<p>Ok, so truth be told I dont' really want to major in engineering. I will if I have to in order to get a job, but it's not where my passion lies. For one, I'm not that good at math naturally, I have to really work at it. And the line of work that I hear most engineers goes into sounds, I dunno, boring? </p>
<p>The only other thing I can think to major in is neuroscience or psychology. I know that it's hard to get a job in either of these fields without a graduate education but I'm not totally opposed to that. Being a psychology professor sounds like fun to me...</p>
<p>I guess my question is- do you believe the mantra "do what you love and the money will follow?"</p>
<p>Also, what kind of options would I have with a graduate degree (PhD or just a masters) in either of these fields? </p>
<p>So far I thought I was applying to these schools - FSU, UF, GT, Rice, UA, USF... for engineering, but where would/should i apply if psychology or neuroscience was my choice? </p>
<p>Any thoughts would be great:)</p>
<p>If you REALLY want a career in engineering, starting as an engineering major is helpful, but other than that, I don’t know why you have to pick a career now. I don’t think you should pick one because “it’s the only thing you can think of”. I think if you love your MAJOR you will have better grades, but that’s not the same as “money will follow”.</p>
<p>If you’re considering engineering, start out as an engineering major because it’s much easier to get off the engineering track than to get onto it and still graduate on time. However, if you’re not very good at math or physics AND you don’t find the work they do very interesting, then you will probably not do very well in your coursework nor have a very successful career. Unless, of course, you are the type of person where you can hate something or not find it interesting or exciting, but still be fine with doing it for a career.</p>
<p>If you’re really interested in psychology or neuroscience, but don’t want to pursue a career in either, you can always take coursework in those fields, without majoring in them. </p>
<p>I would recommend going to the career services center when you get to college and discuss career options in the fields. With psychology and neuroscience, you’re probably going to want to get an advanced degree of some kind, but you don’t have to, depending on what you’re particular interests and skill set are. You could get a PhD if you’re interested in research, or you could go into counseling (which has tons of different fields), social work, or another healthcare field (many of which will also require advanced degrees).</p>
<p>Have you used any career guidance books to learn more about potential majors and careers? This one is cool - [10</a> Best College Majors for Your Personality: Laurence Shatkin: 9781593578633: Amazon.com: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1593578636]10”>http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/1593578636) “10 Best College Majors for Your Personality”.</p>
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<p>No. An example would be playing sports at any level short of the top professional level (or at the level to get recruited for college sports if you are currently a high school student).</p>
<p>However, the money is not likely to follow if you try to do something that you dislike. So I would not recommend engineering if you are not interested in doing it.</p>
<p>Psychology majors do find jobs at graduation, but often in areas only indirectly related to psychology, or not related at all. In any subject, getting to academic or research jobs involves completing a bachelor’s degree, completing a PhD, then getting to a decent job (tenure-track if academic; possibly after post-doc jobs), then getting tenure if academic. So while it is possible, you should be aware of the hurdles you have to pass to get there, and to consider alternate backup plans.</p>
<p>Would it be even remotely worth it to major in psychology considering the vast number of psychology grads? If I got really good grades and did undergrad research could I get into a master’s degree program easily, and would that be really expensive? I’m just worried that something will happen and I will be stuck with just a bachelors in psych. Not that bachelor degrees are unworthy, but one in psych isn’t as valuable as one in engineering…</p>