<p>Hello so i am going to be a junior in high school going to be going to arizona state university. i am having trouble on deciding between a few majors: Civil Engneering, business administration, marketing, finance, economics, Industrial engineering, and computer software engineering. I cant see myself doing anything not sports-related, but i think i might have to. </p>
<p>My question is, i think the engineerings are interesting, but im only decent in math, it takes me a little while to pick up on some things and i havent even taken calculus yet (im going to be takin pre-calc this junior year). Also, i was thinking about business (an MBA) cause asu has one of the top 100 programs in this field, but i know nothing about the economy or anything like that.. im just very scared. </p>
<p>can graduates in this degree, or people who know anything about them, give me input, advice, and suggestions relating to the difficulty, salary, etc. of these majors? thanks.</p>
<p>also, i have a 3.7 unweighted, 4.0 weighted. with A’s in algebra 2, and geometry. Havent taken economics or calculus yet.</p>
<p>You don’t need to decide your major in your junior year of high school. Wait until you get to college, try out some classes, and then work from there to decide your major.</p>
<p>^^ I feel as if there is more benefits to deciding early though. am i wrong?</p>
<p>i dont think most people take precalc much earlier than junior year…even a lot of the math/sciency kids</p>
<p>yes but i just think that if it came down to me picking civil engineering, that i wouldnt be able to grasp the concepts of the math area of the course. Such as calculus I and II, etc.</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering or business, you should know that when you apply only because not all colleges and universities offer pre-professional majors. And at some schools you have to apply specifically to the engineering or business programs when you apply to that school. However, the overwhelming majority of students don’t know what they will major in when they enter college and many change their minds several times. Assuming they decide on business or engineering later, they can usually switch into that major (although sometimes in engineering, they may end up having to take a few courses over the summer or an extra semester to make up for lost time.)</p>
<p>Yea calculus I & II are difficult courses. I have not taken II but have taken I and had to drop it (college courses). Good thing I did because I found out later I did not need it for my major. But if your school has calculus you should probably consider taking it to give yourself practice. From your stats I think you’ll do fine. </p>
<p>I have also taken macroeconomics which is a course you will have to take for business administration, as well as microeconomics. The class was very basic dealing with supply and demand. Alot of definitions but extremely easy (at least I thought so). However if you decide to do Business Administration get your masters because it is extremely competitive. </p>
<p>But if you don’t mind me asking you said you “can’t see yourself doing anything not sports related, but you might have too”; y? There is sports science which deals with athletic training. It’s also geared more towards science than math. I don’t know if your better in science but you should take a look into it.</p>
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<p>I don’t mean to be flippant, but in a word, yes.</p>
<p>You can decide as early as you like, I guess, but even huge numbers of students who declare their majors as sophomores eventually change them. If you “decide” now, you might wind up completing a degree in that field, or you might not, but whether you eventually do will have nothing whatsoever with when you made up your mind.</p>
<p>Now, it’s fair to say that you don’t want to close off options for yourself, so if you think you might be interested in some kind of science or engineering in college, you’ll want to keep taking math and science in high school. Or if you think you might want to be a foreign service officer, you might want to keep taking foreign language classes. But, really, that’s about the extent of it.</p>
<p>“But if you don’t mind me asking you said you “can’t see yourself doing anything not sports related, but you might have too”; y?”</p>
<p>I know this may sound stupid but because I’ve heard kinesiolgy, sports science, and exercise fitness were all terrible majors to choose. Also, because athletic trainers don’t get paid as much as I’d like to in the future. And since asu is mainly a business school, going into their science programs would be kinda pointless. And also, if I went into business, I’d definitely get a masters. Is that degree stressful? Are the careers high paying? Time consuming?</p>