If you were to start college tomorrow, what would you major in?
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Anonymous
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A combo of the following:
Philosophy Religion Art history Economics |
Anonymous
Really? Do those major teach you how to apply for food stamps or do they let you figure that out for yourself? Chinese is not an in demand skill. I minored in Chinese. I enjoyed it and don't regret it but it is not sought after, companies in the U.S. are not looking for people with Chinese and your career will not suffer because you didn't learn Chinese. |
Anonymous
| Business management at night, while learning a trade like electrician or plumbing etc during the day on the job |
Anonymous
| I probably would've opted for no degree. The fields where they are a true necessity (STEM, medicine, business, finance) don't interest me at all. |
Anonymous
Coming out of my PhD, the major consulting firms and State adept were very very interested in those students who had Chinese or Arabic. I'm guessing you didn't go to a top tier university because if you did, you would not be worried about employment with a major in the humanities. |
Anonymous
I bet they did, like determining if the burger was cooked all the way through and how not to have soggy fries. |
Anonymous
| I would have majored in the same thing - mathematics. It is fundamental to all STEM topics and you can go in many directions with it. It has been a wonderfully valuable degree. |
Anonymous
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NP here. I agree with another PP that computer science may seem in demand now, but there is already a trend of using H1Bs to get people in cheaper. Also, the people I know who make the most money in CS don't actually have CS degrees. The few who do have told me that the stuff being taught in classrooms is outdated.
If I could do things over again, I would have stayed with my plan to teach high school. I started out with a double major and a minor in secondary ed (and plans to do the teaching semester and get certified). I wish I would have stayed with that. I think I'd be happy with the schedule of a secondary ed teacher, and honestly, I'm not sure the money would be that much less than what I currently make. The other possibility is speech pathology. It sounds like it has some flexibility. I think teaching would have given me some flexibility to move (even though it would require getting certified in a different state). I feel like my career path has kind of made me stuck in this region. |
Anonymous
Same. I thought I could not make real money as a mathmetician. But I do not make real money with my grad degree either. Sigh. |
Anonymous
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Map-making.
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Anonymous
| Psychology |
Anonymous
I was a math major too. Sometimes wish I'd gone for something more applied and hands-on like CS or engineering. But it's worked out well enough for me. |
Anonymous
| Dual major in nursing and econ. Would set you up nicely for a career in health care management or policy. Plus you can pick up nursing shifts or do travel nursing when you're young. |
Anonymous
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Still major in English but then I'd go to law school.
I'm now 33 so it's too late for me plus I'd be the oldest person in my law school class...no thanks lol |
Anonymous
| Nursing. With a minor in Human Resources/Management. |