Is an ad-hoc major useless? Going for OT

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<p>I am currently in my senior year of college at Baruch College in NYC, and after many times of switching in and out of different majors, I finally have decided (through both a mentor and many talks with close friends) that I will be pursuing a career in Occupational Therapy. I have made a decision to complete my Bachelor's degree before applying to OT programs because the CUNY (City University of NY) tuition is much cheaper. However, I have a couple of questions:</p>

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<li><p>Is it worth my time and effort to complete a Bachelor's degree? If I complete my Bachelor's degree, it will be in Actuarial Science because it is the quickest way to full graduation before going on to graduate school for Occupational Therapy. The only problem is that I won't be doing anything with that degree; I have no intentions of taking any of the actuarial exams, and I highly doubt I will be able to find a job with an Actuarial Science degree outside of the insurance industry. My only other choice would be to take the science requirements at a CUNY school, and then apply to a joint BS/MS program once complete.</p></li>
<li><p>I can do an ad-hoc major. I'm not sure if other schools offer this, since I recently discovered it, but it is the idea of joining two majors together and "creating your own major". This will greatly benefit me and make my graduation even sooner because I am a transfer student who changed majors once transferred (was a math major, so I'll be able to combine my choice of either math with psychology, or math with biology). The only downside to this is that as an ad-hoc major, I find that there is little to no value in it; it's just a piece of paper.</p></li>
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<p>From an outside perspective, I'm sure that most people would say to do the Actuarial Science degree (or get a regular math degree, since all I will need is one more extra class), but if I'm going for Occupational Therapy in the end, does it all really matter? Should I just focus on getting the requirements done for the OT programs, and save as much money as I can?</p>

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<p>First of all, I know nothing about OT graduate programs, but having said that:</p>

<p>If you know for sure that you want to go to graduate school, then complete your Bachelor’s in math.</p>

<p>The reason I say this, is because when you apply to grad programs in OT, they will have no idea what actuarial science is. Does it matter in the end? Maybe, maybe not. But if its just one extra class, then its probably worth it.</p>