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The Velveteen Ocelot

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27. My B.A. degree is in music. Never regretted it for a minute

Tue May 14, 2019, 08:31 PM

May 2019

even though I was never quite good enough to get anywhere as a professional musician. I went into other lines of work (a couple of different careers) but I never found the music degree to be a hindrance in getting work in unrelated fields. Most employers are interested more in whether you have enough discipline to get through college with decent grades, regardless of your major, than whether you went to college to get a credential for a particular job but nothing more. College shouldn't be viewed as a vocational school, but as a way to learn about the world.

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If I was thinking about college right now, and was finishing high school, [View all] MineralMan May 2019 OP

My undergraduate tuition was $150 a semester when I started and had gone up to rzemanfl May 2019 #1

Yes. At California state universities, tuition was $0, although there were some MineralMan May 2019 #3

I'd join the military and get the Post-9/11 GI Bill to pay for future college. Kaleva May 2019 #2

That is an option. You can also study while in the military, too. MineralMan May 2019 #5

I have a nephew that graduated high school. I wanted to go to college, but chose the Army Blue_true May 2019 #44

dont buy a 2019 car, cancel all 12 of your streaming services, bypass the latest iphone msongs May 2019 #4

Well, that has always been true, although were fewer temptations MineralMan May 2019 #6

clueless kcr May 2019 #25

Perspective varies based on where you stand. mahina May 2019 #26

+10000 Celerity May 2019 #39

... a la izquierda May 2019 #7

I have a degree in the humanities. MineralMan May 2019 #9

I never EXPECTED a great job with my English degree. LisaM May 2019 #11

Businesses need people with liberal art degrees Buckeyeblue May 2019 #21

That too! :) LisaM May 2019 #22

Yes. And we are good at taking complicated processes and breaking them down so others can understand Buckeyeblue May 2019 #24

The entry level job pay isn't the most important thing -- but the humanities majors in my family pnwmom May 2019 #29

I would recommend a few possible jobs SoCalDem May 2019 #8

Yes. I mentioned those trades specifically. MineralMan May 2019 #10

Welders are in high demand where I live in Upper Michigan Kaleva May 2019 #12

Our daughter got a $13,000 scholarship... and a $5,000 tax bill because it is now "income" tinrobot May 2019 #13

Scholarship for tuition and fees is generally not taxable exboyfil May 2019 #31

Depends on how the scholarships are given out and to whom. tinrobot May 2019 #36

Nurse.... Good pay. Can't outsource the job. keithbvadu2 May 2019 #14

Live at home and drive dads car exboyfil May 2019 #32

If I were 18 again these days, I'd leave, go to Holland, study chocolate making... NightWatcher May 2019 #15

I think I might do that as well. ooky May 2019 #23

Sometimes employers are not so concerned about the type of degree but are more impressed that you go keithbvadu2 May 2019 #16

There's a more sinister reason jmowreader May 2019 #20

+1 Celerity May 2019 #40

Humanities majors actually do better than undergrad business majors job-wise. pnwmom May 2019 #17

People with business degrees are a dime a dozen these days, The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #28

Way too many people are getting a general business degree exboyfil May 2019 #33

DS graduated with an English degree in 2009 mcar May 2019 #18

Vote. It wasn't this way before, never needed to be Hortensis May 2019 #19

I agree. It's the R's who don't want humanities majors, because people in those majors pnwmom May 2019 #30

Yes. Plain and simple. And evil. Hortensis May 2019 #37

My B.A. degree is in music. Never regretted it for a minute The Velveteen Ocelot May 2019 #27

I'd be very leery of any career being touted by the government Backseat Driver May 2019 #34

I'm afraid that your experience isn't uncommon. pnwmom May 2019 #35

Can you clarify this BumRushDaShow May 2019 #38

I have no beef with those who for whatever reason did not have jobs nor education. That's just good Backseat Driver May 2019 #42

I'm still not getting what you are trying to say BumRushDaShow May 2019 #43

the cost of US tertiary education is becoming extortionate, ruinous Celerity May 2019 #41