<p>@Cayton thanks, you’re awesome! I really had no idea how misinformed I was.</p>
<p>@sonic23 Would you mind telling us what type of job he has.</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>I’m glad I could help.</p>
<p>But I must ask, have you completed the pre-reqs for history at UCLA?</p>
<p>@Cayton Actually, I did complete two of them. I could just complete the other two during the summer</p>
<p>@Cayton Actually, I am done with the pre-reqs ! I forgot about my ap credit! </p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>Are you going to take summer classes at UCLA or will you do this through your community college?</p>
<p>Well, I will probably attend summer school at my CC this summer anyway!</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>Then you’re good to go! Just report the AP scores, and soon, if you can. Did you report them on your application and all that stuff?</p>
<p>Whether or not you can use that AP credit, you’re in a good position to start the history major. If you can’t use the AP credit for whatever reason, just take the necessary history class(es) in the summer and you’ll be good to go!</p>
<p>Hes some kind of banker, lol im not sure what his position is though
Also my boss was a History major and he makes good money somewhere around 6 figures…but thats because he eventually moved up. </p>
<p>@Cayton, yup I reported everything I’m good to go. I know taking 9 ap exams my senior year of high school would one day help me! </p>
<p>@sonic23 I’m so jealous of them!</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>UCLA has a great history program. I’ve heard good things about Teofilo Ruiz in particular, one of the history faculty. He’s a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, which is bestowed upon those “deepened the nation’s understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens’ engagement with the humanities, or helped preserve and expand Americans’ access to important resources in the humanities.” It’s conferred by the President of the United States.</p>
<p>I’m a humanities major (Anthro) and I’m pre-law. I’ve been prepping for the LSAT for well over a year now so I’m not too worried about my prospects unless my GPA drastically drops at UCLA. I’m applying to most of the t14 but focusing on CLS, NYU, and Cornell. Their employment rates at NLJ 250 all range from around 50-65% so it’s still a huge gamble that somewhat worries me no matter how confident I am. </p>
<p>Unlike Matt420, I don’t believe you should simply trust that things can and will work in your favor. Statistically speaking, you absolutely shouldn’t expect things to work in your favor pertaining to the legal field or even law school for that matter. There are plenty of t14 2L’s and 3L’s that rank below median in their sections that can’t find a job. I’m not telling you this to scare you off I simply believe that if you’re contemplating taking on 100K+ in debt, you should proceed with extreme caution. Make sure this is what you want to do.</p>
<p>And if you’re serious about getting a prestigious job or clerkship, you’re going to want to land t14 (excluding Georgetown.) Depending on your GPA and LSAT, you may or may not get any money. Average COL for a t14 at sticker is now around 250K before factoring in debt. If you land big law (160k p/y), you’re looking at 4+ years of paying back the loans. The average span of ones big law career is a whopping 3 years. Of course, if you don’t land biglaw, you’re going to be buried with debt for decades.</p>
<p>If you decide you want to pursue law I suggest you prep for the LSAT and shoot for 180. And keep your GPA up. MLSAT has the best prep books IMO. Focus on logic games. This is the section everyone should dominate and get -0 nearly every time. Drill the books and take as many prep tests as you can. </p>
<p>Good luck, @Zalrons.</p>
<p>I recommend signing up for some upper-division logic classes in the philosophy department at UCLA. It’ll help hone your skills in logic games on the LSAT. I might just take some of these higher-level logic classes myself…logic is a fascinating field of study.</p>
<p>Maybe we could take a class together there. :P</p>
<p>@cayton, I’m certainly hoping to! That’d be awesome. Just to let you know, if you ever want to pursue law, you have the GPA for Harvard/Stanford 
And I’m sure you’d do great on the LSAT. AA males are sadly incredibly underrepresented in the legal field and in law schools in general. You don’t seem interested in law but I figured I’d tell you regardless. </p>
<p>I need to get to sleep though haha I have a class at 8AM. I’ll talk to you later man!</p>
<p>@Zalrons </p>
<p>Oh, I’m sure Harvard, Stanford, and all the other T14 schools salivate at the thought of having an African-American like me apply. 
Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>And philosophy majors are second only to math majors on the LSAT exam, so definitely take some logic classes when you can!</p>
<p>See ya later.</p>
<p>You will be qualified for any number of jobs with a Sociology major. one girl I know of works at Google in People Operations. Businesses don’t just hire business majors. Also if you want to beef your resume up, take good statistics classes. They should offer something for social scientists but you should take more. People with stats skills are useful. I’ve heard a lot of companies with data science groups like the perspective of social scientists on the data. For interpreting and visualizing the data. And that’s a hot area right now, read up.</p>
<p>No, because nearly every college graduate won’t be able to find a job anyways. Also, I’ve been constantly told it doesn’t matter what you major in since most people do not work in the field they majored in. This does not apply to engineering, accounting, computer science, and many other majors. For those professions, you do need to get the degree in that area.</p>
<p>Generally, the degrees that are specifically geared towards a profession are few and far between. I’d say a majority of majors do not lead to specific professions like English, Philosophy, Sociology, life science, anthropology, etc.</p>
<p>That being said, I’m not worried about not being able to find a job. I’ll just be one of the many kids fighting for the few jobs we have left with other kids and international kids.</p>
<p>Either Philosophy + Rhetoric
or Philosophy + Psychology
checking in.</p>
<p>It bothers me so much when people hear my intended major (primary being philosophy) and their first question is to ask what the hell I would do with it or tell me I should pick something that makes more money. I don’t plan my entire life out based on my college degree. I know enough people working completely outside of their field to know that life rarely works out how you expect it to. I understand that the majority of people in the west may be attending college to brighten their job prospects, but that has never been my aim. I’m attending college to study what I love. </p>
<p>I’m a Sociology major, and I definitely have thought about what to do with my degree. I plan on getting my masters in Public Administration right after finishing undergrad, so I think job-wise I’ll be ok. </p>
<p>It is annoying when people say " what are you gonna do with a degree in Sociology?" I honestly just want to smack 'em!</p>
<p>Lol…some of the majors you listed aren’t even humanities. Political Science, Sociology, and Psychology are Social Sciences. </p>
<p>Who isn’t scared of the job prospects? You’re competing with everyone for a great one! I don’t think it matters what you got your undergrad degree in though. It really matters how you apply yourself. Get ahead of the game and earn research experience, internships, network! </p>
<p>I agree with Cayton that law school is not worth it unless you really love it. I thought it was my path but I was wrong 
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<p>My son’s GF is a dance major. She LOVES it, she’s in a highly rated program. But it’s a short career, and there are many talented young dancers vying for the same spots. GF is smart about it, though. She has been working all through college part time at a company that would welcome her full time after graduation next month, and she can do that while also going to dance auditions. I hope the dance career works out for her, but in the mean time, she has arranged things so that money will be coming in while she pursues her dreams. </p>