Category: Majors Info

What Colleges Want in an Applicant (Everything)

by Eric Hoover, The New York Times, November 1, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 | Majors Info, National Noteworthy Articles (Nt'l)

The admissions process is a maddening mishmash of competing objectives, and an attempt to measure the unmeasurable: you. No, it isn’t fair, and likely never will be. The admissions process is out of whack. Just ask the heartbroken applicant, rejected by her dream...

Good News Liberal-Arts Majors: Your Peers Probably Won’t Outearn You Forever

by GEORGE ANDERS, Sept. 11, 2016, The Wall Street Journal | Mar 17, 2017 | Majors Info, News of Interest

Six years ago, Andy Anderegg’s decision to major in English looked like an economic sacrifice. When she left academia in 2010, with a master’s degree in fine arts from the University of Kansas, the first job she landed was a Groupon Inc. writing gig paying all of...

Does It Pay to Double Major?

by LISA WARD, Feb. 14, 2017, The Wall Street Journal | Mar 15, 2017 | Majors Info

The benefits of a double major in college seem obvious. By gaining expertise in two different areas, many believe, students will have a significant edge when it comes to launching and advancing a career. That may be especially true, the thinking goes, if a student can...