Choice of Major vs. Where You Attend College

There are a lot of folks out there who argue that where you go to college doesn’t matter a whole lot, that what you choose as a major is so much more important. In fact, there’s a column up on MarketWatch today by Liz Weston, a personal finance accountant, entitled … 

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Choosing a College Based on Major

Thinking about choosing a college based on your intended major? Peter Van Buskirk believes that to be a good idea. He’s a former dean of admissions at Franklin & Marshall College and currently works as a private college counselor. As Peter writes on his firm’s June 28, 2017 blog, “Embracing a college … 

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Changing College Majors

When many students (and particularly parents) first approach us, they so often tell us that they (or their children) are interested in majoring in such and such and in becoming a such and such. And that’s all well and good but when students and parents start listing off colleges that … 

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