<p>My mother-Started and ended with Electrical Engineering
Father-started and ended Electrical Engineering at a vocational college
Brother-Wanted to do some kind of Engineering and chose Civil
Me-Before I left high school I wanted to do Psychology, then ROTC, then Poli Sci, then police officer, but I started with Accounting and in my second semester posed to be a Junior next fall I don’t intend to change paths.</p>
<p>I was undecided between Industrial Engineering and Computer Science. I declared Industrial Engineering and a minor in Computer Science first semester. I decided to double major in 4th semester.</p>
<p>Mathmom-- whoa! Those are two very impressive accomplishments! :D</p>
<p>I attend the University of Miami- I was declared as an English major my freshman year with the intention of double majoring in something like Poli Sci. I looked at the course listing for Poli Sci, and didn’t like it. I took Intro to IR my first semester Freshman year and slowly but surely fell in love with it. I also knew I wanted to minor in Philosophy somehow.
First semester sophomore year I took my first English Lit class. Surprisingly, I ended up withdrawing from that class- I absolutely hated it. So I had to revise my focus. I am now a second semester sophomore majoring in IR, with minors in English, Philosophy, and Classics (specializing in Latin, one more class to finish minor.) And yes, I am pre-law with intention of pursuing non-traditional profession in legal field.</p>
<p>I started at Ithaca College as a Television-Radio major with a concentration in Video Production. Realized I liked the analytic side of television more than the production side. Ending up being there for 3 semesters and withdrawing due to severe anxiety/depression. </p>
<p>Took a semester off and moved from Maryland to Florida with my parents as they were moving away from the snow. </p>
<p>I’ve been at the local community college for a year getting my AA. Spring classes end in about a week and then I have 13 credits to take in the summer and I’ll have my Associates. </p>
<p>Plan to transfer to University of North Florida in the fall for a semester to get back into the university groove. Problem is they don’t have my major so I hope to transfer to Goucher College to get a dual degree in Communication/Media Studies and Women’s Studies. </p>
<p>I may not be at the same pace as all of my friends but I think I am better for it. Graduated high school in 2010 for the heck of a timeline.</p>
<p>Finance + Accounting -> CompSci + Japanese</p>
<p>Haven’t graduated yet though, and also intend to have a crapton of Fine Arts on the side :)</p>
<p>you make a lot of sense there, only those who aren’t decided change</p>
<p>I jumped around alot:</p>
<p>Premed (can’t remember exact major, Biology maybe?)
Physics
German (My “liberal arts classes are sooo easy I want to major in this” phase)
Computational Linguistics
Applied Mathematics
Applied Mathematics specializing in Computing</p>
<p>Truthfully the only reason I ended up with Math was it was the only major I could finish in 4 years when I had to decide by my Junior year (well, I could’ve finished physics as well, but I already ditched that one after a year).</p>
<p>Hated my math classes, loved my computer science and programming classes. So now I’m a software engineer :)</p>
<p>I was dead set on being a doctor entering college, ended up deciding I had no interest in that career path a week in. So I am very skeptical of students picking colleges based on the rankings of their specific major. Pick the best college overall since there is a 50% chance you will switch.</p>
<p>These days I see too many kids in college with no idea what they want to do. That is OK, however you do need to think of a curriculum as a starting point with intent to finish. I went into something called “engineering” back in 1982, as I had no money for school and received a full scholarship to what was then General Motors Institute. I had no idea what an engineer was (I actually wanted to be in the music industry), however getting a job was the #1 factor in my approach. There was no wiggle room for me to soul search and find myself on someone else’s nickel. So, I graduated with honors, went into Plant Engineering for some time. During my working time, I decided that I was more business oriented, and pursued an MBA at night. My Company paid for my tuition. I also pursued a BSME; which was also paid for by my Comany. I can say that over the past years, I have “found myself” many times over, changing careers many times, each time building on my base foundation (engineering), second foundation (business) plus lots of real world experience while pulling in a good paycheck. Now, I have the luxury of being in the music industry, on my own nickel. Bottom line, as I told my so who is off to college, pick a starting point and focus on getting THAT degree, one that you can get a job with, gain valuable skills, and build upon. I think it is unfortunate for our younger generation to soul search during what is a VERY expensive cost. Some can afford this, most cannot.</p>
<p>Son started with Math/Ancient Studies double major, then switched to Math/Classics double major.</p>
<p>Hello, I am new to this website and wanted to ask a question. Where do I go to post?</p>
<p>My D started out at Mt. Holyoke majoring in History with an Art Studio minor. Ended up at Parsons with a dual degree, BFA in Fashion and BA from Eugene Lang in Culture and Media.</p>
<p>That is actually one of the things I think is positive about going to college. You are exposed to so many new influences it provides a grand opportunity to reinvent what you THOUGHT you wanted to study!</p>
<p>xxrawr - welcome to CC. You asked how to post…you just did above asking the question. If you wanted to know how to start a new discussion - called a thread - you would chose a forum (you are in the parents forum now), and scroll down to the bottom. On the left side it says “new thread.” Click on that and you are ready to go. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Its really interesting to see where people start out and where they end up. there are a few articles on choosing a major and the whole process behind it at [CollegEnquirer</a> | Learn About College](<a href=“collegenquirer.com”>http://www.collegenquirer.com/) if you’re interested.</p>
<p>My daughter started as a physics and Japanese dual major. She graduates next Sunday with a major in applied math, minors in physics and Japanese, and a certificate in East Asian studies. At most universities, her Japanese minor and East Asian certificate ( about 50 credits), would be a major, so it seems pretty close to the original plan. She also thinks she would have stayed with physics had she attended an LAC rather than a research university.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, she does not have a good idea of what she would like to do with it.</p>
<p>D was a freshman computer science major; now a senior geology major.</p>
<p>I started out psych, seriously considered switching to Spanish and Addiction Studies, and ended up with nursing. :)</p>
<p>Animal Science and graduated Political Science.</p>
<p>Great resource for finding what a student can do with whatever major after college, [MajoredIn</a> - Search Entry Level Jobs and Internships by College Major](<a href=“http://www.majoredin.com%5DMajoredIn”>http://www.majoredin.com), entry level jobs and internships by their major.</p>
<p>I thought I was going into nursing, turns out that’s the last thing I want to do!! Now I’m working towards a psychology degree.</p>
<p>I originally wanted to be an Animal Science major, but I got discouraged by the numerous amount of math and science courses. Plus I can’t handle two different science courses at once. So now I’m an East Asian Studies major.</p>