English.

Sure beats Interior Design or Fashion Merchandising.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, I would say there are no majors that necessarily make one seem sophisticated. Rather, one may exhibit various traits and/or had experiences that make one seem sophisticated. Examples might be:

*Someone become a master sommelier
* One who has travelled widely outside the U.S.
*A person who speaks multiple languages
*Etc.

OMG no

Yes of course

I second classics (Latin & Greek), philosophy, etc. I also think comparative literature when paired with advanced language study like French, Russian, German, etc (potentially international relations too when combined with language proficiency). Everyone has a different opinion and values different thing, and I guess I value multilingualism (my parents met in grad school for French & Russian, which I grew up speaking along with German, and as academics, many of my parents' friends and colleagues in the humanities and social sciences were also multilingual and/or multicultural).

Anonymous wrote:Physics at MIT

This was me 😀. I am far from sophisticated.

Anonymous wrote:No one who picks a certain major in order to seem sophisticated will ever be mistaken for sophisticated, so it’s a wash.

x1000. Whatever major that allows them to develop their passion and articulate thoughtfully