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<p>Let me put it to you this way. Right now, as many of us have witnessed all too painfully, many college graduates are not finding jobs, or if they are, are finding only jobs which, frankly, they don’t need college degrees. Heck, even during strong economic times, some college graduates ended up with mediocre jobs. I can think of quite a few college graduates who ended up as waitresses or store clerks. </p>
<p>I have no doubt that those students probably felt disappointed, and one could even argue that they wasted 4 years of their lives. After all, nobody goes to college with the goal of stocking shelves afterwards. But is the answer then to simply not go to college? College provides a chance at a better job, but certainly no guarantee. Does the mere fact that you may be disappointed at the outcome mean that you should never try at all? </p>
<p>If you want to argue that nobody should ever go to HLS because they might be disappointed at being relegated to a $40k job which would engender feelings of disappointment about wasting 3 years of their lives, and similarly, nobody should ever go to college because they might end up waiting tables afterwards, feeling as if they’ve wasted 4 years of their lives, then, while I disagree with that philosophy of life, I will give you credit for being consistent. </p>
<p>Heck, if anything, the HLS pathway is a stronger bet. Most undergraduates assume debt which they have to pay off regardless of what job they obtain after graduation. Their schools won’t suspend debt payments just because they were consigned to low-end jobs after graduation. But HLS will. In other words, HLS limits the downside in a way that undergraduate programs won’t.</p>