<p>woops, my bad lol</p>
<p>I so don’t get students who choose to take out hugenormous loans that they then spend years, no, decades repaying. What a way to chain yourself down! Seriously, if you ain’t got the cash, you shouldn’t consider paying 30-50K/year for a lib.arts degree, that’s crazy stupid. Especially in a city like New York, where you have such CHEAP municipal education where the quality is pretty darn good!</p>
<p>I don’t think people realize how bad the economy is right now for new graduates – it’s an absolute nightmare. Even the Ivies are getting screwed over (I think Princeton and Cornell had like a 50% fulltime job rate post-undergrad – even Wharton only had like 80%). It’s rough for everyone, not just NYU.</p>
<p>I largely disagree with the “grad school” theory right now. I would be unable to handle the additional debt, and the competition would similarly be fierce on the other side.</p>
<p>^But that’'s the thing about grad school. In most cases, if not all, people who hold masters degrees and above will be paid on average much higher than those with just a bachelors degree. Provided you do well in grad school, you will be paid much more than if you held just a bachelors.</p>
<p>“lib.arts degree”</p>
<p>burningbright, what constitutes as a liberal arts degree? I never heard of such a thing. I’ve heard of a liberal arts curriculum but not a degree. And if you mean lib.arts as in poli-sci, economics, psychology majors, then I don’t think you realize how much you can do with those degrees and where it could take you.</p>
<p>I don’t know if this was already said in the thread but I’d say rising seniors should truly do their research and investigation on not just the best schools but a school that offers career services and career building workshops. If a school lacks in that department then it might not be worth considering especially when this economy is so messed up. I know one of the factors I looked into when matriculating at my school was whether it offers opportunities for students to network and career build and I must say i am highly impressed with it.</p>
<p>@legendofmax, being jobless in a recession will ruin your credit. Having ruined credit is worse than having additional debt.</p>
<p>coffeebreak, can you please provide proof of that statement. Where are you basing this from. I dont understand how on Earth being jobless can ruin your credit unless you’ve had debt already up yourselves.</p>
<p>Simple, normally if you borrow money and never pay it back, your credit will ruined. So if you borrow money for school and never pay it back for a while because you can’t find a job during the recession, depending on how long the recession lasts, your credit will be ruined. If you go to grad school, you’ll accumulate more debt but that gives you time not only wait out the recession but get a more profitable degree( in which you should be able to find a job with in a good economy).</p>
<p>Can someone please explain to me why it is that so many people think that college Liberal Arts degree+good GPA=job?</p>
<p>I see the the two things as very different. We all know that very rarely in college do you learn anything particularly relevant to any specific job so what makes you think your degree is the ticket to getting a job?</p>
<p>Your degree and GPA are just a prerequisite to apply for certain jobs nothing else. Companies are hiring a person, not your degree. It’s just one of many things prospective employers look for in entry level employees.</p>
<p>in england we have: 1:1,1:2, 2:1. 2:2. :3: ? , ordinary degree. And you’d be lucky to get a job with a 2:2. i think it’s > than useless gpa system.</p>
<p>The 2:2 is essentially saying you have taken the necessary tests and passed. There is a problem for those with a 2.1 who attended a school that only went to that level even if they could pass the 2:2. This is due to the economy in England, just as U.S graduates are having difficulty getting a job after graduation. The G.P.A system seems much easier and within the grasp of most people who want to achieve higher education in the states. In the states there are no comprehensive national exams in a subject.</p>