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Do people getting a Masters in Film genuinely think that they will get a six figure job after it? Or a Masters in Positive Psychology?

Sure they aren’t just willing to be in debt forever to pursue their dreams like a lot of starving artists?

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When you’re 17 and many adults in your life say “follow your dreams,” and there is a low barrier to you and your classmates to taking out 200k loans, that skepticism would be low.

There are remarkably few 17 year olds signing up for Master's Degrees. There's a tremendous difference in development between a highschool grad and a 22 year old with 4 years of undergrad.

The parent comment and the article it is referring to are specifically discussing master's degree programs. No 17-year old would be applying to these programs. Most applicants would be in their late 20s or early 30s.

They're kids that don't know any better and these schools seem almost fraudulent by not being upfront about those career prospects.

It would be good to teach a class in high schools about degrees, careers and salaries so that they aren't just guessing based on feel.

If you are pursuing a Masters degree, I don't think you get the protection defined by being a "kid".

Young adults or whatever you want to call them. They don't know what they are signing up for.

This is a bit of a catch-22. They need to be stupid so they don't realize it's a worthless degree. They also need to be smart because the admissions office only wants smart kids.

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