Useless degree

I've gotten offers from the top unis for Comparative Literature and English w Modern Languages. I was hoping to get into Law, but I'm realising I will get no where since my A-Levels are BBC. What is the point of spending so much money for an English degree when I can get into that job with any other degree? Sure, I am passionate, but I am also passionate about philosophy and art and creative direction as well. I don't see the point of me going to uni for something I'm going to enjoy for 3-4 years which I'm paying thousands for to come up with an average job I could have gotten through with any degree. Should I take a second gap year and pick up a subject in demand? I have one life, and I don't want to be poor in it.

Any realistic advice?

(edited 8 months ago)

Reply 1

PS Reviewer

You seem to be saying that you want to take a gap year to study a subject that you won’t enjoy to give yourself more job opportunities.

That’s a very poor plan. A degree that you enjoy is likely to give you opportunities and skills that you enjoy that you can then build on in your career. A degree in a subject that you don’t enjoy is likely to condemn you to the opposite - developing skills and knowledge that you don’t enjoy that you use in a career that you don’t enjoy (presuming that you manage to struggle through a degree in a subject that you don’t enjoy and manage to get a decent result).

You have one life wasting time doing things you don’t really enjoy is no way to waste it.

Reply 2

amemiya

Original post by PQ

You seem to be saying that you want to take a gap year to study a subject that you won’t enjoy to give yourself more job opportunities.
That’s a very poor plan. A degree that you enjoy is likely to give you opportunities and skills that you enjoy that you can then build on in your career. A degree in a subject that you don’t enjoy is likely to condemn you to the opposite - developing skills and knowledge that you don’t enjoy that you use in a career that you don’t enjoy (presuming that you manage to struggle through a degree in a subject that you don’t enjoy and manage to get a decent result).
You have one life wasting time doing things you don’t really enjoy is no way to waste it.

Fair enough. I just feel that a degree I'm passionate about won't lead me to a job I'm passionate about and I won't be making enough money.

Reply 3

Stiffy Byng

A degree in modern languages or in English could lead to a great many jobs. I know several people with such degrees and they have fulfilling and well paid careers in a variety of fields. No degree in a rigorous subject is useless.