How Double Majoring Helps Students Cultivate Expertise, Overcome Biased Professors
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How Double Majoring Helps Students Cultivate Expertise, Overcome Biased Professors

Zachary Marschall

Undergraduate degrees in Gender Studies and Creative Writing have always been dubious ventures. They tend to be prime examples of a higher education system that has lost its way and, in the process, infected the rest of America with an anything-goes approach to morality and language. 

But going to college is still worthwhile because there is no substitute for the benefits of a rigorous education. The differentiator in getting a “useless degree” versus one that sets graduates up for success is how students choose to structure their academic paths, and I have advice for today’s college students: The best thing you can do for yourself is to double major.  

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