<p>Tell us what you plan on picking for your major, and why.</p>
<p>I hadn't gotten that far yet...i figure that i'll find something i like once i get there. right now the idea of oceanography sounds cool b/c i'd get to be outside "playing" a lot, but i don't really have any idea.</p>
<p>I don't really have an answer, but I do have a question: how much does the choice of major effect the future of a midshipmen (in terms of service selection and actual work within that service selection)?</p>
<p>Sorry for going semi-off topic.</p>
<p>Systems Engineering, or Mech E, I was originally intrested in Aeronautical E, but the class at summer seminar turned me off to it and on to robotics aka Systems Engineering, plus, USNA is the best Systems Engineering program in the nation.
oorah 100 days till the next 4 years</p>
<p>Andrew</p>
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<p>Practically nil. My roomate studied history and became a pilot. </p>
<p>Where it might come into play is that if you pick a hard major (Group I), you may end up with a lower GPA (and therefore a lower OOM) than you would if you studied a bull major (Group III).</p>
<p>Just remember something, though. There is life after the navy. I distinctly remember one recruiting seminar I went to where a navy officer was asking the recruiter what he could do for him in terms of a job.</p>
<p>"What's your major in?"</p>
<p>"Music."</p>
<p>"Sorry. Can't help you."</p>
<p>So, choose your major because it's something you like and that you think you'll use later in life, if only on a resume. Don't study something because you think it will help you land that covetted billet, because it won't in 99% of the cases.</p>
<p>Good Advise!</p>
<p>It's only 50% accurate, of course! ;)</p>
<p>Hah! Yes, according to whatshisname upperclassman.</p>
<p>Yeah but which 50????? ;) Forum is hot tonight!</p>
<p>True true... was hot earlier too! Just waiting for the moms to get on, then there will be a flurry!</p>
<p>Weapons & Systems Engineering. I am strong in math and love engineering---designing and building things. Went to NASS's weapons & systems engineering workshop and knew it was the major for me. The robotics labs are amazing. Also, USNA's Systems Engineering is #1 in the country.</p>
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<p>HA!</p>
<p>You should see what they do with Plebes! ;)</p>
<p>Well, #1 with a major of that exact title (maybe), but certainly not number one in that area of academics or capabilities or resources!</p>
<p>Edit- The rabbit is back....
Funnnnnyyyy....robotic plebes! Perfection! Definitely #1 in that area!!! :)</p>
<p>Don't be too quick to judge. While I'd still like to see if places like MIT were included in the analysis, it is a well-known fact that the engineering labs at USNA (and the other service academies, too) are some of the best-kept secrets in academia at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>The claim may not be all that far from the truth....</p>
<p>Only if they find the $Million a year and fill 32 ????? friggin' empty faculty positions! That is really bothering me, even though I know it's all politics and media crap (praying it is so, anyway).</p>
<p>I think 32 empty faculty slots is a lot for a school with 4000 undergrads and a limited number of areas of study (majors).</p>
<p>I will say that in acreage alone (building square feet), there is no comparison to the level of resources for the same number of undergrads at MIT. It is an unfair comparison of course, because MIT has all those grad students and research grants to keep those resources flourishing.</p>
<p><shrug></shrug></p>
<p>I honestly don't know. Frankly, I'd be leery of comparing USNA to MIT on the grounds of engineering, no matter how much I love my alma-mater.</p>
<p>If someone can point us to the survey that has USNA at the top, I'd love to see it.</p>
<p>Remember: USNA is in the business of turning out leaders who are technically competent. MIT turns out geeks in birkenstocks who go off and discover how to use carbon nanotubes to redefine Plank's Constant and reverse the polarities on the Heisenberg Compensators before the neutron flow polarizes the lateral phase discriminators.</p>
<p>They'll do it, too! ;)</p>
<p>At USNA, requests for resource funding are approved by folks wondering whether it will improve the Navy's performance, while at the same time, bring some pork to the home state.</p>
<p>At private universities, most resource requests are funded directly by the folks who need (and are willing to pay) to get the research done as promised in specific proposals based on specific requests for them. If Navy improvement funding is solid, USNA can likely keep a close tail on the best private universities.</p>
<p>Who cares, anyway? We beat Army! :D</p>
<p>Thank you! Thank you! I'll be back tomorrow night!</p>
<p>Try the veal!</p>
<p>G'night, folks!</p>
<p>;)</p>
<p>As far as ratings go, they keep USNA in a separate group with colleges that don't offer Doctorate degrees. So, there is no direct comparison between the service academies and most top private universities. They are compared in the nonsense areas (such as alcohol use, party life, etc.), but not in serious areas such as academic programs (majors).</p>
<p>Darn, I had no idea it is almost 1AM!!!</p>