Discuss “Say What?”

One friend of mine has had her four-year schedule and ensuing career planned out since freshman year. Another is a senior who finally figured out what she wanted to do, only to lack the preparation to study it in graduate school. While I congratulate the first, the fact that many more students can relate to the second friend accentuates one of this University?s fundamental failures.

It is a university?s responsibility to provide students with a proper foundation on which they can build the rest of their lives. Carnegie Mellon is known for providing among the best career training in the world. It does not, however, provide an adequate opportunity for students to determine what they want to study.

We must question whether concrete future plans...