Criminology, completely useless?

LAGator
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:20:04 +0000

OK, now it looks like you have a better picture of what you want (and don’t want) to do. So wrap up that degree with top grades and hopefully a job-related internship and pursue the sort of analyst position you want with everything you’ve got.

Once you settle into the job, see what it takes to excel and go from there. The fact that certain types of experience can limit one’s career advancement within an organization is a separate conversation - but if you have a genuine passion for this type of work you will have some degree of success.