Sciences Vs. Humanities (Specifically Philosophy and Economics)

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>Take a look at this list of careers/further education pursued by Economics and Philosophy majors at UPenn (respected Ivy league school):</p>

<p><a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/phil.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/phil.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/econ.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/econ.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>And the whole list:
<a href="http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/index.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/college/majors/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>If you're 19, most likely you don't know what you want to do for a career and you probably shouldn't. Undergrad is about learning how to learn. You can get a proffesional degree later so long as you do well.</p>

<p>BTW-being successful in the business world has next to nothing to do with academia. All of the academics I know are broke, while the slick alpha males are senior management/entrepeneurs. You can study philosophy and still be successful so long as you network and get internships. My friend works at JP Morgan and he was a classics major at Dartmouth.</p>