@ClassicMom98 where did your S2 go to school? Intelligence Analysis and Geography might be an interesting combination for my S26
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JMU. He was very happy there. (which makes for happy parents)
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thanks! I just checked it out. Intelligence analysis sounds like such an interesting major. Unfortunately it’s OOS and out of budget for us. But now I will look if there is anything like it in our neck of the woods 
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Yeah. It was in state for us and they gave S a scholarship. He was very fortunate
Some of both. They do publish papers and present at computer vision and robotics conferences around the world where they also see new things to investigate. They then handoff new models for other ML teams to integrate into thier stack.
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son : BS in CS, Silicon Valley large firm, then start-up
daughter: PhD music. admin. job related to music, creative work continued outside of work (was college instructor but needs to pay rent)
child (non-binary); BLA psychology, getting certificate in American Sign Language, food service
My kids are in their 30’s.
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I have a high school friend who majored in Classics in undergrad at Yale and then went to Harvard Medical School.
I have another friend with an undergraduate degree in Classics who became a periodontal surgeon.
Classics degrees can be hugely useful on trivia teams!
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As might be obvious from my username, I was a BFA musical theatre major in college. I also had a double major in arts administration. I have been out of college for about 5 years now and I am a full-time arts fundraiser and accessibility manager (disability arts practice/audience accommodations specialist) at a theatre company, and I continue to work professionally as an actor. I was told a lot in college that I would have to choose between performance and arts admin at some point, and I’m happy to report that this is very much not the case! I certainly don’t work as many acting contracts as some of my peers with more flexible day jobs, but I will happily take working as an actor once or twice a year and being salaried over working as an actor more than that and having to worry about money.
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Interesting. I think of DNP as a Doctorate of Nursing Practice.
Ds has and ex-girlfriend who did a direct entry NP program. Now she is in a DNP (Doctorate as indicated above) program (on a fully funded fellowship).
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Only one ds
Undergraduate degree was Management Science & Engineering (this degree was within the College of Engineering)
2.5-ish years working in MBB consulting
1.5-ish year working at a FAANG company (in strategy)
Just completed first year in an M7 MBA program and currently working in early stages on a start up
I’m happy for him. He has already checked (and currently is checking) all the, “safe,” boxes. He is single and not tied down. He did not go to business school to do something, “safe.”
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Some programs are NP and you can go back for the D if you want. Others are direct entry DNP.
The program my daughter started was direct entry DNP (she had a scholarship after completing the BSN portion). Her school also had a PhD NP and that was fully funded.
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Son graduated with an EE degree and is completing a master’s in CS. He is a captain in the Army Cyber force and has just been transferred to an elite unit attached to the Pentagon starting in August. He can’t tell us what he’ll be doing but he is happy to be doing it.
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S22:
Primary interest - Consulting
Secondary interest - Quant/Start-ups
Switched to EECS specifically for quant.
He is very clear about wanting a job that doesn’t pigeonhole him into 1 thing. Consulting will give him great training, broad exposure, and satisfy his wanderlust.
Quant interest is mainly for the $$$ and the opportunity to live/work in NY.
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Quant will pigeonhole him. Yes. Few exit options. Especially trading and research roles. Of course his primary interest is an easier get than his secondary interests.
S has an BEE degree and was a project manager and EE with fed govt 10 years. He recently quit to focus on his online business that brings in 2-3x as much and has a lot more flexibility. He got a PE certificate as well, just as extra security if he wants to be an engineer again. I believe he was also certified as a project manager. He’s mid-30s.
D got a degree in cinema and freelances to do all things to help director & actors, including artistic director, etc. She’s in early 30s.
One niece got history major and is a podiatrist. Another niece is a Chinese & business major and is an osteopath. Two nephews majored in bio and are MDs. One nephew majored in accounting and is CPA & consultant. Another nephew majored in business and is a business consultant. Another nephew majored in math and worked for a bank, to be sure the bank had right mix of liquidity & investments. Another niece majored in Chinese and just got a master’s in Ed and will be a teacher (she’s hoping international). Another niece get degree in English and is an attorney, working for the City. One more niece is rising SR in college in CS and hope’s to get a CS job (will be interning in IT at local airline).
One of my sibs majored in Travel, Industry & Mgmt and is corporate counsel for a bank. I majored in sociology and am an attorney, running a nonprofit. Another sib was business major and now attorney. 2 sisters got degrees in Ed and masters in special Ed—one taught special ed in public schools and the other tutored private school students. One sis majored in communications and is an administrator at a medical insurer. A bro majored in bio and was MD who just retired.
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Yep - that’s why he has it behind consulting. If he does quant he plans to go back to B school if a reset is needed. He has examples close to home - I did the reset as well, going to Ross but ironically to quit consulting.
This was a big decision for him because quant required the major change to EECS. Luckily Cal allowed him to switch on the back of two near perfect semesters.
Now he has all options on the table with MBB still being the #1 goal. I’ve been counseling him to go all in on consulting but he is definitely drawn to the quant money even if for just a few years. Having been a part of the Traders club he knows the odds are low and that his time needs to be spent optimizing for quant.
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I am not sure if quant really needs a major change. I know econ and english majors who are in an internship right now at a quant firm.
But best of luck to him, both in figuring out what he wants to do, and for getting there.
May be not at a target Ivy but for Cal, all the big firms are looking for CS/EECS. This is based on placement #s and insights from his club.
They had alumni come in and lecture - Jump, Jane Street, Volition etc. and this was the #1 piece of advice he received.
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This example I have is not from my son’s school. And the kid had another quant internship at a tier 2 place the prior summer. So not a clean example I guess.
How many kids from your son’s school go into quant every year? Does he know? Just curious.
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Historically, quant hasn’t been a huge destination for Berkeley EECS because of the gravity effect from silicon valley and the distance from NY and other financial centers. EECS kids going into finance end up more in IB/VC than quant. Citadel, JS and DE Shaw recruit big (approx 8-10 each every year) but they also have Hudson, IMC, Optiver and the rest actively on campus and they dedicate a lot of face time with the quant club here.
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