<p>Well, not exactly. Choosing a major is a ways down the road for me, but i'm interested in what is out there that might be a good 'fit' for me.</p>
<p>My interests: physics, nuclear, math, space, microbiology(?)
Job descriptions that would sound interesting to me:
-Working with genetics (playing Dr. Frankenstein with Dolly(s))
-Creating nanomachines on the molecular level to combat illnesses
-Working on harnessing nuclear power better/finding better energy sources
-Lounging back and figuring out how the universe works (Stephen Hawking style)</p>
<p>Perhaps this is all a little extreme. But for someone who is interested in this type of stuff, what sort of majors out there would someone want to aim for if they wanted to land a job in one of these areas, as diverse as they are?</p>
<p>interdisciplinary is what you're after. My school, for example, offers a combined Biomedical/Electrical Engineering degree (in one program, so it's not like a double major). The biomedical part would cover genetics and nanomachines, and electrical part covers nanomachines and power generation.</p>
<p>My advice would be to choose one topic and go with it. You can still maintain interest in other fields and learn about them, but it'll be more beneficial to build some depth in one area. For example, my academic interests are in chemistry, nanoengineering, quantum physics, materials, signal processing, nonlinear systems, bioinformatics, musicology, sound engineering, philosophy of logic, statistics, number theory, and discrete mathematics. But to find time to build depth in all of those would take 10 lifetimes. So I've chose chemical engineering since it will satisfy several of my interests, and everything else is learned either through elective classes or just as a hobby.</p>
<p>Or you can just be a politician and not know anything about these topics but still have influence over them lol.</p>