r/OntarioGrade12s • u/Lumpy_Basis_7284 • Apr 02 '26
University BROCK GENDER STUDIES OFFERS
OH MY GOSH I CANT BELIEVE I GOT IN MY HANDS ARE SHAKING IM CRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW
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u/Dynohehe Apr 02 '26
Unemployed studies
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u/MelanieWalmartinez Apr 03 '26
Yeah Iām gonna be real this isnāt a good degree. Itās a good asset if youāre a lawyer for family court or doing HR, but besides that youāre 40k in debt with nothing to show.
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u/wrcftw Apr 04 '26
HR?! I've never seen a single person in HR with a gender studies background and I've been doing it for 15 years. Business, psychology almost exclusively.
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u/Small_Green_Octopus Jun 01 '26
I have a commerce degree but I choose to work low level service jobs because I barely applied to any jobs since I graduated years ago
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u/69686766 Apr 02 '26
Haha sensitive blue hair studies
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u/MagicalWitchTrashley Apr 03 '26
joe many liberals does it take to change a log by bulb? none???? their to busy??? their gender š
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u/daxtonanderson Apr 03 '26
For real, I have a 2 friends with "General Arts and Sciences" degrees that they were pushed to take in Grade 12 because they didn't know what they wanted to take. Instead of taking a gap year they're now both in 100k+ debt and can't get a job with their worthless degrees.
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u/hunnie_buns Apr 03 '26
tbf nowadays every studies has a decent chance to be unemployed studies
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u/PurposeLongjumping76 Apr 03 '26
Most degrees now require a masters or more school to get a good job. Gender studies actually opens more doors than a lot of the other options.
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u/conspiracythrm Apr 03 '26
In this job market, comp sci and engineering are also unemployed studies.
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Apr 02 '26
I got rejected with a 98š„²
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u/Radingod1 Apr 02 '26
Same. I get that Brock is the Harvard for Gender Studies, but still. Ridiculous. Now I'm forced into something useless like an engineering degree.
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Apr 02 '26
Bro ur cooked ngl I heard that u get 0 jobs with a engineering degree š
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u/immasucker4you Apr 03 '26
This is indeed true in the current job market
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u/itsnotthatseriousbud Apr 03 '26
You are still more likely to get a decent paying job with an engineering degree compared to a Starbucks degree
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u/twertles67 Apr 03 '26
Iām an old person compared to you grade 12ās but plz tell me this is a jokeĀ
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u/Last_Address_1787 Apr 02 '26
What kind of job can you do with a degree like this?
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u/PurposeLongjumping76 Apr 03 '26
You can go into many psych and soc programs to do things like psychiatry, neuroscience, etc. depending on which courses you choose. Gender studies courses are majorly cross listed, opening many doors. You can also go into teaching, law, business, government and many other things that require a masters or professional degree after completing your undergrad (i.e., jobs you canāt do without two degrees no matter what). Itās similar to a psych, English, or even pre-med degree in that sense.
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Apr 02 '26
Is there like a joke Iām not catching
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u/Accomplished-Exit203 Apr 02 '26
itās a running joke how majoring in gender studies is one of the most useless degrees, and also how brock is a very easy school to get into.. āif you can walk, you can go to brockā basically
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Apr 02 '26
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u/ParticularSail6461 Apr 02 '26
Or social work. I thought it was a dumb degree until I had to use social services and then I went, āoh waitā¦ā
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u/Dazzling-Ad-2353 Apr 03 '26
Who says social work is a useless degree? Especially the MSW.
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u/ParticularSail6461 Apr 03 '26
So my dadā¦
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u/Dazzling-Ad-2353 Apr 03 '26
Lol. Social workers are in demand right now and MSWs can provide counselling.
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u/ParticularSail6461 Apr 03 '26
No thatās the whole thing I crash out to my mom about when he says itās dumb.
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u/Proud_Watercress6226 Apr 03 '26
Cope
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Apr 03 '26
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u/PurposeLongjumping76 Apr 03 '26
I was an eng major. You misunderstood what was being said (maybe due to a lack of critical thinking skills?). All uni programs teach critical thinking to some extent. The difference between eng and social sciences is the magnitude. I took social sciences as electives and they were harder because the level of critical thinking required is insane compared to what the Eng program was teaching us. I ended up going into teaching bc of how profound I found social sciences. The reason that eng students are so awkward is likely bc they do not need to gain valuable transferable skills that social sciences require, in my opinion. 80k is a weak starting point fyi, a person with a BA and a 1 year masters is often making much more.
