<p>shutup uclari and snugglemonster
you guys are so immature</p>
<p>Certain schools have a brand name, others don't. The opportunities slow down pretty much corresponding to their USNEWS ranking, give or take a few spots (Brown underranked, WUSTL overranked, Michigan/ Cal slightly underranked, Penn=Brown=Duke=Columbia=Dartmouth all the same (sort of like a second HYPSM), etc).</p>
<p>Master,</p>
<p>Calm down, man. We were just joking around. There's no need to get so upset.</p>
<p>im sorry</p>
<p>Master, keep my name outcha mouth.</p>
<p>Not everyone wants to go into business, law, engineering or medicine. And not everyone is looking for a top-notch job. (Though here on CC, a disproportionate amount of people want to go into one of those fields and are looking for that kind of job). Personally, I don't know what field I want to go into. College is more about getting an education to me than getting a job. And while I don't want to be flipping burgers, I don't need to be at the top.</p>
<p>That aside, "useless" majors, even at no name colleges, can be of use, as UCLAri pointed out. And at no name colleges, just being a business major isn't going to help anyway. You need to prove yourself. And I think you can do that as well with a "useless" major.</p>
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<p>The PRIMARY purpose of college is to get a good job.
Why do you want to be educated? To get the knowledge to utilize in your job.
Everything leads to "getting a good job".</p>
<p>because afterall, education is the best investment you'll ever make in your life because it's gonna pay off with high income for the next 3 or 4 decades before you retire to spend the rest of your life traveling around the world and relaxing 24/7.</p>
<p>Why do I want to be educated? For the main purpose of knowing things, of being able to really think. Getting a good job isn't as important to me as it is to some people. </p>
<p>Yes, I'm aware that getting a job is important, and that has been a factor when selecting my major (and my college). But it hasn't been the only factor. If it were, I'd be at a different school (I don't know where, maybe UCLA or Cal or Duke, all of which I got accepted to) with an engineering major, instead of at Baylor with an applied math major and history minor (odd combination, I know).</p>
<p><em>shrug</em> I guess I've always valued being happy and well-rounded over being successful. Not too much, of course, but still...</p>
<p>The truth, however, is that the top schools give you alot of that freedom. That's why I love places like Stanford, Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke, and Penn. Some of the most fun college experiences in the country, not a killer workload, awesome academics and you can major in something theoretical, and you're still incredibly competitive in anything you want to do after graduating.</p>
<p>Well, to be honest, the main reason I didn't go to Duke was for the money. I could have scrapped it up with a lot of loans, but it wasn't worth it. Plus, it's even farther from home than Baylor, though I guess it doesn't matter once you get a certain distance away. </p>
<p>But I really do like Baylor, for a lot of reasons, and since I'm in one of their honors programs, I feel like I'm being challenged, though obviously not as much as in a place like Duke. </p>
<p>Perhaps I'm an optimist, but I think that if you try hard enough, even at a lesser known school with a "useless" major, you can still do quite well in life, if that's your goal.</p>
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<p>Apparently you have NEVER heard of the University of Chicago. And Swarthmore College.</p>
<p>The primary purpose of college is an EDUCATION, not getting a job; for that there are numerous job training schools (including business schools of colleges and universities). BTW, pre-med, law, vet are intentions, not majors. As as a physician I treasure the non-medical undergraduate education I received, in a science because I like science. My Indian trained husband has told me I must have taken a course in everything; something he couldn't do. This may be why college is often considered "the best years of your life", you're (usually) young, healthy and indulging yourself in knowledge without every course needing to be job/future related. Also, don't get too hung up on brand name schools- I've looked at some of their course offerings and cannot find a lot of majors or even courses that are offered in letters and sciences at UW-Madison (another good school for brain food). Ivy may mean prestige, but it can also mean limitations.</p>
<p>Gosh what's knowledge worth jesus these fools trying to enhance the culture of human intelligence why don't they worship money</p>
<p>He (thread starter) makes a valid point. Philosophers, poets, actors, curators, historians, writers, filmmakers, etc... are all worthless to society.</p>
<p>how overranked is wustl?</p>
<p>stop with the socratic irony
its annoying
I acknowledge that philosophers, poets, actors, curators, historians, writers, filmmakers, etc... are all very important to society. However, the job market for those of areas of study is definitely not that great compared to the medical and business field. Everything is relative, and those impractical areas of study are relatively less important to society. Philosophy, acting, and linguistics won't put food on the table or contribute to the nation's GDP.</p>
<p>Why not offer pre-med programs and business for undergraduate students?</p>
<p>"Because the world isn't only populated by doctors and suits."</p>
<p>But there is definitely a greater demand for doctors and suits in this world. I agree that prestige is the greatest benefit from studying anthropology in Harvard and that the prestige alone gets you the job.</p>
<p>"Clearly the only majors colleges should offer are Business, Engineering, and "Pre-Med""</p>
<p>I never said that they should get rid of those academic programs. Instead, I'm advocating Harvard and Columbia to provide undergraduate business programs in addition to linguistics and history. Of course, the result would be an influx of students choosing business over linguistics, art, and economics in undergraduate school.</p>
<p>There isn't really a large demand for business people, in the past few years (roughly) 300k people have graduated with a bachelor's degree in business. The 'demand' is being filled. Also, I really don't understand what point you're trying to make. If someone wants to major in XY then let them. It's their life, they can do whatever that want with it. </p>
<p>PS. No one majors in "pre-med"</p>
<p>I'm advocating Harvard and Columbia to provide undergraduate business programs in addition to linguistics and history.</p>
<p>Why? You could major in econ and go on to business school, anyway.</p>
<p>Why not? You could do undergraduate business and then go to business school anyway. </p>
<p>"There isn't really a large demand for business people..."</p>
<p>So there's a greater demand for artists, philosophers, and scientists than business people right?</p>