<p>DE’s post is pretty great; I’d definitely agree that the STEM majors at Harvard are not pre-professional. You’ve matriculated at a liberal arts school, and almost every non-engineering major will reflect that. (Applied math and CS might both be exceptions, but those are the only two possible ones I can think of.) The STM kids need to hustle to get hireable resumes with real science work experience no less than the government kids need to hustle to get real government or whatever experience.</p>
<p>I will also add an anecdote and say that the most employable person I know is an English major. She’s an accomplished writer who is about to embark on a creative writing thesis. Impractical, right? But she’s also done term-time business stuff, having held positions where she was in charge of a hundred thousand dollars or so, which she’s leveraged into some really impressive internships. (Business all, no consulting or finance.) It would be a better example if she’d graduated already and gotten a full-time position, but I have no doubt one of the businesses she’s worked at and stays involved with part-time during the year will want to take her.</p>