<p>The title is very literal. I'm confused regarding major issues. Engineering? Advertising? Accounting? Business? </p>
<p>What should I become? </p>
<p>Now, here's the thing. I'm 17 years old and I'm in senior year HS. Don't worry about applying to universities, I still have (2 weeks?) time. </p>
<p>I don't take biology. I take Physics Math and Chemistry (I do A-levels).
I'm more into chemistry than I am into Physics, and much more when we're talking about Electrical Circuits and all that (meaning I hate electricity)! </p>
<p>I like dealing with people and I'm a good convincer. I can be good at math. I'm smart- no braggadocio. Also, I'm looking for a major that pays good! </p>
<p>Don’t worry? Many schools’ dates have passed, or come up soon (2/1). Where are you thinking of applying? Choose some schools that offer all the areas you mention. No need to decide right now what you are going to do in four years, or what pays “well”.</p>
<p>@gloworm Ahh dude you had to “well” on me didn’t you lol. Yes said don’t worry for a reason. The universities I’m applying to have deadlines that range between June-August. AND YES these deadlines are for the Fall term 2011.
So what you’re proposing here is that I don’t decide at all what I will major in college. Um, I don’t think thats even possible. Which college will I attend? The college of randomness?</p>
<p>Unless your schools require a declaration of major upon application, there is no need to be decided before entry. If they do require declaration, I suppose you should visit the websites of the schools, paying attention to what the major requirements of your areas of interest are.</p>
<p>Many schools do not require a student to declare a major until 2nd semester of sophomore year.</p>
<p>Even if your schools have late application deadlines, they may have llimited housing. If you need to live on campus, late acceptance could mean you don’t get a place to live. Check that out as well.</p>
<p>I think you should work backwards. That is, think about the kind of career you’d like to have, and then figure out which major is the most likely to get you there. If, for example, you want to be an auditor for the US Government, you could look up that job online and see that you ought major in a business-related field.</p>
<p>MQ, from your reference to “A-levels”, you evidently are an International Student, right?</p>
<p>You should understand that American schools generally differ from universities in other countries with respect to specialization. If you are applying to a school of engineering, architecture, business, nursing, or other professional program, then of course you do need to choose up front. Otherwise, if you are entering a liberal arts and science program, you generally do not commit to a major until late in your second year. In this case, your answers to any application questions about a major are unlikely to commit you to that choice.</p>
<p>Deadlines are never as late as July or August for schools with enough brand power to much affect your earnings potential, except perhaps in the local community. So if you do plan to settle in the USA, it is probably better to pick a school located where you plan to live and work after you graduate. Otherwise, it will be your choice of courses, grades, internship and work experience (not primarily school reputation) that makes a difference in your case.</p>
<p>To quote the wise Daria Morgendorffer, “My goal is not to wake up at forty with the bitter realization that I’ve wasted my life on a job I hate because I was forced to decide on a career while in high school”. </p>
<p>There’s really no reason at all why you should need to choose a major right now. The majority of people change theirs anyway, don’t they? I can’t think of anything (except for the really, really specific or obscure ones) that you won’t be able to find at any college that you select.</p>
<p>tk, I’m not officially international. I’m American but I haven’t touched on America ever since I was 4-years-old. And I don’t consider the UT-Dallas/Ut-Arlington/University of North Texas bad universities. UT-Dallas is actually pretty popular! It just happens to have a generous deadline. And I’ll probably do my university in the states and then jump back to where I am now, and so which university I will attend won’t really make a difference (unless I go to Harvard or Princeton or whatnot).</p>
<p>rebeccar, I have to determine what I want to major in on the application which I have to submit very soon.</p>
<p>Unless I’m mistaken, you must indicate your intended major in order to pair you with an advisor who can best suit your needs for said major; however, you can easily change your major/advisors, so you really don’t need to know what you want to major in.</p>
<p>If you are undecided among the four majors you mentioned, then declare engineering. It’s the more difficult school to get into and therefore, the easiest to transfer out of. Just don’t choose electrical engineering if you don’t like that kind of stuff. But, if you really don’t like physics, I wouldn’t choose engineering. Most engineering degrees involve applied physics. Accounting is a good major for people who like math, but I’m not sure how applicable it will be if you leave the US since many of the upper level courses talk about US accounting rules.</p>
<p>“Inteded major” doesn’t mean you’re locked into anything! I put down something on all my applications that now I’m positive I don’t want to do anymore.</p>