Urgent: Is Davidson too hard?

Northamerican1357
Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:08:50 +0000

You’re asking a lot of a high school senior to, on their own, give extensive thought to how their education will affect their job prospects in a more granular sense. Obviously, better school, better prospects. But beyond that, I really didn’t understand some of the nuances, as almost none us did. Almost no one knows economics or business before college. I also did not know what I would want to do (as many do not, and LACs are designed specifically to cultivate.) Had I known beforehand attending an LAC would largely defeat the purpose (though not entirely.)

I also (understandably) did not have a full appreciation for how competitive things are today. The school approaches these types of issues like it is operating a few decades ago. I listened to folks like my parents, who echoed much of what you’re saying, but am now left holding the bag in a sense. Things will turn out all right, but there was not enough communication on this front beforehand (or during.) Any amount of research will indicate that the job market approach sufficient in 1970 does not work today, and that becomes exponentially more true since then (a bigger difference between 2015 and 2020 than between 1970 and 1980.)