Another no idea what to major in thread.

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<p>Hey everyone there everyone.</p>

<p>When I was in high school, I didn't really take it seriously. I never really tried as hard as I could have. I never took the SATs. I took, the ACTs, but I'd have to go look for my score. Anyways, I didn't really look into college. I didn't really know what I wanted to do. I figured I would just take liberal arts, and get two years out of the way.</p>

<p>Well I took a cooking class in high school, and liked it. MY parents talked me into majoring in culinary arts. Right now I'm going to a community college (same one I would have gone to anyway). I'm in my second semester, and I'm beginning to have my doubts. I really enjoy cooking. But I can't see myself working in a kitchen in the future. Cooking is becoming more like a really good hobby, then something I'd spend the rest of my life doing.</p>

<p>When I went to go pick out my first classes at my community college, they had us take placement exams. Apparently I scored extremely well at math. I'm pretty sure the guy from the math department there was disappointed that I was majoring in culinary, not something else. When my advisor looked at my math scores, he asked me if I ever considered becoming an architect or an engineer.</p>

<p>At first I was skeptical. Throughout high school, I hated math. It was one of my best subjects, I just didn't like it. Although I did take IB math my junior year. I got A's in it. However, the teacher was horrible. I went from all A's, to an F in the last semester. Now, I'll admit that most of it was probably my fault. However, I heard that I wasn;t the only one who dropped from that class. My senior year I took advanced precalc. I was placed in avdvanced precalc again when I signed up at the community college. I will say I learned more in advanced classes than I did in that IB class.</p>

<p>Some things in math I got easily. I could memorize all the formulas. Although the thought that I would never use any of it kept me from trying to understand it.</p>

<p>Anyways... Right now I'm considering changing my major. To what, I have no idea. I'm willing to take the SATs now if I have to. Right now, I'm wishing I had tried harder in high school. I wish I had put more thought into what I wanted to do. But it's better late than never.</p>

<p>Right now I'm just looking for some insight. If you have any questions, or suggestions, feel free to post.</p>

<p>Wow... That was a little bit longer than I thought it would be. Sorry for the wall o' text.</p>

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<p>Engineering is a way to apply mathematical ability. I have a friend who loved math, but found it hard and switched to econ with an emphasis on math. It’s a great skill to apply to any number of subjects. Do you like physics, astronomy? Hard sciences need a lot of math, too.</p>

<p>Just take classes. You’ll figure it out. :)</p>

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<p>I kind of shied away from too much math in high school. I took biology and chemistry. Instead of taking physics, like most people do, I changed to earth and space science, and ecology. Like I said, I took the easy way out in high school…</p>

<p>And taking classes for me is a bit harder. At the college I go to culinary arts majors take a majority of cooking classes. You only take 1 math and science class, two english classes, a series of computer classes, and a speech class. Everything else is culinary. The classes also meet for anywhere between 3-5 hours each, once a week. Makes it a bit difficult to make a good schedule. I’m taking 6 classes this semester, 5 of which are culinary.</p>

<p>I only have to take 1 more english class, a science class, and a speech class. Other than that I have like 7 culinary classes left. Not a lot of room to experiment with classes…</p>

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<p>Have you gotten higher than pre-calc at this point? If you have, and you’ve completed Calc 1 enroll in the calc based physics as your last science, it should give you an indication whether you want to go into more math intensive courses. </p>

<p>Out of curiosity, what precisely are you thinking of switching your major to? Is it math, engineering or just something else? It would be easier to advise with slightly more details. :)</p>

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<p>You will definitely use the math. It may not seem like it now but as long as you don’t major in math itself the more math you take the more money to make later on. This is why English, Psychology, and especially worthless premed Bio majors make no money/stuck for 10 years in debt while Finance/Stats majors have employers begging at their feet.</p>

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<p>No, precalc is as high as I have gotten. But I can check the prereqs for the physics classes.</p>

<p>And right now, I don’t know what I should switch to. That’s where my problem lies. Culinary Arts was mainly a last minute decision. At first I wanted to do liberal arts so I could figure out what I wanted to do.</p>

<p>At the time, I thought the math was useless.</p>

<p>Next semester I might just hold out on culinary classes, and take all my other classes first. Maybe that will help a bit.</p>

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<p>I know this might seem a little left field, since your questions are about math and science, but what about a field related to culinary, but outside the kitchen. I am specifically thinking of nutrition and hospitality management (including restaurant management). Both fields are outside the kitchen, but your culinary skills would be very useful. I had a neighbor studying hospitality who had a degree in culinary arts from a community college. He said they went together very well.</p>