<p>Mini! LOL! I love your story. My son goes to (the other ;)) #1 LAC. Admittedly we live on the west coast, but here it’s a very rare soul that has ever heard of the college. I’ve stopped saying the name because all I ever got was “Where is that?” So now I just say “He’s in college in Massachusetts” and they say “Massachusetts? Wow!” :p</p>
<p>I’ve told both my kids --both humanities majors-- to expect to start from scratch, really, when it comes to post-college employment. My son is only a junior but he’s started out already talking to friends of friends of the family who are in certain lines of work he’s interested in. Just as Ellemenope says, he isn’t asking for work, but is instead trying to just make contacts, get more informed about the possible paths to this position or that, just get his bearings. Once he graduates, I can only assume that process will continue and while he’s finding his way he’ll work in casual jobs doing this and that and picking up some transferable skills and future employment references from the people for whom he works.</p>
<p>A friend of mine with an English major son at another very selective LAC thinks there is almost necessarily another two years of college necessary after her son gets his BA. Either two years at a community college to get some specific sort of certification or two years in a pre-professional masters program somewhere.</p>
<p>For the OP however, I think you’re right to not rush into even more enormous indebtedness without a very clear objective that you feel committed to and confident will lead to some very lucrative work… but if that’s work in the corporate world, and you feel definite about not wanting to live in that environment, then by all means don’t make that financial commitment for grad school.</p>