{"id":7315,"date":"2010-09-14T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2010\/09\/school-majors-and-making-them-applicable.html"},"modified":"2010-09-14T12:00:42","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T16:00:42","slug":"school-majors-and-making-them-applicable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albany.com\/hr\/2010\/09\/school-majors-and-making-them-applicable\/","title":{"rendered":"School Majors and Making Them Applicable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q: I am majoring in business, but I really want to go into the architectural side of things. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t afford to go to a school right now that offers that type of degree. What should I do?<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>A: Many people are in a similar situation, believe it or not. Just because you don&#8217;t major in architecture doesn&#8217;t mean you won&#8217;t land in it when you are done with school. 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