<p>I will definitely look into the science/math area. Right now, my focus is on chemical engineering. But just recently, I got the impression that chemical engineering makes you stupid and you don't do anything really interesting in it. So pretty much, you train to be a factory worker. Then I looked at the 10 most popular majors today, from which I found Computer science, biology, and psychology and business, which are subjects of slight interest to me.</p>
<p>So basically, I want to find a major that leads to great, interesting jobs and at the same time plenty of income. This is also important in my college search. I know that MIT is really good at electrical engineering and computer stuff and business, same with Stanford, but it'd be good for me to know which major I want and then find the college of my dream, which pretty much would be Stanford and MIT anyway, probably.</p>
<p>Anyone want to help me out?</p>
<p>P.S. I'll look into maybe a double major or a minor too. Business seems like an area that leads to cheap money making, but since everyone else is looking into it, I guess I might too.</p>
<p>What do you personally find interesting? There are plenty of chemical engineers out there who enjoy it, so it's obviously different from person to person. In your opinion, what would make a job enjoyable or interesting? Myself, I find computer science boring, but statistics say I'm in the minority.</p>
<p>I like chemistry, math, problem solving, puzzles and brain twisters kind of stuff. I also like to work with numbers, like statistics, accounting, or business. So I guess my area of interest isn't as small as I thought....</p>
<p>A large percentage of students change their major at some point. So "undecided" is not a bad answer on college applications, particularly if you're applying to SLACs (my bias). When you get there, find out who the best teachers are, and take whatever they're teaching (if you can get into the classes). Ultimately, the "best" major is whatever gets you excited about going to class and doing the work.</p>
<p>Right now you (and most high schoolers) suffer from "secondary ignorance" - you don't know what you don't know. The intellectual and professional world is much larger than you can now imagine.</p>
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<p>It sounds like you'd love Chemical Engineering. There's also boatloads of research opportunities in ChemE if you're interested in going along that path. Go to the ChemE departmental page of the various schools you're looking and and look under research interests to see what various professors are doing. Perhaps you'll see something there that sparks your interest.</p>