<p>just want to ask. Will you go to a top school and major in something you dislike or go to a average school for something you like.</p>
<p>Well, yes. Going to top school is one thing, major is another. If you can get a job as an investment banker with an Arts degree then no one will major in finance, economics, and etc. However, there are no such thing as one answers to all. Variables apply.</p>
<p>I was thinking about this because in case i may get reject for prefer major bus admin, and accept as alternate major bus econ. I have already accepted the challenge a head of me, I understood my major is impacted everywhere.</p>
<p>If you are going to apply for a job in accounting or finance I do not think it will matter whether your diploma says Business Administration or Business Economics since most employers would not know the difference between the two and would be satsified that it contains the word “Business”. On the other hand, if your diploma said only something like"Astronomy and Astrophysics" your chances of getting a job requiring a knowledge of business might not be very good.</p>
<p>Jobs in things like Astronomy or Geology require very specialized knowledge and you would need a degree in the relevant subject to be seriously considered for a job in one of those areas. Some Business jobs like Accounting require a certain amount of specialized knowledge and an applicant with a Business degree with a specializtion in Accounting would probably have the inside track. Some positions, particularly in Sales and Marketing, require little specific training and any Business degree would be acceptable. In fact, many companies hire Liberal Arts and Scocial Science majors for these positions since the compnies just want someone who has demonstrated that they are smart enough to graduate from college and could suceed in the job with on the job training.</p>
<p>Read the first page of this
<a href=“http://wyomingadmissionsofficers.com/students/mcginley-interest-inventory.pdf[/url]”>http://wyomingadmissionsofficers.com/students/mcginley-interest-inventory.pdf</a></p>
<p>thanks for the bump. nice article.</p>
<p>a very good question. in my case almost any major is sufficient, but my literature professor was telling me that in his case it is vitally important that he earn a degree specific to his field for teaching. i guess that would be the case for academia, and perhaps most sciences. however, in the film industry for example you will find more law degrees and physics degrees than film degrees. really just depends on what field of work you are in.</p>
<p>but a great question and a really good thing to consider. i ended up choosing the best teachers who were available at my school, and stuck to their departments. and adjusted my majors to each school that i applied to depending on how impacted the major was, what i qualified for (most prereqs) and what programs they offered. it took months to settle on majors for each school, but it was worthwhile to get organized. i still applied to some impacted majors at some of the schools, but at least i feel confident that i have done my research and used the best strategy that i could come up with to achieve a competitive edge for admission. good luck peeps!</p>
<p>No problem 
But yee, my cousin who has been a recruiter for google and salesforce has said herself that they hire people with various majors and that it’s really experience that matters</p>
<p>it has been said that Google and Yahoo ask what your GPA is. that makes me laugh. Google did try and recruit me some years ago, they did not ask me at that time. it is a silly world.</p>
<p>Many employers hiring for Marketing jobs are satisfied with degrees in Sociology, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, etc…</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<p>Applicant #1 UCLA BA, Sociology</p>
<p>Applicant #2 CSUN, BA, Marketing</p>
<p>Based upon my experiences applicant #1 would usually win the job.</p>
<p>What? Engineering?
Oh hells yeah it does…</p>
<p>if i were younger, i would definitely get a physics degree. i work in the film industry and that is the most useful degree and my favorite study. but in the words of a famous scientist, i have forgotten who, “mathematics is a young man’s game.” </p>
<p>film degrees are useless in my industry unless you graduate from USC or UCLA. but UCLA only accepts 19 transfers into the film department and USC is too expensive for me. USC is the best film school in the world though. outside of those two schools, don’t even bother with film schools. they are a joke. just get a law degree. that is also very useful. and plenty of studio execs have law degrees.</p>
<p>Around junior year of high school I thought about enrolling in college as an English major or Film. I started to think hard about what I would do with my life if I did that, but I didn’t care. I was going to major in whatever I wanted. Since I loved reading, I found myself in the library during early senior year and a book caught my eye because of it’s provocative title when I was just about to check out. “What do you care what other people think?” I think would get anyone’s attention. I checked it out along with a few “classics” and on my way home and through to the next day, I found myself laughing at this book aloud on the way to school. </p>
<p>When I enrolled in college, I declared my major as physics. I switched to mathematics and haven’t looked back since until now where I am again deciding to switch back to physics and seriously, unequivocally dedicating myself to getting into grad school. It was interesting to see that someone like James Cameron majored in Physics. </p>
<p>I don’t think it matters where you go to school if you earn one of these technical degrees. My brother went to UCLA and is at Princeton and is best friends with someone who went to CSUN and then Harvard. Now, as far as grad schools go I think where you go is very important for your major/field and future job prospects. I don’t think so much for undergrad unless you plan to go immediately into the work force after you graduate. I guess that’s most people. </p>
<p>I still think anyone would take you seriously if you majored in a technical degree, no matter where you went. Liberal artsy degrees, not so much.</p>