Deciding between Three Majors

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I am currently a senior attending a not-so-well known "regular" state university. I will graduate in May. </p>

<p>I have the option to graduate with one of the three following majors:</p>

<p>Math - Liberal Arts
Math - Actuarial Science
Math - Statistics.</p>

<p>I am currently doing the Math - Actuarial major. The reason why I'm considering switching is because:</p>

<p>1) Job search hasn't gone so well, so I'd like to expand my horizons
2) The major may limit me, since I doubt people really care much about the actuarial field outside of actuaries.
3) I may consider graduate school in the future.</p>

<p>I've taken all of the coursework to graduate with any one of the three majors above. This does include the Real Analysis two-semester sequence and the Abstract Algebra sequence (I may just do 1 semester of Algebra), in addition to a course on measure-theoretic Probability Theory.</p>

<p>Note that I'm not considering this because I haven't done well with the actuarial major - I have three exams finished and do not have a full-time position at the moment, when companies are hiring, so I feel as though I need to insure against the possibility that I may not have a job graduating out of college.</p>

<p>What would you do if you were in my situation? </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>I’d switch to Math - Statistics because the Math - Acturial Science is more limiting. My degree title is Applied Math & Statistics, which is pretty attractive to employers. If you’re considering graduate school and are more inclined to the applied side of things, go with Math - Statistics. I’d also say that Math - Liberal Arts kinda looks bad…unless you’re going straight to graduate school.</p>

<p>I’d start getting a lot of programming/modeling experience. I think that would make you mighty attractive to employers if you can take their data and build models they need.</p>

<p>My current plan is preparing for graduate school but also preparing for employment - getting solid knowledge in MATLAB, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, PhP, etc. and applying for internships engineering related, business related, etc. Anything really to get your foot in the door. I did a finance internship.</p>

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<p>If I were in your situation, I would listen to Ke$ha.</p>