Posts by austinite

Quote:Originally Posted by imatlas Quote:Students, who were frequently high-achievers in HS, graduate with a BS in a subject of the humanities and have no real job prospects available. The reality is that they are now less...

Quote:Originally Posted by imatlas  Which I agree with 100%, and actually this is a complete distraction from the point that I was responding to, which was the rant against majoring in the humanities at all that was posted above. I...

I'd tend to guess that most of the people on that list went to extremely elite schools. No question a humanities graduate from Harvard is employable. I was talking about the the other 90-95%.

I think the problem is at the undergraduate level. Students, who were frequently high-achievers in HS, graduate with a BS in a subject of the humanities and have no real job prospects available. The reality is that they are now less...

Hospitals get to pass internal costs directly to the patient, and the patients don't see the price until after the service has already been rendered. What is the point of being efficient?

Quote:Originally Posted by kwright11 Great advice, I appreciate it. And coincidentally I am from Texas at was considering TAMU's Financial Economics masters degree. I guess my next question would be, timeframe aside, what careers...

I'm not in the field but I was under the impression that IB analysts are hired out of undergrad. If you can't get those internships/jobs, and want to work in IB, then you should plan to get an MBA after 2-5 years of working and come in...

One of my friends did an Econ minor just to mix in some interesting but more relaxed classes into an engineering curriculum. In hindsight I think that was a great idea and I would have loved to do the same. In terms of job prospects,...

Not very good timing for this plan.

Quote: Originally Posted by scientific get a mac. if your school requires windows, don't go. Do you have a real job? I'm actually a Linux desktop user at home, so by no means am I a Windows lover, but I...