[dinosaur]

I disagree with shitting on a psych BA. Any degree can be useless....can you get a better job with a History BA? PoliSci? Sociology? Possibly, but it all depends on how much effort you put into you BA in regards to co-ops, work study, memberships to associations, volunteering, etc.

Some just go to university and do nothing. They walk out with a BA in something and expect to get hired the next day. The University and College system is not there to teach you how to get a job. If that is what you want, going to BCIT would be more beneficial. Universities encourage academia...which is obviously an option, but not the only option.

Go into any random Arts department, find an undergrad, and ask them what their plans are once they have graduated. More often than not, their response will be, "Do my MA". Do you know why? Because most think they have no other option. The only people this undergrad has talked to in the last 4 years are the professors. They are going to be shocked and lost when they don't get accepted into an MA program. These undergrads (and any other RSer that is in this position) need to understand that Universities don't hand out MAs like they are candy. Not everyone gets into Grad school.

One of my good friends did a BA in Psych. She worked her ass off doing extracurricular psych-related activities and is crazy successful in a psych-related job. She was offered a full-ride MA by a handful of Universities in Canada....turned them all down. There was no point.

Undergrads need to explore their options and put in the effort! During the last year of my undergrad, I was already working in my field. Why? Because I had worked my ass off and planned. What happened to most of the people in my department who graduated with me? they work as tellers.