June 23, 2008 02:27 PM ET

In these inauspicious times, it will surprise no one that college-age folk—law students or summer job seekers alike—are having a tough time finding jobs, and according to a vaguely scientific Harvard Crimson survey, even those in the cushy Ivy League aren't immune. Around 66 percent of workforce-bound Harvard seniors reported having a job lined up, compared with 73 percent in a similar survey last year, prompting this question: If even Harvard grads can't find jobs, what do we mere mortals have to hope for?

Another unsurprising stat: Harvard graduates are less interested in consulting and financial sector jobs (39 percent are pursuing those careers, down from 47 percent last year) and are instead opting for work in the arts, health services, media, and public service."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9916709)

Everyone else is forced to use far less straightforward and effective means of finding a job.

but it just might be that finance-consulting firms arent hiring as many this year, folks were shut out at OCI and are now saying they'd rather be in arts, health service, public service etc. etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9916771)

It seems that Sociology has become newly-fashionable.

http://www.soc.cornell.edu/undergrad/why_major.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917736)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917775)

Technically, I believe, Ms. Obama received a "certificate in African-American studies."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917790)

i didnt have a job at graduation. and it certainly wasnt for lack of effort.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917712)

In all honesty you are irrelevant to me. I hate with great honesty those, like yourself, who think they have "made it."

You are so saturated with arrogance you can't even detect your own inflated self-regard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917730)

but in any case id like to return to being irrelevant to you if possible. too much negative energy.

edit: and feel free to leave a way to contact u off the board if youd actually like to communicate more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9917767)

pathetic.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9969657)

by the way, you can't really blame harvard students for feeling entitled--they have people like NYCFan telling them a Harvard degree is the greatest thing in the world and that they're instantly guaranteed the most prestigious position in whatever field they chose, so when reality sets in its a bit more depressing. this is especially the case for people who want to do nonprofit or government type jobs, where degree prestige matters much less

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9918505)

I think it's mostly insecure people from any prestigious university who believe their degrees set them apart from the hoi polloi that feel this way. I can understand how the environment at these schools fosters such insecurity in students, especially when they're competing with people who are equally as bright, if not brighter. It can be ridiculous, though--this girl I was talking to was surprised that a friend of hers from Harvard had to "settle" for a Duke MBA after being rejected from Harvard Business School despite going to Harvard for undergrad and working at Goldman Sachs. That kind of entitlement attitude is annoying.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=828654&forum_id=1#9919015)