To decide if a university would be a good fit, reading about seniors' plans at the school could be informative. Harvard's is at

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/5/28/senior-survey-2013/
Where We Stand: The Class of 2013 Senior Survey
By JULIE M. ZAUZMER, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER

Quote
On post-graduation plans:

• 61 percent of graduates will be employed next year. 18 percent will enter graduate school right away. The rest will pursue fellowships or travel or are among the 10 percent who have not yet determined their post-graduation plans.

• Of those who will be working, the most popular industry is consulting, drawing 16 percent of employed seniors.

• Another 15 percent will be working in finance, nearly doubling the 9 percent who entered the sector last year but still paling in comparison to 2007, when before the financial crisis, 47 percent of graduating seniors went into finance.

• The next runner-up is the technology and engineering sector, which 13 percent of the employed members of the Class of 2013 will enter.

Asked what industry they would like to be working in ten years from now, students made very different choices.

• The consulting sector went from the very top choice to the very bottom. Just 1 percent see themselves as 32-year-old consultants.

• 5 percent said they still want to be working in finance.

• Health was by far the dominant field of choice in students’ 10-year plans, attracting 20 percent of students. Just 7 percent will enter the industry right away—the years it takes to get through medical school likely account for much of this difference.

• 11 percent would like to be working in arts, sports, or entertainment, though just 5 percent will start out there.

• 9 percent envision a career in government or politics, though only 4 percent will pursue one right away.
In retrospect one could view "47 percent of graduating seniors went into finance [in 2007]" as the sign of a financial bubble.


"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle." - George Orwell