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It's great that you've used your communications studies in your career but you didn't have to get a communications degree to learn that. I feel that the anthro

• ebiester 13y ago
  In my case, I had a bad semester where life crashed around me right before finals, which included two of the classes I needed to have a minimum GPA for admittance into the CS program. I had the option of losing a semester and retaking everything again, of course, but at the same time I had been involved with speech and debate during high school and loved the communications classes I was taking. It worked out for me. If I hadn't had the option, I could have retaken a few math classes and been fine. I could have made it, but I return to the question: what happens when people aren't cut out for STEM? Do you charge 20k and say "thanks for trying,?"
  • Zimahl 13y ago
    Certainly not and I'm not downplaying the importance of liberal arts degrees, it's just that right now their ROI is terrible. Unless you go to a private school, state schools should never cost $20k per year - ever. I can't believe my alma mater costs $9k + room/board per year, it's not worth it for even STEM. The only solution is bringing costs down. Plain and simple. If a majority of students can't pay for in-state college alone or with help from family the system is not working as intended. EDIT: butchered that last sentence by missing one word (now in italics)