🌐 Global Economy Jul 27, 2026 · conversableeconomist

Major Stereotypes

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Lots of students come to college looking for what I sometimes call a “golden ticket” major–that is, choosing a major that will assure future prosperity and status. Lots of first-year students show up declaring that their career path is to become a doctor, but a certain percentage of them make other plans after getting their butt kicked in their first real college-level intro chemistry or intro biology course. The huge increase in computer science majors in the last decade or so

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