You mean with an undergrad degree, or with a Pharm D or what?Originally Posted by Edvina
Because if it's with just a BS, I wish that someone told me this earlier... and also that I were in the same broken, disillusioned state that I'm in now.
You mean with an undergrad degree, or with a Pharm D or what?
Because if it's with just a BS, I wish that someone told me this earlier... and also that I were in the same broken, disillusioned state that I'm in now.
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If you don't like them, then get the fuck out.
Whatever college you do decide on make sure you go with pharmacy, engineering, or something in the sciences. Otherwise you're fucked.
This is dumb, don't listen to it.
Good thing a philosophy degree is perfect for todays economy
oh wait
(what I meant to get at is: don't get a shit degree that you will regret getting)
He should get a degree in a field that interests him and that he wants to get a degree in. If that's a scientific or engineering degree, great. If it's a philosophy degree, great also. People with liberal arts degrees aren't doomed to unemployment; it can a be a bit harder for them, but they're not stuck out in the cold (if nothing else, they can always go to law school). A lot of employers don't care what your degree is in, they just want you to have a degree because it's evidence that you can work hard and learn things. If he has no interest in science or engineering, it would be a terrible idea for him to force himself into a field he doesn't like for the sake of having a somewhat easier time finding a job after graduation. That would be a "shit degree that he would regret getting". Today's economy isn't going to last for the rest of our lives, in fact it's already starting to turn around and will probably be back to normal in a few more years, so that's an incredibly poor basis for making a decision that will heavily affect the rest of your life. Besides, bear in mind that you are giving advice to someone who just finished sophomore year of high school, so "today's economy" is actually totally irrelevant to him; he's not trying to find a job in today's economy, he'll be trying to find a job in 2015's economy.
This is all academic, since I think the OP has already talking about majoring in pharmaceutics or engineering, but the idea that you're screwed if you get anything other than a science, engineering, or pharmacy degree is retarded.
Why would you pay money for college if you're not going to pursue something that interests you? You may as well just skip it and go work at some backwater factory.
On another note, there are a lot of people who come out of college without being able to write well. That should be a priority no matter what field you're choosing.
Last edited by jack burden; 07-03-2009 at 11:47 PM.
There's a reason the term "starving artist" exists.
You don't get the point. As long as you are doing what you love, it doesn't really matter.
"In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart." -Anne Frank
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” -Buddha
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Yes, pointing out the existence of a cliche term totally proves your point, and debunks the idea that people should major in a field that actually interests them rather than whatever field they think will make it easiest to get a job. Well done.
Yep, so people who want to devote their lives to art will have to get a job on the side until they can support themselves through their art. Yep, they will probably have a (comparatively) hardscrabble living standard during this period, since whatever job they get probably won't pay as well as the job that, say, an engineering major can get when they graduate. This doesn't really refute what TOGS said at all. He never said that money itself is absolutely unnecessary; I would have though it was obvious that what he meant was that making lots of money in a field you dislike isn't necessarily better than making less money in a field you love. Obviously you need SOME money, he wasn't suggesting that it's possible to get by with literally $0 in your pocket.
It is like after finishing their 6 year program, it is year around though.
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