Bluer White
New Yorker
Most schools have gen ed requirements that take over two semesters to fulfill anyway, don't they? You might as well be undecided while you're knocking these classes off.
I know there are many people who will disagree with me, but these days a BA or BS alone (unless it's in something like engineering) is pretty useless. You will of course always find exceptions in certain areas, especially technical areas, but for the most part these degrees will not enable you to really do much. And that is partly because most people out there are pushing forward with grad degrees or professional degrees and that turns everything into a vicious cycle.
Also with today's job situation and outsourcing and the global markets, the only somewhat secure jobs are ones that (a) must be performed by actual, real people and (b) require licences to practice.
Isn't this an awfully costly way of making such a decision? As long as you're there, you're blowing really substantial amounts of money on a year or 2 that is not going to achieve anything for your long term goals. I don't like to ever think of any education as a waste but there is a line, surely, when you're talking of 10's of thousands of dollars in school fees, living costs, etc.