A friend's child is majoring in classics and will probably go to grad school for something like computational linguistics. Believe it or not, people who write translation software actually benefit from knowing other languages, and knowing a lot about various issues with grammar, etc.
As a poster upthread said, while some people believe you should major in pharmaceutical repping and become a pharmaceutical rep, there are actually many liberal arts majors that are useful background for going on in a vareity of fields. For example, some people who now do intellectual property rights law actually majored in philosophy, where there is a lot of writing about ownership and how one claims ownership and what it means to own something, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

Yeah, I think you do need a definition on privilege. 99% of the country can't afford to just sent their kid to $70K a year school for an education, let alone be in a position to just let their kid go wherever they want, pick whatever degree seems fun, and basically do whatever they want with Mommy and Daddy's money. And then there are people who actually can afford it and laugh at a teen who says they want them to spend $300K to major in classics. They are the ones who won't let their kids inherit a dime, unless they make something of themselves. You know, accountability, independence, etc...

And then there’s us just laughing at how angry and stupid you are. It’s hilarious.

Not sure which poster you're talking to, but I don't think majoring in Classics is stupid. Depends on the school I guess and what the student wants to do afterwards.

Nor do I.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

Yeah, I think you do need a definition on privilege. 99% of the country can't afford to just sent their kid to $70K a year school for an education, let alone be in a position to just let their kid go wherever they want, pick whatever degree seems fun, and basically do whatever they want with Mommy and Daddy's money. And then there are people who actually can afford it and laugh at a teen who says they want them to spend $300K to major in classics. They are the ones who won't let their kids inherit a dime, unless they make something of themselves. You know, accountability, independence, etc...

And then there’s us just laughing at how angry and stupid you are. It’s hilarious.

Not sure which poster you're talking to, but I don't think majoring in Classics is stupid. Depends on the school I guess and what the student wants to do afterwards.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

Yeah, I think you do need a definition on privilege. 99% of the country can't afford to just sent their kid to $70K a year school for an education, let alone be in a position to just let their kid go wherever they want, pick whatever degree seems fun, and basically do whatever they want with Mommy and Daddy's money. And then there are people who actually can afford it and laugh at a teen who says they want them to spend $300K to major in classics. They are the ones who won't let their kids inherit a dime, unless they make something of themselves. You know, accountability, independence, etc...

And then there’s us just laughing at how angry and stupid you are. It’s hilarious.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

Yeah, I think you do need a definition on privilege. 99% of the country can't afford to just sent their kid to $70K a year school for an education, let alone be in a position to just let their kid go wherever they want, pick whatever degree seems fun, and basically do whatever they want with Mommy and Daddy's money. And then there are people who actually can afford it and laugh at a teen who says they want them to spend $300K to major in classics. They are the ones who won't let their kids inherit a dime, unless they make something of themselves. You know, accountability, independence, etc...

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

DC should try Oxford or some other strong college overseas.

Why? There are plenty of good universities in the U.S. with strong programs in this field. DC is at one of them.

For the cost of full freight at M you can get much more value overseas, plus a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

I wouldn't do it for a heavy STEM subject, but for Classics there's amazing and cheaper options in Canada and the UK, for example.

Canadian Border Answer:

You laugh now but if you watch Handmaid's Tale, you will see the value of being 1.5 hours from the Canadian border. When my kid goes there, we will not need our underground bunker anymore. We will just evacuate to her dorm and the rest of you suckers will be here in the Apocalypse.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

DC should try Oxford or some other strong college overseas.

Why? There are plenty of good universities in the U.S. with strong programs in this field. DC is at one of them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

DC should try Oxford or some other strong college overseas.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's assume your combined income is $300K and you don't qualify for much aid, if any.

Why would you send your child to a preppy, white SLAC near the Canadian border?

23% of students come from families in the top 1%. Meanwhile, the median income for alumni at age 34 is a paltry $62K. How much value are you getting out of that $55K/year tuition? Obviously they are known for teaching and language programs, but does the tuition, isolation and limited career earnings potential justify the exorbitant cost?

Tuition+room and board about $300k assuming your child graduates in 4 years. NOT to mention travel expenses to and from Vermont. I don't think ANY private school is worth sticker price. I bet they would give you SOMETHING. Say they gave 30%....your down to cost of out of state at a public school.

This is a bizarre statement. Middlebury does not give any merit scholarships. It does award need-based aid for families who qualify.

Absent extraordinary circumstances, a family with a HHI of $300K will not qualify for need-based aid. Therefore, they would pay full freight or not send their child there.

Middlebury would not "give (them) SOMETHING."

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

I'm the one who wrote the bolded. Not privileged (maybe we need to define that?) but I have the old fashioned belief that the purpose of going to college is to get a good education. DC wants to major in Classics. Fine, the return on investment is going to be poor I'm sure, but I'm not going to
refuse to pay because of that choice.

Anonymous wrote:Let's assume your combined income is $300K and you don't qualify for much aid, if any.

Why would you send your child to a preppy, white SLAC near the Canadian border?

23% of students come from families in the top 1%. Meanwhile, the median income for alumni at age 34 is a paltry $62K. How much value are you getting out of that $55K/year tuition? Obviously they are known for teaching and language programs, but does the tuition, isolation and limited career earnings potential justify the exorbitant cost?

Tuition+room and board about $300k assuming your child graduates in 4 years. NOT to mention travel expenses to and from Vermont. I don't think ANY private school is worth sticker price. I bet they would give you SOMETHING. Say they gave 30%....your down to cost of out of state at a public school.

NP. You’ll “make sure your kids aren’t interested in it”? You don’t sound like a controlling helicopter at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I love how everyone is like

"It is a great school!"

But the median salary 12 years after college is $62K a year.

Um, no. You don't pay full pay for a college like that. How is this even a question.

Because not everyone is so concerned with ROI, but rather the quality of education the kid receives. Some get this, some don't.

You mean privileged white people?

Yeah I’m a privileged white person. My kids will inherit millions. I don’t care what kind of job they get as life big as they get one and find it fulfilling and meaningful.

Im not sorry we have a larger cushion than you.

Yuck. If you are any indication of the type of families that apply to this school, I will make sure my kids aren't interested in it. And I don't think you need to apologize to the PP. You just proved her point.

Keep chewing those grapes.