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>doing social work
>got decent marks in first semester
>was going to todo business or social science
>career counselor (who referred me to social work) could not explain what I could do with it nor could the lecturers
>someone said to get STEM'd otherwise university is useless
what about teaching, law, business? they don't fall into the STEM category nor are they useless
so are non-stem degrees really useless? also does anyone know wtf I do actually do with social work?
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>>18501356
>what about teaching, law, business? they don't fall into the STEM category nor are they useless
OH, they are
>teaching
You max out at 60k a year to be a high school teacher, less for lower grades and most state college positions with a doctorate
>law
It's so fucked it isn't funny. You will never pay back your half million dollar loans.
>business
Enjoy middle management or even better, a job pushing papers that will be replaced by a couple scripts in the next few years.
If you get your MSW, you will do anything from social work to campaign planning to administration in the non-profit and for-profit sectors.
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>>18501356
Didn't you post this this morning?
Teaching isn't going to make you a lot of money unless you teach in college and get tenure. Law is a better choice, but you're going to be sidled with a lot of loans, and people end up unhappy in law school in a lot of cases.
Business is certainly adequate. You can even get your MBA and make a ton of money.
Don't go into STEM if you aren't good at it, or passionate about it. Every day will be a chore, and the money won't make up for the fact that you're wasting away your life doing something you hate.
If you're really good at something, you'll find a way to make money doing it.
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>>18501368
>MSW
well im doing honors if that is any better?
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I did law, though I'm not from the US. I could provide my two cents on it if you want.
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>>18501398
Undergrad is worthless for most fields outside of the shitty parts of stem like chemistry. Fuck me, time for the crash course your ass never got.
A masters is the new high school diploma.
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>>18501406
High school diploma?
Dunno how bad america is but in Aus having an atar is an achievement
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>>18501402
yes please go ahead
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>>18501429
Used to be, a high school diploma was the bare minimum entry point into most fields. A college degree set you apart from other job-seekers.
Nowadays, a college degree is the bare minimum to get on in most fields, and the market is absolutely saturated with college graduates, thereby making the degree on par in usefulness with a high school diploma.
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>>18502998
>Aus
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