<p>I am a transfer student and was advised to major in sociology to maximize my chances of getting into the school. As I did not know what I wanted to pursue long term, I put this down on my application and obviously got into Cornell and am here now on the soc track. However I have realized that I don't find sociology as interesting as I thought and that I want to pursue a career in finance/another business industry and am worried that sociology won't look good to potential employers.</p>
<p>Would I be able to get jobs in finance or business with a sociology degree? And how hard would it be to switch to maybe an econ major? My only issue is that I am already a junior and have not taken Calc 1 in college so I'd be pretty far behind in that and other requirements. However I have taken intro to macro and micro at my last school (where I was an econ major). </p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated. The overall question remains, keeping in mind I could probably get a better GPA in sociology but would being an econ major with maybe lower grades still look a lot better to employers in business fields (for internships as well as jobs)? Or (as some believe) does your undergrad major only matter for very technical jobs (engineers, computer science, etc).</p>
<p>Thanks</p>