It's a little bit of a different situation but when I was in rotc in 2008 we were literally told to take underwater basket weaving if it was an option because all you needed was a high gpa and any degree. The business school was like this as well, you needed something like a 3.8 to get in, so everyone applied in their first or second semester. After that you could stay in the school with a <2.0 gpa for the rest of your time there.

The only person who ever told me to consider what sort of job I'd get was the advisor for the law school who said I shouldn't go into law if I ever wanted to make money. At the time I didn't trust her because every other adult in school and my personal life was giving me the opposite advice