<p>You're right, I'm joking. Everybody who majors in finance makes 30 million dollars a year. My mistake. Marketing majors only make 20 million a year.</p>
<p>Ohh ok. Good. Thats encouraging. :)</p>
<p>Um, all the poster asked was whether that was an actual statistic. Why did that require a sarcastic response?</p>
<p>You're right, greenday, I prefer something called "common sense" rather than some ludicrous stat made up by some finance student on the business major forum. And you're right, journalism is not a very lucrative profession, unless you become the next Matt Lauer or Katie Couric.</p>
<p>common sense is great. but you didnt say "a lot" or "many". You said 9 out of 10, and that is a statistic. If you don't like statistic then dont use made-up ones in your argument. and you didn't answer...why was a sarcastic response necessary?</p>
<p>You can't show statistical evidence for everything, unfortunately, friend. Actually, I was just stating the unfortunate truth. So many ambitious students think they will make it big as an I-Banker when in turn that dream is ever so difficult to attain due to the cutting edge competition. </p>
<pre><code> For example, I want be a lawyer. Unfortunately, the average salary for a lawyer is 80K a year; of course, I do not wish to pursue a career as an attorney for the money, but for what the career offers such as politics, business, etc. Ambition is fine and dandy, but you have to be realistic sometimes. KWIM?
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<p>Sometimes the term "9 out of ten" is a conceit, or an exaggerated expression such as a figure of speech. You see, I was never intending to be statistical in my thinking.</p>
<p>Ah, I see. Thank you anyway.</p>
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