Top Tier One (UVa )or cheap Tier Three (George Mason) School? (Name vs. Cost)

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@sakky

As to why somebody who intends to enter those fields would choose to major in engineering, I would first say that most students don’t actually intend to pursue professionally whatever they had majored in college. For example, most history majors do not actually intend to become professional historians, most psychology majors do not actually intend to become professional psychologists, most math majors do not intend to become professional mathematicians. Many engineering students also desire a ‘backup career’ in case they can’t get the job they really want.

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<p>This is an imperfect analogy. </p>

<p>Engineering majors are much, much more likely to become engineers than history majors to become professional historians or psychology majors to become professional psychologists or math majors to become professional mathematicians, etc.</p>