<p>Of course, people say you can find a major in college and worry about that later. However, I am torn between basically, two different worlds. I love the arts, but also love the sciences. </p>
<p>As of now, I want to major in film, business and engineering. This of course... is impossible. </p>
<p>How did you guys pick a major or.... find a major you want to pursue in college?</p>
<p>When I was in kindergarten I loved my teacher and decided I wanted to teach kindergarten.</p>
<p>Then my sophomore year of high school my band class went to see the Seattle Symphony. I fell in love with the idea of playing music for a living and decided I wanted to do that instead.</p>
<p>Somewhere along the line the two merged and I decided to pursue music education. Best of both worlds. Plus, I adored my band director and high school band in general, and I think that music is a very important part of a well-rounded education.</p>
<p>The double major in Japanese was thrown into the mix because I've always been fascinated by Japan ever since I was a kid.</p>
<p>I always wanted to make things so I decided to be a engineer. Then I became interested in aircrafts and decided to do Aerospace Engineering. :)</p>
<p>Looking at road and building construction often, I always thought it would be cool if my job involved exactly that, so I decided to major in Civil Engineering.</p>
<p>I'm completely apathetic and equal in every subject/area (except biology) so I'm with you there...except I don't love all subjects, I think they're all boring lol. I'm not really "academic" as much as the people on here.</p>
<p>I think you should just go to college and see how it works; and definitely you can double major or whatever it's called.</p>
<p>You could always get minor in one of the three</p>
<p>Perhaps look into specializing in film in science?</p>
<p>I was conceived with an intrinsic predilection (redundant?) for building complex aircraft.</p>
<p>Quite the impressive lego collection I've got over here.</p>
<p>It's not impossible to merge the 3 you stated. Go all Engineering + MBA w/ Film Studies triple major (actually FS minor) and become a project manager of an engineering firm that builds special effects/audio + visual equipment .</p>
<p>Assuming, of course, that such a business exists.</p>
<p>I've always been torn between English and Biology, two completely different subjects. I realized that I really enjoyed the analyzation part of English, and thinking philopsohically of the texts. This also kind of required psychology too. Thus, I'm planning on being a neuroscience major. Neuroscience is basically a combination of multiple subjects, which is good for some people who like diversity in their courses. Neuroscience is primarily biology and psychology, with a little chemistry, philosophy, phsyics, and calculus. </p>
<p>My advice, either get multiple majors/minors or find a subject that incorporates a few of your interests. Also, sometimes you have to think about your career in the long run. For me, I realized that English may be more of a hobby than a career path. If you like to completely different subject, like Biology and English, double major and find a career that uses both skills; maybe like a science writer?</p>
<p>I've always loved the ocean and all of its creatures. In about 5th or 6th grade, I learned a lot of information about sharks to try and help my sister get over her elasmo-phobia (doubt this is a real word, but it's what I call the fear of sharks-- elasmobranch). I realized how much trouble sharks are in due to overfishing and I've wanted to pursue marine biology ever since. Now that I've pretty much read anything on sharks I can, I'm having trouble finding new shark books so I'm starting to be interested in other marine creatures (including the marine mammals that I once hated due to their popularity). </p>
<p>I'm lucky, my main interests are all the sciences (marine science the most, obviously), mathematics (which I will need for science anyways), and the environment. All three of my interests work together and can be incorporated into one major- marine biology. </p>
<p>@runningwriter, science and English do go along with each other. In science, you will have to do research, publish papers, and other English-related components. You won't have to worry about not getting enough English in Biology.</p>
<p>Sounds good. Thanks SharkObsessed.</p>
<p>It may work out in my favor as a matter of fact. A majority of people who enjoy the sciences don't like writing and don't consider it a strong point of theirs. Thats where I come in ; )</p>
<p>^ Yep. Unfortunately, I'm one of those science people who don't like writing. I love reading but I can never seem to put my ideas down in a coherrent (sp?) fashion. It annoys me because I know what I want to say, yet it always comes out in a jumbled fashion.</p>
<p>I've always loved East Asia (Japan, China, Korea), so that is why I plan on majoring in East Asian Studies.</p>
<p>I honestly have no idea. But doesn't it look bad to apply to schools undecided? Plus there are schools that require an intended major.... arghhh it's so much pressure to decide what you want to do for the rest of your life at this point in life -__-;</p>
<p>I don't know why everyone want to choose a major immediately, or before they're even admitted to the college.</p>
<p>You have (typically) two years of GenEds to get through before you even reach working on your major, and even if you decided to start your major early, it's not as if the college sticks you into a contract where you must stay in the major you chose.</p>
<p>Part of the reason colleges force you to take GenEds even if it's nowhere near applicable to your desired profession is to allow you to experience new fields. You may find a new major after attending your first English or Math course.</p>
<p>No, it does not look bad to apply to a school undecided. As long as the major you are/aren't declaring doesn't require you to be admitted to a specific sub-school, i.e. SEAS or Stern, then it really doesn't matter.</p>
<p>They wouldn't put "undecided" as a choice if they were going to penalize you for choosing it.</p>
<p>When I was in elementary school, I wanted to be a detective. In middle school, I realize that the job would probably be a fantasy. So I went on for like five years not knowing what I wanted to do. None of the school subjects during that time actually were interesting to me. Then in 10th grade I took chemistry honors, and I was really amazed by it (yeah, I know it sounds stupid). Then I went on and took chem AP and I loved the class. So I applied to school majoring in chemistry.
End of my major choosing story...</p>
<p>wes anderson majored in philosophy, not film. you can be involved in film without majoring in film, but maybe NYU would be nice for you? theyre pretty good at a variety of things. I decided i wanted to major in photography (it was that or neuroscience, but thats sort of silly), when i realized that i couldnt imagine myself doing anything else with my life. I have always loved cameras and been fascinated by people and the idea of capturing a moment, and the way context effects meaning. Photography is the perfect merger of art and science, there are so many alternative and antique processes that are amazing.</p>
<p>At first, I always loved the ocean and was fascinated by it. So I wanted to be a Marine Biologist. Then around 7th grade I wanted to be a graphic artist because naively, I thought I was just gonna sprite for a living. Then I realized I was always interested in how things worked and what inside them caused them to do that. Basically, I wanted to go into Materials Science/Materials Engineering.</p>