idk what to major in HALP

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>Okay yes, this is HSL, but do I really want to post this in College Life or the Brown section?</p>

<p>So I really need to decide by the end of this year, and I have absolutely no clue what I want to major in.</p>

<p>I came in wanting to be a history major, but now I've found that I really like literature more, so I've been thinking about Comp Lit</p>

<p>Here's the thing though - I just took this amazing Russian Lit class, and I feel like a Russian major would be more useful, because really, how many Russian majors are there?, and would still permit me to focus on literature in my concentration</p>

<p>But yeah, I need to know 100% by the end of this year, because if I start taking Russian next year (the earliest I can feasibly - I don't think I'm quite ready for "intensive Russian") I would still have to take a Russian language class every semester until I graduated.</p>

<p>This is really just a rant. There's probably no way any of you can help me, and I'm being hypocritical by even tacking this onto the end of my post.</p>

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<p>do what you love my good friend</p>

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<p>^Major in love.
I’m gonna be you in two years :P</p>

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<p>You are at Brown. Explore.</p>

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<p>Interesting, I always saw you as a philosophy major.</p>

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<p>Absolutely not! Don’t ask fellow college and fellow Brown students on your career choice - ask HSL. :wink: yasrsly ask hsl!</p>

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<p>Maybe I should take a philosophy class</p>

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<p>Well, my guess was totally off. </p>

<p>Double major?</p>

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<p>Religious Studies!</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1041416-fellow-religious-studies-majors.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/1041416-fellow-religious-studies-majors.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>^^ lol I might, but I feel like I’ll find it hard to stop just taking random classes that I’m interested in. All of my friends are pre-med/engineering, so they pretty much know what they are doing for the next 4 years while I have no clue</p>

<p>^ lol even if I don’t, I can support you with another random major nobody else has and in my Hamilton fandom</p>

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<p>Well, what could you do with a major in Russian vs a major in Comp Lit?</p>

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<p>idk, but I feel like knowing Russian while learning about lit would be before for job opportunities than just learning about literature</p>

<p>I’m currently taking Italian, so I guess I could do that too, but my Russian Lit class was so epic haha</p>

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<p>Honestly, job prospects are pretty dim all around, I feel, if you’re not planning on majoring in engineering, economics, or some other such similar major, so don’t choose your major based on how useful you think it’ll be in the real world. I mean, unless you’re going to grad school, which is an altogether different matter. All in all, there’s very little correlation between undergraduate degree and career choice.</p>

<p>That said, if you like Russian and Russian lit, go for it. You’re at Brown. Explore a bit. Or you can major in history with a focus on Russia. (One of my housemates is going down that path, I believe, after initially trying for a Russian major.) It’s an awesome language. Perhaps you can just try enrolling in the class next year to see if it suits your taste; if you still like it after a semester, keep going with it. If not, go back to history or find another major that better fits your interests.</p>