political science?

[Tippster]

Lotsa Poli-Sci majors end up in Journalism. Seriously.

[irul&ublo]

You wish. And I didn't even mention that before college, she was half of the US Mixed Pairs Acrobatics championship team. I haven't seen her in more than a decade, though, so I have no idea what shape she's in now.

AlpineMom didn't think she was hot, but then, AlpineMom doesn't think any of my exes are hot.

ummmmm....flexible naked pics

[cj001f]

I won't argue that employers and some grad schools have a prejudice toward the "hard sciences." However, I am not convinced that there is necessarily more intellectual rigor in them than there is in the humanities.

No, there's not necessarily more rigor. A Harvard grad isn't necessarily brighter and more motivated than a junior college grad. On average, both are true in my experience, hence the 'prejudice'. This is especially true with degrees earned in recent years. A degree that can open doors outside your current work/friend/network can be very useful in life - at least thats my experience. It can also open doors easier - again in my experience. A degree isn't an education, it's merely a portion of one. How large a proportion depends on the individual, the institution and how they interact.

[MarsB]

Some good advice from Tacoma, sprite, et al. I was in a similar predicament - started as Poli-sci major, ended up doubling with a BS in Public Admin. I originally planned on a career in intel work, but decided it wasn't for me pretty early on. I ended up doing procurement and contracts negotiation work (actually using PUAD degree) for a few years, and then took a left turn into the IT world for a bit. I think the BS has really helped me there, even though it's not in a directly related field like comp sci/ comp eng, it still carries a bit more clout than a social sciences degree in certain fields. I, like others mentioned, eventually went the MBA route. YMMV.

[MeatPuppet]

While I wish (now), that my major had required more "hard" science, the notion that an engineer is better trained to go to law school, work through problerms by critical thinking and then express a solution, is pure bullshit.

LOL. Easy there counselor. I was merely relateing what my friend told me while he was in law school. I don't think he told me(or I posted) anything that wasn't specific to him and his class.

[El Chupacabra]

I have a BA in political science, and did a double major in history (mostly because it was easy -- 80% of the class requirements for each field overlap), so I think technically I have a BA in both.

They're both worthless in terms of getting you a real world job in either field. Unless you want to go on in grad school, which means PhD program. They're both valuable in terms of getting you to think about the world, people and the way people interact, etc.

I went to law school. Can't say either poli sci or history was particularly useful for law, but I hated law school and most of the assholes I went to law school with, so there you have it.

Whatever you choose, I'd recommend giving it more thought than I did, which it sounds like you're doing now anyway. I waited until after finishing undergrad before coming to the realization that (a) these undergrad degrees weren't going to get me a real job, (b) post-grad work (PhD) meant years upon years of hard work with no pay, and (c) law school is only 3 years, and apparently leads to real jobs, so what the hell...

[Cono Este]

I was Poli Sci, I dont think it is any more worthless than most other LIberal Arts degree's. The one thing it did allow me to do was take alot of electives. I focused on Econ classes. At my school we had an Agricultural Economics program, it was an awesome major. Not just filled with theory, but actually an applied econ program. One of those classes introduced to my now choosen career. Trading. When I got my first job I was competing with phd's from Stanford, i was definetly at a disadvantage, I had to work my way up, started at the very bottom, it took an extra 2 yrs. But, as with any job in the real world, especially mine, it depended entirely on performance, not just fancy titles, or the ability to interpret the rocket science behind computer programs that are allready doing the math for you. Throw in the stats class I took, and I was good to go.

If I could do it over again, I think an accounting degree, like an engineering degree, is one of the few undergrad majors that qualifies you to be something when you graduate from a 4 yr program.

While I do have more experience in my field than most, don't under estimate the value of the right degree, or a graduate degree. It open's doors. WHen I left the trading floor I talked to hedge fund managers I knew about a job. Sadly they preferred some schmuck with a a North Western MBA and no experience, than someone with a kick ass track record and yrs of experience. Without the proper title to impress people with, i have been reduced to doing it on my own. No worries, that has its advantages.

With a poli sci degree, go to law school, its the quickest path to a good salary, and there will always be a need for it. Unfortunately I can attest to that as well.

So basically, unless you go to law school, go into sales, or work for senator jerkoff, you will have to do anything else the hardway.

[VTskibum]

...and, being part of the business school, there was no shortage of fine lookin' ladies.

Of course since it was WVU, you were related to most of them.

[Chinaski]

PolySci here as well. All of this sounds familiar.

[irul&ublo]

Of course since it was WVU, you were related to most of them.

Only the toothless ones.