Applied Math major/Econ minor or Econ major/Math or Bio minor?

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<p>I have officially decided that I am not going to stick to my major in Bio/Psych minor after reading about how bad the job prospects are. My main goal was to go to medical school, but I need a ****ing backup plan if I don't get into medical school. To be quite honest, I don't even think medicine is right for me. It seems like there is too much stress involved and I would like to stop living with my parents after college and start paying off my 64-68k debt.</p>

<p>Anyways, which major would leave me with a lot of options? I can't decide between an Applied Math (either acturial science or applied stats) major/ Econ minor or a managerial Economics major/ Math or Biology minor. </p>

<p>I was thinking about applied math because I could do engineering after college if I really wanted to, do the same **** as an economics major, still have the option of applying to preprofessional schools such as pharmacy or medical school, accounting, comp sci, or actuarial science. </p>

<p>As an Applied Math major, I was thinking about using the econ minor to supplement my major. I was also planning on taking 2 semesters worth of intro comp sci classes and taking the calc based physics courses instead of the algebra based ones for the annoying pre meds.</p>

<p>I'm surprisingly good at math, but no one ever encouraged me to pursue a math based major (edit: after I took calc I and calc II). All my friends are ****ing feed me some BS such as "What are you going to do with a math major?? Teach?? Be a real major such as Biology or Neuroscience, you can always do research. These fields are constantly growing."</p>

<p>After reading gravenewworld's and sschoe2's comments about how ****ed science is, I have been inspired to take the best possible major/minor and courses to lead to better job prospects.</p>

<p>(Background info, I go to a small LAC and it ended up being 2k cheaper than my state school per year after my scholarships and grants, so I really can't avoid debt by transferring. Plus I feel as if my LACs name carries weight and gives me more connections. Everyone is practically spoon fed at LACs in my opinion because the attention is focused on the students)</p>

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<p>Econ and bio minor.</p>

<p>Should be easy to keep a high GPA and get into med school. There is a back up plan also.</p>

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<p>Yeah but I heard Math is a better degree than Econ and that anything an econ major can do, a math major can as well. Also I’d be graduating with a useless minor, whereas the Applied Math major/Econ minor with a couple of comp sci courses would make me very competitive for a Wall Street job.</p>

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Math is way more difficult. You could be setting yourself to not get into med school at all.</p>

<p>You have just taken Calculus 1 and 2. Those classes are really nothing.</p>

<p>If you are going to choose a difficult major might as well go with computer science or engineering instead of math.</p>

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<p>Good point. The problem is that it is too late for me to be a comp sci major because I haven’t even taken the intro classes. With math, I can take 2 or 3 a semester and still complete the major. My college also doesn’t offer engineering. </p>

<p>Also it can kill my gpa, but only if I don’t study. The math department is pretty small and I think only 14 graduates from last years class of 530 were math major and 18 were math minors. I will basically have the opportunity to maintain superb relationships with my professors which will lead to good grades, plethora of internships, and solid letters of recommendations. I think it’s best not to be afraid of math being difficult. One must go into each lecture prepared and pay attention. The grades will then fall into place.</p>

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<p>Also I heard Math is the backbone of economics and that Math>Econ for jobs. I’m going to specialized in statistics and actuarial science while taking a couple of comp sci courses and an Econ minor. I’m also 4 courses away from completing the premed requirements.</p>