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...what Coco wrote.
Only among the privileged is graduate school some sort of back-up plan for getting on with life. And, with due respect to Cary, "writer" isn't far behind.
One could argue that the world does not currently face a shortage of attorneys, MBAs, CPAs, stockbrokers, web designers, or writers of any type (but most especially 20-somethings itching to share their profound insight via fiction).
There *is* a worldwide shortage of doctors. Not the American doctor and his country-club membership, nor the Canadian doctor and her whining about not making it rich like she expected, but doctors willing to treat those who need them most.
So, how about med school?
Not enough hard science in college? Then how about nursing school? Paramedic training? Pharmacist?
Something tells me that in the end upper-middle-class income and comforts will trump all for this young lady.
Back to the ad agency grindstone, eh?
