<p>Also, I think this article deserves a look:
College</a> degree an overrated product | ajc.com
College is not for everyone. The author of the website that OP posted was saying that taking out the burden loans without looking future earnings in what one may of have studied can be detrimental financially.</p>
<p>College is definitely overrated right now. Too many people have degrees. It should still be something of prestiege. </p>
<p>IMO, if employers could trust that a high school graduate could put together a coherent sentence and do basic math then it might not be so necessary to have a college degree. Unfortunately, they can't.</p>
<p>However, the site may be on to something about when it comes to earning associate degrees and going to a 4 year college:
<a href="http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/fall/art02.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/fall/art02.pdf</a></p>
<p>The Bachelors is being treated as an Associates, while an MA is being treated as a Bachelor degree.</p>
<p>A lot of people (at least where I live) are getting their masters like it's the hottest trend. </p>
<p>You have the house and car (bachelors), but you need a garage (Masters).</p>
<p>philosophy or religion. oh yeah! womens studies lol</p>
<p>define "success"
define "practical"
define "useful" </p>
<p>So many of us have a narrow conception on what the aforementioned terms mean; the majority equates capital-S "Success" with a life drowning in money. People then define what "practical" or "useful" and things that help us achieve "Success". Couldn't there be other definitions of these things?</p>
<p>I know many business majors that make a good income but feel miserable-- are we to describe their lives as "successful" then? Likewise, I know many philosophy majors with sub $30,000 incomes who live happily and purposefully-- and are we to describe their lives as "unsuccessful"? </p>
<p>I try my very best to come up with my own personal definition of success, one that is not influenced by the multitude. Success is life for me is found in searching for truth, in being virtuous, in being compassionate towards others; ultimately, in being a good human being. </p>
<p>Honestly, the only way to achieve this is by remaining in constant dialogue with the greatest minds in history who have tackled the question of what it means to be human. And to do this successfully takes amazing effort and mental muscle; it takes analytical, critical thinking and reading, it takes effective communications, argumentation, and rhetoric, it takes creativity and the synthesis of disparate ideas, it takes discipline, will, and passion-- things all taught in our Humanities programs. </p>
<p>This is why I value my liberal arts education. My philosophy degree may not get a BMW, but what does that matter? If I can be-- even to a small degree-- a better person than I was yesterday, than I will view my life as a success. </p>
<p>You may not agree, but I plead you to do this: define "success" on your own terms.</p>
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<p>if only all people could think like that..^^^</p>
<p>But no, we live in a world where people will throw down 50k a year for four years to learn how to introduce themselves, answer phones, and sit in a cubicle. </p>
<p>i agree 100%.</p>
<p>Wait. Hold up. I'm actually really thinking about going into the Peace and Conflict Studies program at UC Berkeley. What's wrong with it? Yes, it does sound liberal arts major-esque. But I'm assuming that if you take this as your major you're going onto graduate school. Does anyone else assume that? I would think that Law school would be a good transition from Peace and Conflict Studes. A masters in Public Health? I feel like there's a lot of things you could do with it (b/c it sounds sweet....kinda like it could HELP you get into grad school).</p>
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<p>There's nothing wrong with Peace and Conflict Studies. It has practical applications in the real world. Study what you want. In addition to Berkeley, consider Colgate and Juniata.</p>
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<p>I'm a westcoast kid, so I really don't know too much about the liberal arts/smaller schools on the east coast. What's up with those two schools? I don't know if I would go all the way to the east coast unless I was absolutely in love with the school. Are they near any cities? That's a big kicker for me. What is there to do in Hamilton or Huntingdon? Are their programs especially good in IR/PeaceJustice type majors?</p>
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<p>Um, no I don't think that they're by cities. I think one is in the boondocks, and the other is in the middle of nowhere. ;) Sorry.</p>
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<p>most useless combo: double major at brown and risd in philosophy and glassblowing.</p>
<p>But I bet a better income can be made from the glassblowing . . .</p>
<p>But Yale does have a degree in forestry and silvaculture. Ivy tuition to walk around and grade trees. yeiks</p>
<p>Are you saying forestry is not a practical degree or attending Yale for it is not practical.</p>
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<p>It's so funny to me that people don't see the value in, and necessity of, some of the major listed here!</p>
<p>My major is a interdisciplinary one that's largely focused on philosophy. What's great about it is that, since it's so interdisciplinary and everyone gets experience in a lot of fields, both "practical" and theoretical, they end up being employable in a variety of fields. People have gone into business, education, government, the arts, publishing, you name it -- and not exactly lower-tier jobs, either. I think the interdisciplinary majors, even the "weird" ones, can be really fantastic for making people employable and well-versed in many areas.</p>
<p>(Of course, I'm one of those people who believes in learning for learning's sake and doing what you love regardless of the income, but I know that's not a popular belief around here. :))</p>
<p>Edit: Also, forgot to mention that I have a friend who received a B.A. in Peace & Conflict Studies and now works for the European Union. Most of her fellow majors from her college are working in government or research, some starting beyond entry-level because of the internships they had. Make no mistake -- that's a desirable degree these days.</p>
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<p>Heh, sorry, I keep finding things to say after already posting...Mombot mentioned all the different degrees her coworkers have. My summer job is at a local television station. Our executive producer majored in German Studies, our assignment editor majored in Biology, one of our camera operators majored in Theology, our education/special projects director studied Theatre Technology, two producers majored in Business and Sociology, our CEO majored in English...none of the majors people had "make sense" for their current jobs. As long as you have actual talent and can /think/, you can make it far.</p>
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<p>I'm going to major in UFOlogy and become the new president of the Ralien movement.</p>
<p>Anyone has any idea which liberal arts college has the best classics department??? Thanks!</p>
<p>
Bryn Mawr or Barnard, if you’re female. Haverford if male. </p>
<p>Of course, there are many other good programs. </p>
<p>[Undergraduate</a> Programs in Classics](<a href=“http://users.drew.edu/jmuccigr/ug.html]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate Programs in Classics)</p>
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