Having been a National Merit Scholar and my high school's valedictorian, and other various things, including a Board of Regents Scholarship, a Presidential Scholarship, I'm in my fifth year (unplanned) in undergrad. My degrees are in music history and literature and music theory. What am I going to do with these degrees? Why, go to law school, of course! As much as I adore musicology and music in general -- and despite the fact that I'm actually pretty good at analysis and stuff -- I decided (a couple months ago) that music academia is too in-the-head for me and I'd like to go out and be involved in things, rather than in my own tiny little world. So, law school. It's a good generic degree, I guess.
(Although I'd like to point out that the average starting salary for Ph.Ds in musicology is over $10K a year higher than the average starting salary for a lawyer. So, by going into a field that is supposedly more marketable, I will be making less money. Explain that one, please.)
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Date: 2004-09-14 11:20 am (UTC)(Although I'd like to point out that the average starting salary for Ph.Ds in musicology is over $10K a year higher than the average starting salary for a lawyer. So, by going into a field that is supposedly more marketable, I will be making less money. Explain that one, please.)