I just feel like where I get into college or where I choose to go is going to determine what my major is. I am looking at Barnard for my first choice and if I don’t get into Barnard I’m hoping I will go to NYU. I have two possible interests, architecture and journalism. Barnard has an architecture major, NYU does not. NYU has a journalism major, Barnard does not. I don’t really know right now which one I would like to major in, but it seems like that will be determined for me. Does my major have to determine what I do in life? Am I supposed to choose a college based on a major when I really am not sure of what major I want? I would love advice please.
<p>No. your major does not have to determine what you have to do in life, and no, the college that you choose should not have to determine the major that you choose. My advisor at my college said that a recent graduate from there majored in history and now works at the New York Times. You should chools a major that YOU will enjoy.</p>
<p>Another thing to consider:</p>
<p>Say you go to Barnard and decide as a sophomore you really wanted to be a journalist. You can join a school paper, do some internships in the city, take writing classes geared towards journalism and your major won't really matter. You'll still be fine for jobs or grad school.</p>
<p>If you go to NYU and decide you want to be an architect, you'll need studio work and a portfolio and very specific coursework. From what I understand, it's a lot less flexible. I might be wrong, of course, so look into it.</p>
<p>primefactor said exactly what I was going to. You can major in something other than journalism and still work in that field. If you want to do architecture, you need to do architecture. I personally would go with Barnard, but obviously that depends on whether or not you get in.</p>