Specialized Majors: High Risk, High Reward

Honing your skills in one area can lead to a job quickly, but may severely limit career flexibility.

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But for the majority of students who don't have an idea of what they want to do, they should expand their undergraduate experience so they're not trapped in a track that doesn't fit, some school officials say.

"Some—not many—know at age 5 [that] they're going to be a doctor, and that's great," says Tori Haring-Smith, president of Washington & Jefferson College. "[But] 18-year-olds rarely know what it is they want to do in life."

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fdsa of AL 2:37AM May 13, 2011

Great so your employer teaches you everytihng you know and then you move to another employer and they mould you their way, etc, etc. What happened to a solid foundation of theoretical knowledge?

Tim of NY 4:50PM May 12, 2011