<p>Plenty of careers ask only for a bachelor’s degree. An anthropology major is NOT worthless.</p>
<p>I plan to major in anthro, and I want to work for nonprofits and charities.</p>
<p>the realist hater on here, that’s for sure.</p>
<p>anthro is great for med/pharmacy school</p>
<p>I’d take a UCLA education as an anth major over any other UC besides CAL as a business major any day.</p>
<p>Why’s everyone s***ting on the OP’s parade?</p>
<p>I got into UCLA as an Anthro major too. I’m incredibly shocked.</p>
<p>^ what was your gpa? so many anthro majors this year hehe</p>
<p>i believe that if hes passionate about anthro then its a great major for him :)</p>
<p>3.31 … :d</p>
<p>I’m going to school for what I’m interested in and couldn’t be happier right now. 
Congrats to you and everyone else!</p>
<p>All of you anthro majors are absolutely fine. Engineering is the only field I can think of where people (at least that I know) come out of college making pretty good money. A liberal arts education isn’t pre=professional…it’s goal is not to prepare you for a certain job. If you’re hard-working, passionate, smart, etc. you’ll do just fine in whatever you like. For those of you wanting to go to med school I remember seeing something on a link on UCSD anthro website saying that Bio Anth majors get into med school at a higher rate than the hard sciences. Who knows if it’s true, but I thought I’d throw it out there. Good luck to all of you!</p>
<p>congrats to whoever got in as whatever major they applied as. The point is you got IN. i recently spoke to an admissions counselor at usc law and he stated that now more than ever law schools are looking for diversity in students majors. He told me that a student from an odd major has a better chance now than a student from the traditional poli sci, sociology, history, and english majors. </p>
<p>So i say kudos to u for being smart enough to work the system to have that degree from UCLA on your wall in the future.</p>
<p>VastlyO, I know which UCSD pages you are talking about! Here for whoever is curious:</p>
<p>[Pre-meds</a>, pre-vets: Which major?](<a href=“http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/bioanthro/biovet.html]Pre-meds”>http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/bioanthro/biovet.html)
[BioAnthro</a> Careers, local perspective](<a href=“http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/bioanthro/uccareer.html]BioAnthro”>http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jmoore/bioanthro/uccareer.html)</p>
<p>I used to be a Toxicology major at my old school and when I transferred to a CC I was tired of the lack of academic freedom to take and dryness of the sciences.
I picked anthropology only because of its high acceptance rate and a very slight interest in the subject (yeah, not the most altruistic of reasons). </p>
<p>But it turns out I love my major and haven’t shut off a lot of career choices I could’ve done with toxicology (public health etc). Actually, I’ve opened a lot more doors to genetics, public policy, NGO work, child/animal development and psychology, linguistics and more. Just depends on how you apply your major. </p>
<p>My anthro teacher told me “anthropology is the most scientific of the humanities and the most human of the sciences”. </p>
<p>'grats OP.</p>
<p>I hear the whole “OMG UR MAJORING IN _____? IDIOT!” argument all the time. My opinion? It’s stupid. Not only does it ignore the fact that there are plenty of jobs out there that aren’t well-known, there is a whole lot of people out there who major in something “fluff” and minor or supplement with quantitative courses in order to still offer job skills.</p>
<p>Does it make life easier? Probably not. But it’s not a career death sentence as so many on here (most of whom aren’t yet in careers) believe.</p>
<p>You don’t have to be a science major to go to med school. I know someone at Berkeley who’s an art history major and pre-med. I think anthro is interesting…high 5 DavidAdkins :)</p>
<p>i want to clarify that i’m not saying that anthropology is not interesting or not cool to study. I’m just saying that it’s just one of those degrees that doesn’t get a lot of respect in the job market along with a lot of other majors. Also, I hate it when universities post websites where they give you an idealized version of the major where it states that since this person is successful in this major, you can be too. </p>
<p>[Getting</a> a Job](<a href=“http://www.usd.edu/anth/handbook/hbjob.html]Getting”>http://www.usd.edu/anth/handbook/hbjob.html)</p>
<p>if you look at the above link, it clearly states that finding jobs will be hard.</p>
<p>if you are planning to go on to grad school, law school, or med school, then i hope you strive and make ends with your major. if you do make it, then promote your major wherever you go, that’s the only way to end any stigma attached to any major</p>
<p>also i think you need a better gpa then the one stated to have a better shot at med school if i’m correct</p>
<p>Yeah, I wasn’t trying to put you down about implying that anthro wasn’t interesting…I just put it out there that I happen to think it’s interesting/fun haha.</p>
<p>No doubt there are more competitive and less competitive majors out there. The point is that there are an infinite number of ways you can get to the same goal. Anthropology majors, can study certain cultures as a way to do marketing in those particular regions. Having said that, i got into business econ at UCLA, but don’t underestimate certain majors. With hundreds of people applying for similar positions sometimes the odd ball out becomes the standout.</p>
<p>therealist,</p>
<p>Considering that the vast majority of college majors have jobs and aren’t starving to death, one has to wonder about your argument.</p>