An undergraduate's dilemma

[poisongirlxv]

I'm a undergrad student majoring in sociology, going into my second semester. Sociology is my passion and it has opened up avenues of intellectual thought in my life, as I'm sure it has for most of you. It has compelled me to change and critique my own life. As much as I love the subject, I am worried about graduating in this field and heading to

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[lostreality]

if you don't want to go the grad school route, I would focus on your quantitative skills- take as many applied stats classes as they have in your program and if you can take a grad level stats class or 3, that would put you an even better position to get a job. There are tons of jobs out there at places like the census, the CDC, etc., for statistical analysts who analyze and run the surveys that those organizations run

[lostreality]

oh and if you are planning on going the academic route the dirty secret of academia is that school rank counts a LOT more than you think it does- my friend just did a study that found that 80% of people with tenure track jobs in sociology got their degrees from the top 20 schools in sociology or something like that...so aim high if you are planning on being a professor.

[uberconfused]

has this been published?

[lostreality]

no he's still writing up the results as far as I know.

[winweiquaker]

this is great advice.