I was hoping for some advice from some college educated poster's about college majors. Right now I am a senior in high school, and I was wondering what I should major in. Any tips?
What are you interested in? Are you looking for liberal arts, or something that you may actually use one day?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.....that is a vague question, since I have little knowledge about you Nomar. Tell me about yourself....interests, academic strong points, etc.
Dont worry about it.... Most people major in something stupid like Advertising (like me), History, or English and end up working for an environmental company doing consulting for safer playground areas.
Since you have such interest in douching, perhaps you should go to medical school and specialize in gynecology...
Well I'm a junior in college and I'm still unsure of my major... No need to commit to a major now unless you know that's what you want to do, which doesn't seem to be the case. So I suggest you just investigate the majors that interest you and maybe take an intro class and see if you like it...
RM95, HoopT- Classes that I actually paid attention to in High School were Biology and US History. I like philosophical stuff, and history. I'm not stellar at math. Thank you for that A-Train, but I wouldn't want to renew my affair with your mom if she came into see me. The temptation would be too great.
I started out in Chemical Engineering, but that didn't last long. One of the reasons it didn't last long is because I had no IDEA on what to major in. I think alot of people have this misconception coming out of high school that you have to choose a major. I say to that...hogwash! There is nothing wrong with having an undecided or undeclared major. If you really enjoy Math (which is what I got my degree in) or Chemistry or History or something like that , i.e. subjects that you can get a solid intro to in high school, then there is nothing wrong with majoring in that. Do realize though, that your career options could be limited with a degree in History to being a teacher or trying to get into law school. However, as Drewdog pointed out, alot of people have degrees and their jobs have nothing to do with their degrees. My job is a perfect example. So, I wouldn't worry too much about that part...the what am I going to do once I get my degree in Philosophy or the Classics or whatever. I would just say to major in something that you enjoy doing and feel that you have an aptitude in. If you are unsure of what that is, then take your general classes that are required of all students to graduate. After 2 years of doing this, you may discover what it is that you want to major in plus you get all of those "annoying" mandatory classes out of the way.
Well, I have a Marketing degree......but I am an Application Engineer for a telecommunications company. Go figure. I would do as BGM says, go to school, but don't declare right now. If you are undecided, then go with that until you get your feet wet and get a better idea of what you wish to do. You are going to have to take the BASIC courses your freshman year anyway, and any elective you may decide to take could sway you one way or another as far as your interests go. I decided right out of high school to be a marketing major, and stayed with it....but it really has little to do with my current job. Most of my friends and peers changed their major multiple times.
Yeah, what they said. I started off Poli-Sci, thought I was going to law school. Then I got a job with the internship director for the Applied Sociology department and was harassed every day to change my major to that. After taking a couple of cool Sociology classes, I folded and changed. Still, I thought I was going to law school, so it didn't matter. Then, I got a job at a law firm, and quickly decided that I didn't want to become a lawyer. What screwed me was me. The internship program placed someone with the Spurs (I was at SWT, couldn't do Rockets), and he stayed on and got a good job. I was determined to do the same thing. When the internship for the Spurs had to be a year long one (this was only a semester, and it was my last semester, couldn't afford to work for free for a year), I still held on to wanting to work for a sports team. I interned with the Ice Bats in the freaking ticket department, while fellow interns were working with counselors, politicians, consultants, etc., and the vast majority got jobs directly from those internships. I wasted a golden opportunity. However, it all led to my job at Swirve.com, the best one ever. My point is that you will figure out what you want to do...it'll probably come to you without too much thought.
When given choices on projects, what did you choose to do them on? Which projects did you enjoy the most? I, for example, noticed I did projects on the Valdez spill and methods proposed to reduce deforestation. Both papers focused on the environment, but weren't tear jerking literary pieces crying out to save the environment. They were raw, and focused on what can be to remediate them. Using my strong math and chemistry background, I choose chemical engineering knowing I'd focus on taking environmentally related classes once in major sequence. What specifically about biology and history did you like? If you want to tell history, I'd go into journalism, but that's just me. Tell the stories no one else will.
i like science so i got a degree in molecular biology, at ut there were few of us and we got to make fun of the regular BA biology majors cause they were too scared to take pchem... i use my degree, i work on diabetes research and plan to go to grad school for cell signalling. if i could do it over again i would not go to college but instead go to cullinary school/resturant management and start my own resturant...mmmm i love food... that's not to say i dont enjoy what i do now, it's very fullfilling but id rather be spending my long nights behind a stove than pipeting at my bench... in conclusion...become a vet.
My roommate last year was BA Biology. He used to rank on my liberal arts major so I always got him back with 'we're both going to have BA's' If you're doing a science major, get a BS.
I would like to add that it is easier to move from a harder major to a less intensive one than it is to move to a harder major. It is to your benefit to start in a harder major coming out of high school because the requirements to get in are more lenient (or good high school grades are easy to acheive.) Once you're in college, the reviewers will only take your college grades into account when you apply. (and they will be more lenient depending on what major you are leaving.) Of course if you choose to major in "partying" from the start, this won't matter much anyway.
Nomar, here is my advice to you... I graduated from UT-Austin in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science in Advertising. It's a degree pointed towards the business (non-creative) end of the Advertising business. I've never used it. I interviewed with quite a few advertising agencies after graduation and couldn't get a job to save my life. I landed a job with a private investment firm as a "go-fer", and it was at that job where I first started getting into computers. I've been working in Information Technology ever since, in industries including entertainment, healthcare, and real estate, and I'm doing better than many of my college classmates If I had college to do all over again, I would major in Liberal Arts and I would take a wide and varied range of courses on all sorts of subjects that interest me, as long as it led ultimately to getting a degree. It's been my experience in the working world that WHAT you get your degree in doesn't matter, just as long as you get the degree.
Howdy, My brother is a senior in high school as well. I just finished school this past May. My advice goes something like this. Where do you see yourself in 50 years, right before you retire? What is the mark you see yourself leaving? Now, keep taking steps back until you see where you'd like to be when you're 25. What's the best major for you to have so that you can get there? Yes, it's a bit trite. However, I think this is a fair process to take because it asks you what *you* want to do. Not your parents; they'll be dead. Not society; it'll change. You. Don't be a doctor just because your parents want you to do so. Don't be a tech guy just because it's the current get-rich-quick (though not as quick anymore) scheme that society pastes over newsmagazines. Do what you like, and no matter what, you'll be successful. Also, I agree with taking a breadth of courses your freshman year. At the least, place a bit more emphasis on taking *at least* taking one FUN yet educational course during each of your first two semesters. I didn't do that, and I regret it. As an example, my school offered an intro to electrical engineering course that involved learning the basics (very basic; all crazy majors took it with no prob) and building Lego robots to compete against each other. I didn't take it; I ended up being an Elec anyway, but it would have been awesome taking that class. Mind you, I'm still happy with my major and very happy with my job, so it's a minor complaint. Good luck! AV
Business degrees are fun because they are typically something you've not really done much of before. Marketing, Consumer Behavior, Production Management, International Business -- all are fun majors. I don't think you should necessarily go into business, but the studies are very enjoyable. I loved almost every one of my business classes.
