ITT academic advice

[FuzenAkuma]

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I wish I had listened to this advice when I was in high school lol

[Wineandbread]

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Apparently one of the grad students who teaches Freshman English here who majors in English wrote her thesis about female pirates and prostitution

Yeah English majors !!

[All_That_Chaz]

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Communications majors

big joke or biggest joke

I lol'd.

I never took any communication classes but I don't know if they could be a bigger joke than some of my education classes. It's so nice when I get out of those classes and go into a math class. It keeps my brain from atrophying.

[Reincarnate]

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Communications is usually associated with people who weren't good enough to handle the business school... or are aimlessly lost and have no idea what to major in (so they pick something easy).

Most of the girls back at Penn that I knew in the Comm major were really hot... so I don't think the lack of "useful" major is going to hurt them. If you're sociable and good-looking, you've already got a decent leg up. But if you're an average dude with no connections? Don't bother with communications lmfao.

Majoring in English is also one of those hazy areas. While it may be an interesting subject, it doesn't do much for your employability. Almost every single Ivy League English major graduate I know had problems finding work... some of them decided to just jump into grad school to pursue something more "employable." Others didn't get the memo and went on to get additional degrees in Classics or Art History... hhmhmhm.

[ninjafury]

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My cousin was a Comm major and somehow managed to get a job with NBC in NYC. You pretty much HAVE to network to get anything out of that.

Everyone else who graduated with him are still searching for jobs haha.

[Reincarnate]

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My cousin was a Comm major and somehow managed to get a job with NBC in NYC. You pretty much HAVE to network to get anything out of that.

Everyone else who graduated with him are still searching for jobs haha.

Networking is such an important skill to have. It's a shame that it isn't "taught" more... but it's really more of a "street smart" skill in terms of being able to sell yourself and expand your name.

[ninjafury]

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Yep! He was lucky enough to know someone in the business already.

I'm hoping to get in to a nice company with my IS major that I am currently a part of.

Networking landed me an internship finally at NewDay Financial (MD branch) to be a Network Admin!

Yes, networking is an amazing skill.

^
I just realized what I said was really redundant...

[All_That_Chaz]

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I despise networking. I hated it so much in college that I made a point to never schmooze with potential employers.

I am now back in school working on a teaching certification while my schoozing college friends have big jobs.

Oh well. I couldn't stand being in business anyway.