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Originally Posted by TripleXPrint
That was the meaning behind this thread...to see how many people are actually applying their education and degrees to what they're doing now. My daughter starts at University of Texas this fall and she's all over the place with her choice of majors. I told her to wait 2 years, mature a little then declare after her sophomore year. Either way, most of the time you don't end up doing what you went to school to do.
Good stuff and for those who got their degrees at the University of Hard Knocks...that's good shit. It's cheaper and you probably have a better business acumen than most people I know with PhDs!
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UT is a great school and your daughter has made an excellent choice. Austin is also a great city. I graduated in December 98 and just moved back after being in NYC for about 12 years.
As far as picking a major, keep in mind that it is very difficult to get into the undergraduate business school and that if she can gain acceptance as an incoming freshman, it would be a good idea to just start off in the business school and pick one of the programs because she might not be able to get in at a later date. Particularly if she's an out-of-state student. That way she'll have more options if she wants to switch after a year or two.
Despite being accepted to the business school, I started off as an Economics major, which is Liberal Arts. I wanted to switch to Marketing during the middle of my sophomore year, had like a 3.1 gpa, and wasn't accepted to the program, so I just ended up picking Advertising (College of Communication)and doing the Business Foundations program, which anyone can do. An out-of-state friend of mine couldn't get in despite 2 years of a 3.7, which was good enough for him to get into NYU and Michigan. He transferred to NYU.
Also, from experience, I can say that the Advertising program at UT is truly world class. It was ranked as top 3 in the country when I was there, and seems to have grown. There are many UT grads working at the top agencies in NYC and it's pretty easy to get an internship or job at one of them.
As for those of you who've majored in 'survival', or went to the school of 'hard knocks', I'm very happy that you've become successful despite the lack of a college degree, but don't think for a second that it's been all flowers and lollipops for those of us who have gone to college.