I am a recent grad of a top 5. I'm currently doing consulting. My friends are at virtually every top graduate school studying everything from dentistry to forest studies to astrophysics to business. Several at med schools after a year or two break, including Yale, UCSF, Mt Sinai, Weill-Cornell, and Harvard. A couple are fellowship or post-grad recipients doing a Fulbright, Watson, and the like. In terms of jobs, business and tech are the most popular destinations, with people working at BoA, Lazard, Goldman Sachs, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, McKinsey, and many others. A sizable number doing Teach for America/education as well.

Anonymous wrote:Went to a West Coast (small)LAC. 15 years out, I'm a tenured professor at a flagship research university.

In almost all cases, I recommend undergraduate education at a SLAC rather than the kind of flagship where I work.

I'm not so sure. I went to a top 10 SLAC. One of my DCs went to a top 25 SLAC. The other went to a Big10 flagship in the liberal arts college. My experience was pretty good, DC at a SLAC was just okay, DC at Big10 was great.

OP, I worked for a few years after SLAC and then went to a top MBA program. I've been in management consulting since then.

Worked in communications for an arts organization, went to law school, clerked, was an associate in big law, worked in general counsel's office of a not-for-profit, SAHM for 10 years, now work part-time as a program manager for a foundation. (undergrad major: sociology)

Agree with those who say you'll find SLAC grads everywhere. First jobs for my college classmates (late '80s graduation) included sales and banking training programs, Congressional staff, K-12 teaching, medical research assistant. Those classmates are now, respectively, a realtor in Hawaii (the envy of us all), endowment fund manager for our college, think tanker, kindergarten teacher (and saint), and MD. Majors in college were, respectively, history, econ, government, French, biochem.

Went to a West Coast (small)LAC. 15 years out, I'm a tenured professor at a flagship research university.

In almost all cases, I recommend undergraduate education at a SLAC rather than the kind of flagship where I work.

MBA, now a consultant. Have many classmates who are lawyers (2 Supreme Court clerks from my class), wall streeters, doctors, professors, lobbyists, ,etc. Also many SAHMs, carpenters, yoga teachers. My point is that we come in all shapes and sizes!

Got an international fellowship, came home and went to work in nonprofits, went to grad school and wound up getting a PhD, now have a nice lifestyle but relatively low paycheck as a mid-level specialist in a federal agency with very few high GS jobs.

I attended a no-name SLAC (assuming you be small, not selective) in the Midwest. Got my MA in International Relations from American. Worked for 10 years. Now doing my PhD.

I'm a lawyer. I worked as a paralegal for a couple of years after graduating from college, then went to law school.

Got a Masters in Education

SAHM after long career - 25+ years - at a nonprofit arts organization.

scientist / engineer / software developer

These days I'm in sales for a tech company.

Went back to school and became an RN

Anonymous wrote:Inspired by the resurrected thread about liberal arts majors. If you went to a SLAC, what did you end up doing career wise? I'm a Big 10 grad so I'm just curious what people end up doing who go to these types of schools.

Worked for a marketing consultancy for four years and then back to a top 5 b-school. Then went into strategy/management consulting for a top firm. Nothing exciting and pretty typical....there were a large number of other NESCAC grads in my b-school class.

Inspired by the resurrected thread about liberal arts majors. If you went to a SLAC, what did you end up doing career wise? I'm a Big 10 grad so I'm just curious what people end up doing who go to these types of schools.