A thing I often think is missing from the uni discourse is that young people who aren't from a pretty wealthy (/academic/high cultural capital) background actually have no idea what jobs there are except the quite obvious ones

I don't think people are like 'oh if I do an English degree I'll earn less' its much more a case of 'if I do an English degree I either be a teacher or I work in the call centre I currently work in after school'

Things like medicine or engineering are quite obvious in terms of where it goes, but the idea that there are jobs attached to something like a history degree is not a thing at all

I think upper/upper middle class people think 'what am I best at' and then try and get into the best uni possible knowing they'll be able to get some kind of internship in publishing or whatever, where most others think 'what practical thing does this qualify me for'