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Manicotti

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I got my bachelor's degree in English, and that was fucking useless -

Macabre9037 said:
I am currently working om my Bachelor's degree in English
And you have my sympathies unless you're also working on your teaching certification/Education minor at the same time. I was a terribly unambitious student at the time I got my English degree, and failed to get even a minor with it. Naturally, McDonald's was the best employment I could hope for.

As the other guy here said, don't limit yourself to teaching, though. Pick up as many useful software skills as you can, and learn to write in as many different venues as possible. A bud of mine is a columnist for a number of websites on entirely different things. And do *not* skip an internship or you're fucked - English-oriented jobhunting wannabes are a dime a dozen, and get paid even less unless you're phenomenal.

On topic - I went back to school for Manufacturing Technology and Industrial Power Systems Management (Major with a required minor). This is my first semester back in college, so I'll be here a while.
 

Cowabungaa

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I haven't got one and aren't doing any at the moment, but I have tried and failed two Bachelors; Bio-Informatics and Journalism. Currently I'm visiting some psychiatrists to find and fix the things that caused my failing so I can hopefully start and finish a new Bachelor in September this year.
 

dancinginfernal

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I have a degree in having a non-existent degree.

I have taken a large interest in the human psyche recently though, and I've been planning on taking Psych next semester.
 

DanielDeFig

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I am currently applying to the schools of liberal arts in a few universities. I intend to study Philosophy, Political Science, Human Rights, and History. I don't know what my master's degree will be yet, but my sister entered university studying anthropology and French, and is now looking at a master's degree in archeology (for the purpose of anthropological studies).

This is why i am applying in North America rather than Europe, as i do not need to think about the goal yet, but rather given an opportunity to make an informed decision by trying out several subjects of interest, to find out which i am ready to go all the way with (in an academic setting).
 

Lilani

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A BFA in Computer Animation. Though recently I've been told that Psychology might suit me better because of how intuitive I am of people.
 

SimuLord

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I'm an accounting major with an expected graduation date of May 2012.

As for what's after that? Maybe grad school and practicing as a CPA, maybe get my certification as a management accountant, maybe work for the IRS as an auditor, or maybe just have a pretty piece of paper and make a living writing articles for Fortune and the Wall Street Journal.

I have been at turns told I'd be excellent at all of the above by (in order): My Financial Accounting professor, my Cost Accounting prof, my Tax Accounting prof, and my Core Humanities instructor.

I also had a Marketing professor tell me I'd be really good at managing marketing teams, but I'd rather hang myself in my office than deal with marketing people all day.

Also, I would strongly advise against anyone here choosing liberal arts, art history, or anything of the sort as a career lest ye end up like my dear friend who, despite a master's degree in history, works in a museum and literally makes less money than the shift manager at McDonald's.
 

Ubermetalhed

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In my final year at the University of Warwick studying History and preparing for unemployment.
 

Twilight_guy

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My major is currently Computer Science. I wish my school was big enough to support something more specific then just general computer science but, its not. Oh well.
 

PureChaos

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i have a degree in education studies, we look at the history of education, types of learning, types of schools, child psychology, philosophy, sociology and stuff. was good
 

Jaded Scribe

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Working on a BS in Computer Science with a double minor in Mathematics and Game Design & Development.

I could have majored in GDD (what I really, really, really want to do), but I felt (and the program chair agreed) that I could be just as successful in the game industry with a CS degree, and (especially important as I am married with two kids) have the ability to seek good employment elsewhere if I needed to fall back on that.
 

MurderTrainAComing

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English and I find it totally worthless. Really would have been better off just going into the field I am in now and just having the additional years of experience under my belt. Eventually when you realize that it is just a piece of paper that is only worth as much as others feel it is the luster kind of falls off college.