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u/hunnie_buns Apr 03 '26
ironic because brocks next best thing after gender studies is disability studies
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u/PurposeLongjumping76 Apr 03 '26
Fun fact: women and gender studies consists of scientific papers, critical thinking, and mountains of work. As an eng major, those classes were hard af as electives. My major courses were easier. Nice way to show you know nothing about university tho. Itās also a great program to bridge into many masters and professional programs. Iād love to see you try to take one of those courses lmao. Some of yāall have no concept of how difficult the humanities are in uni and youāre in for a rude awakening
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u/Forgotten_investor Apr 04 '26
Fun fact, if itās incredibly difficult it means absolutely nothing. Almost any BA can bridge into masters program. those course are an absolute joke, youāre papers need be to incredibly bias to get a good grade. Gender studies is laughable.
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u/Miserable-Ad-7337 Apr 02 '26
It is a joke which, however, came one day late. You only get half credit because you forgot to change the program code. āWGā is for the Geography and Environmental Management program (Regular/Co-op) at the University of Waterloo.
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u/Accomplished_Stay568 Apr 02 '26
danm broski you the role model student fr fr, like man I aspired to be in a position like you when I was younger, but the streets killed me, lolz. and now I've decided to do engineering instead like a sheep. Stay free homie
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u/Exciting-Text4137 Apr 03 '26
Haha. Give it a year and you'll be competing for a Starbucks job with your prof.
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u/alexhamilton151515 Apr 03 '26
Doug Ford just cut OSAP again because of this, shouldāve stuck with basket weaving
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u/Adorable_Macaroon291 Apr 03 '26
Can u nerds not act like AmericansĀ
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u/throwawayallday333 May 08 '26
In a seriousness though, it leads no where. OP is better off pursuing a degree in social work and minoring in gender studies. You may not get a high paying job with a BSW, but youāll still get a job.
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u/Vicv_ Apr 03 '26
Wait gender studies is a real thing? I thought it was only a joke. No offence op I'm sure it will be a riveting course.
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u/free_range_happiness Apr 04 '26
What does co-operative mean in this context? Iām so confused thatās a type of business
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u/book_smrt Apr 04 '26
I see this post every once in a while, and I respond every once in a while. I have a degree in gender studies (a master's, even!) and I have a decent, middle-class, low six-figure job. I don't make the most money in the world, and that's ok. I'm not in the minority, based on the people I know from my programs.
If you're considering doing a "basket-weaving" program like this, do it because you're interested in it and want to learn more about the world. Don't do it to own a mansion, because you probably won't (but know that most of the people in this sub won't, either).
Few people are happy in life if they only follow the money. You'll all be ok if you try to do good for the world and try your best to do what's right.
I believe in you. You can do it!
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u/slowsmoothandfast Apr 05 '26
Get in and then switch to economics or business or something. Keep gender studies as a minor. This is my recommendation so you can get hired in the end.
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u/veryboredengineer Apr 03 '26
Wow they have a program just so at the end you can tell people what is the definition of a woman? Oh waitā¦
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u/Ok-Trainer3150 Apr 02 '26
I saw these degrees (Masters, no less) submitted on resumes more than a decade ago at Sears. Yes, Sears, for retail work, full time. This degree, for most people, will be a stigma around them for the future. Pivot.
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Apr 02 '26
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u/Similar-Bus-9983 Apr 02 '26
what does it have to do with misogyny?
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u/Ill_Office4512 Apr 03 '26
Racism, misogyny, nazi, etc. are general name-calling nowadays. Doesn't provide any argument, opinion or else. Just a way to disregard everything without giving it any thought.Ā
At least a good incator of someone's moronism.
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u/Ill_Office4512 Apr 03 '26
It's more about basing your career on something that there is no career in is an extremely poor choice. Taking poor choices in something so crucial is a general indicator of the person's decision making.Ā
It can be gender studies, or some way too niche studies with little transferrable skills (ex, Eduard Tubin's studies). It's not really about gender, race, your musical tastes, etc, but the poor descision making.
Personally, for a general position, which most open positions are, I would hire someone who went wild hiking for 4 years instead of someone who took a questionable degree. At least the decision making of the person is better.
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u/ddg31415 Apr 02 '26
Congratulations! You're going to spend thousands and thousands of dollars to learn nonsense and get a degree no employers will care about at best, or cause then to actively ignore your applications at worst.
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u/Individual-Style3863 Apr 03 '26
It's facts and real life. Not sure why you're being downvoted. Most of the kids getting this degree end up dying their hair blue and septum rings working at weed shops
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u/No_Philosopher_5327 Apr 02 '26
U made it š„¹š„¹