Input for my decision of a major choice as a New Year's Resolution

<p>Hello everyone! My name is Kevin and if you have some time, I would like to hear what you have to say about my situation!</p>

<p>I am a second year student at a large state school in California.</p>

<p>I entered college as a HTM major, switched into Business Administration, then moved to Anthropology, and now, as a second year entering my second semester, made the change into a Quantitative Analysis Economics major. The reason for my constant change is due to my lack of assurance for my future plans.</p>

<p>I would want a job that is lucrative and rewarding- a job that also provides the satisfaction of doing something for the greater good. I am a people's person; and many people have openly admired my methods of people giving me love (seriously, lol). Additionally, I have a creative side that I do not want to be wasted- journalism, creative writing, and film production were my favorite hobbies throughout high school. However, I also have a love for the sciences and math. I spend an abundant amount of time studying the constellations, oceans, and the wonders of nature.</p>

<p>As lost as I sound, I do, in fact, have a grip of some aspects of my life (haha). I have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.82. I spend over 25 hours a semester volunteering. I am president of my fraternity (there is actually a lot of constructive work done that has to be done regarding this). Additionally, I am involved in a handful of clubs, organizations, and honor societies.</p>

<p>I may not (nor may I want to) want to work upon graduating (because I love learning)! However, I must find the path I want to follow now! I have elected to major in Economics because I like the idea of understanding how this world works on a interconnected level. Holding this information will hopefully, from my understanding, allow me to obtain a career in many fields. However, I am worried that my future only entails banking or finance (something I do not want, but I feel like is common with a degree in economics). I love researching and wouldn't mind a career that needed me to keep on learning. </p>

<p>If you have read it to this far, I really appreciate it so I'll stop this little diary excerpt by concluding: will a major in economics and a minor in computer science (I love technology but I do not know if this would be entirely beneficial? Perhaps a different minor such as anthropology?) allow me to meet my needs? I do plan on going to graduate school for those who are wondering.</p>

<p>Once again, thank you!</p>

<p>With kind regards,
Kevin!</p>

<p>Since you have some business coursework under your belt, if you enjoy economics, I think you should consider just getting a bachelors and masters in applied economics. Perhaps you could help people with economic theories and fill that need. You could ask the economics department if computer science minor would be beneficial but you will need more math- calc. prep & calc. to do computer science minor, which is why maybe you should just do economics degrees if you enjoy it, career outlook is good. If you like programming than computer science might be valuable. Not sure that you would need computer science (programming) since economists use forecasting software to make predictions similar to statisticians, more of using software. Econometrics may be an interesting area of economics for you to look into from what I have heard.</p>