College/University?

[Astrum]

Tbh, a single BA is useless unless you plan on teaching or you pair it with something else. Otherwise you got your degree to pursue a Masters or plan on pursuing a job that basically only requires a General Studies major.

 

I'm a Russian Studies, Poly Sci major, which are both applicable in many careers straight out of college.

 

You're looking at it from the wrong angle. University is not a trade school. It's a shame most people think of it like that though. This view has had far reaching effects on our society.

[PotshotPolka]

You're looking at it from the wrong angle. University is not a trade school. It's a shame most people think of it like that though. This view has had far reaching effects on our society.

 

 

I understand the implications of broadening one's knowledge. I also know that this is lost on virtually every student I've encountered so far and I figure it'd be more productive to pursue classes as if it were to gain a profession, even if extra-curriculars or electives were available.

[Red]

BA in general isn't useless. It does give you a leg-up in the "professional" world over high school grads.

 

But beyond that it basically allows you to enter a slightly higher strata of society. To go further requires a lot of hard work or grad school, or a combination of the above. Or you can just say fuck it and become and entrepreneur and make it on your own.

 

But without at least a BA, unless you go the entrepreneurship route, you usually won't make it as far, or make as much money in any large professional organization as those that do have at least a BA, save for blue collar jobs.