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12382722 No.12382722 [Reply] [Original]

Did anyone major in English or is majoring in English?
Should I just stop delaying the inevitable and off myself?

>> No.12382976
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12382976

Get your undergrad in the humanities but get a graduate degree in something more lucrative (hint: something healthcare related)

>> No.12383001

>>12382722
Get a minor in it and major in something more useful

the most you get from english undergrad is exposure to classics and some shit you probably wouldn't have read otherwise

>> No.12383022

>>12383001
>major in something more useful
like what

>> No.12383025

>>12383001
All majors are useless unless you get some certification with it like ABET. Minors are even more useless. If all you want is a job, then don't even go to university.

>> No.12383058

>>12383025
i'm not telling him to minor in it because it's useful. clearly op has an interest in it and a minor is probably enough to satiate him if he's already set on going to college.

>> No.12383064

>>12382976

This and 2666's japanese cover are some of the best covers I've ever seen

>> No.12383135

>>12382722
Don’t worry. Major in what you love. If you get good grades, network with your professors, and work with your universities career services, you will be fine.

You’re only in trouble when you major in English but feel guilty the whole time and get a 2.0.

>> No.12383174

I did it and enjoyed my classes but after graduating I couldnt find any work so now I just work a shitty retail job and live with my parents.

So proceed at your own risk.

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>>12383025
This is some ignant shit right here boi

>> No.12383262

>>12383135
Gives me hope
>>12383174
Gives me despair

I'm very interested in working overseas, so I was considering teaching English in Asia after college, then working at the department of state and maybe get placed in an embassy somewhere

>> No.12383281

>>12383262
Go to graduate school. Bachelor's degrees are the new HS diploma.

>> No.12383298

>>12382722
I majored in English, spent a year scrambling to look for job and eventually landed one at my local library. Didn't even need a degree for it but I'm glad I did one anyway in something I care deeply about

The job is comfy, pretty relaxed as long as you don't have to deal with addicts or homeless people, and I can get any book I want before anyone else. So it's worked out alright for me

>> No.12383313

>>12382976
This.
>>12383001
Don't bog yourself down with minor concentrations.
>>12383025
>If all you want is a job, then don't even go to university.
This. Undergrad is worthless in 2018 without going to grad school.