<p>he is uncertain of a major. For example, if one who is uncertain of what he want's to major in is accepted into university of wisconsin-madison with a plethora of possible majors and vassar college with few, what should a determining factor be?the liberal arts education would likely be superior to the large state school, but on the bases of uncertainity, what would be best to look toward?</p>
<p>I would strongly encourage you to go to the liberal arts environment, if all other factors are equal. It’s a better place for someone who doesn’t know right out of the gate what he wants to do.</p>
<p>Bear in mind that: 1) the typical college student changes majors more than once, and 2) few undergraduate majors these days lead directly to a career (and for those that do, getting an undergrad liberal arts degree with the career-related degree as a masters usually opens up additional doors and options). Between Wisconsin and Vassar, I’d just go with the environment that you find most stimulating. There’s no bad choice there.</p>
<p>It is probably safer to choose a school that has a wide offering of majors if you’re unsure of what you want to major in and what your career will be in.</p>
<p>^ Unless the majors have requirements such that it becomes difficult to switch and still graduate in four years. That seems to be the case at institutions that have very low gened requirements.</p>
<p>I think when someone is unsure of their major, they should take very “safe” Gen Ed (Core) classes that nearly every major will accept or require. </p>
<p>There’s no point in fulfilling a GE req’t with some easier class only to later find that your major requires “real” biology or “real” chemistry or calculus.</p>
<p>If you don’t know what you want to study yet (which is fine!), and you have a few solid options, you should just decide based on other, non-academic options. Cost, personal fit, etc.</p>
<p>A long list of majors isn’t useful for the vast majority of people who end up picking typical majors. Fancy small liberal arts colleges also let you put together your own major, if you have peculiar interests.</p>
<p>Even if you start college knowing what you want to study you may change your mind. Therefore, for most people, they shouldn’t worry too much about their major when picking a college. (Engineering is the big exception to this.)</p>
<p>Larger universities are also letting students “create their own” majors these days. </p>
<p>Some kids are combining Music with Computer Science…or Theater with Business & Econ
… or a pre-law mix of Philosophy, English, Poly sci, and Econ…or whatever… :)</p>
<p>alright. thanks for the help. it’s just i’m good in math, so a teacher suggested i look into actuarial science-- a good career. but it is only offered at madison, and i applied to 5 other places.</p>