English + Business combinations

College Majors Business Major
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<p>I'm transferring next fall to a small, private Midwest school and am looking into what I want to do for a major. I'm completely undecided about career paths - I've been toying with something health-related, but math really isn't my thing and I'm not sure if working in a hospital/with a doctor is something I want to do for the rest of my life - but one thing I've always been GREAT with is English.
However, I do feel like an English major isn't always the smartest move to make - and now I'm toying with either doing:
- an English major with Business minor
- a Business major with English minor
- or an English-Business double major</p>

<p>What are your guys' thoughts on this? What would you pick?
I do want to go to grad school or onto my MBA after undergrad as well.</p>

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<p>Do English with a biz minor. Get good grades so you can get into grad school. </p>

<p>Only because you say math isn’t your thing. Business is all about math and logic.</p>

<p>Also because you’re great with English. You should specialize in what you enjoy.</p>

<p>I don’t know what the smartest move is but the dumbest is to study something you hate because is seems, on its face, to be more practical. If you hate it you will have mediocre (or poor) grades, you’ll be a mediocre practitioner, and you’ll have a mediocre life.</p>

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<p>At a minimum, everyone should leave college with one intro accounting class and one intro economics class under their belt.</p>

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<p>Thanks for using my “mediocre” line tortfeasor.</p>

<p>lol</p>

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<p>:D My bad. Forgot to give props. ;D</p>

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<p>Thank you both - that’s kinda what I’ve been leaning towards. I love English, but I just don’t know if it’s the most practical degree and want to pair it with Business somehow.</p>

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<p>Careers for English majors</p>

<p>[University</a> of North Carolina Wilmington - The Career Center - Explore and Research Careers](<a href=“http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/MAJORS/english.htm]University”>http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/MAJORS/english.htm)</p>

<p>With a business minor you’re prime for management in your field or your own consulting/freelance business, Publishing, Editing, or whatever you create :wink: .</p>

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<p>What happened to logic? Just because you hate something doesn’t make you any worse at it than someone who appears to be enjoying themselves. Smarter people are indeed, as a whole, more miserable, but they’re also more adept at what they do.</p>

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<p>Whistleblower, we live in a society run by emotions where people want to be taken care of and do as they please without regard to the future. How dare you suggest someone choose something practical that they do not enjoy. The only time you’re allowed to say that is when you’re talking about food.</p>

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<p>Ha!</p>

<p>last word.</p>

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<p>last 2 if you are thinking realistically about job prospects.</p>