<p>Applied math, incl. statistics, would be much more practical than biology. What about combining applied math and social sciences, one as a major and the other as a minor? Job postings I have seen that accept social science majors also tend to want people who can work with or generate quantitative data.</p>
<p>Is there a career counseling and advising center that might help you explore your options, including summer job opportunities you should seek out? Maybe give you ideas about what other grads in <em>impractical</em> fields have done after they graduated? My understanding is that you cannot depend on your family to support you, but ALSO that your family is not depending on you to support THEM immediately after you graduate. To me, that indicates that you are not forced to enter a STEM field for the initial high income, but that you need to be employed and in something better paying than an AmeriCorps job.</p>