I can't take all the new college grads on Facebook saying they're ready to conquer the world with their degree in Gender Studies and minor in Lesbian Dance Therapy.

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I guess my point is: Isn't all undergrad is a place to learn to think? There are a couple majors that line up with a career, like accountants, but consulting isn't one of them. Conversely, my college roommate who was a history major is now the chief accountant for a huge company, probably because all his BA in accounting colleagues couldn't think or write very well.

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Engineering majors are the golden ticket. You can do pretty much anything if you're also personable

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You can work at Accenture

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You join tumblr and vent about the broken system that keeps you out of jobs

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They will change the world by supporting Bernie and becoming socialists

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Haha. OP you sound like my grandpa. This was a interesting thread til it got unnecessarily political. I agree with posters that quant is an important skill.

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@D4 No, undergrad is absolutely not a place where you learn to think. It's a place where you are told *how* to think, and how to not to step on anyone's toes or gentle feelings while adhering to liberal, politically correct bullshit. That's the problem -- there is no free speech or free thought. You are only free to speak your mind if it fits the liberal agenda.

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@A1 now you're at Accenture LOL

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What's an acceptable major? I use my high school math education more than I use most of what I picked up in college other than writing a lot.

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Dance major here. Doing just fine.

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Ugh yes. What would you even realistically do with that? Join a nonprofit? I'm actually curious bc gender studies seems to be popular these days 🙄

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...so...tell me how all these "gender studies" and "lesbian dance therapy" graduates wound up on your Facebook feed?

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Creative writing major helped me be a better writer. Turns out writing is a superfluous skill in Consulting. I now am forced to write things like "we leveraged the analytics to better solution the problem."

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^😂😂😂

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@d2: poli sci degree reporting in. Did six months in actual politics, now I work in resources doing not that.

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Anything but social science, it's a joke

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Biology? Learning genomics and running experiments with rats to become... A consultant that writes decks on the governance structure of Fortune 500's decision making between finance and IT. Not seeing the connection.

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Maybe I am your grandpa. #plottwist

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D4 so douchey can't even articulate just how douchey your post about your Grandfather came across. WTF FML

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Calm down, @D2 😂

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