Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back to campus

Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by blahbhthrow3748 on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:46PM (#24163676)

STEM includes hard science and mathematics - is there that much more demand for math or biology majors than for any of the social sciences? A math undergrad seems just as likely to end up in a call centre or as an office manager

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by cdipaolo on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:38PM (#24164536)

(context: was a math undergrad)

Almost all math graduates at my undergrad ended up going into (a) finance as quants, (b) PhD program, (c) data or SWE-related job in tech [me], or (d) some kind of K-12 math educator job.

Probably 30% PhD, 30% SWE/data in tech, 20% quant, 20% K-12 education. The people who did K-12 wanted to do that for much of their life typically, and the people who did PhD either (50%) knew that's exactly what they wanted to or, or really didn't know what they wanted to do.

Perhaps our program doesn't reflect the story on a national level though. Unsure there.

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Re:Stanford cancels plans to bring half of undergrads back t... by mountainboot on Sunday August 16, 2020 @10:53AM (#24178281)

My good friend got a math degree and works retail.

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