or with a liberal arts degree from a university.

Liberal arts degrees are incredibly valuable.  They teach the kind of outcomes--critical thinking, problem solving, quantitative reasoning, written and oral communication, etc.--that students need for the economy and society we live in.  If you use college to just train to do a particular thing, you're completely shortchanging your prospects.
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