Question for parents of humanities majors

[Twoin18]

@tomtownsend

Most seniors, even on this forum with the most diligent of high schoolers, have no shot whatsoever of going to Harvard. They have no shot of going to the HYPS level school, the bare minimum at which an English degree can be sensible.

But you are responding to a thread created by someone (who claims to be) at an “HYPS level school”.

[tomtownsend]

@Twoin18

But you are responding to a thread created by someone (who claims to be) at an “HYPS level school”.

Unless he or she is lying, they told me they went to a “lower” Ivy in a private message

[skieurope]

Will @Twoin18 and @tomtownsend please refer to my earlier post and take their discussion to PM if they wish to debate so the rest of the users do not have to slog through the minutiae?

[bloomington019]

@tomtownsend

Almost all of these people have incredible talent from birth or entered fields in which the credential did not matter at all. They also went to college when it didn’t entail tuition surpassing 250k. For every one of them there are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of T20 humanities majors who could not make $1,000 selling their novel manuscript or screenplay. Or they were psychology phd and could not get tenure like Skinner.

Exactly. CC LOOOVVEESS pointing out outliers. You’re 100% correct with the Harvard English majors more likely to make below 100k than above 300k. Having Buttigieg as your example is ridiculous.

[bloomington019]

@tomtownsend

Most seniors, even on this forum with the most diligent of high schoolers, have no shot whatsoever of going to Harvard. They have no shot of going to the HYPS level school, the bare minimum at which an English degree can be sensible. Even when you are at a Duke, Dartmouth, or Brown, having an English BA will be a big hindrance for any upwardly mobile position in a large private sector organization.

Yup. I’ve seen this happen a ton. This site is mostly out of touch Boomers and early Gen Xers; entering the working world now requires a much higher degree of STEM competence.

[skieurope]

Closing thread. I had asked the discussion abide by the rules and be civil. Name calling is far from civil. The rules are in place for a reason.