<p>Major In Something You Are Mediocre At and Love or Major in Something You're Good At?</p>
<p>I'm interested in Economics and Statistics but I only 2.5 the classes. But got a 3.0 in my communication class, and therefore my advisor says I should major in Communications.</p>
<p>Should you major in something you like and have better career prospects that you are mediocre at or something you are good at but have little career aspects and not interested in?</p>
<p>If you like it, take a look at why your grades are low. Is it a time management problem? I would assume you understand a good portion of it if you like it. Why do you like it? Is it only certain courses in that major that you like? I don’t think you should major in something just because you get better grades - those grades won’t do much for you after college if you have difficultly finding jobs. If you like economics, it just may mean you need to work harder to get an A than you do in communications, but it will be more rewarding when you graduate and find a good job in a field you like.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how your adviser is struck with the idea to change your major to something completely different from your current focus because you got a slightly higher GPA in one course. This is completely off the radar to me…</p>
<p>To answer your question, no, I wouldn’t switch my majors considering what you’ve posted here. Consider trying different study habits, focus more, or ask your econ professors what you can do to help understand the material better. There are a lot of things you can try to raise your GPA while still majoring in what you love.</p>
<p>if your grades are that low, maybe you don’t like econ as much as you think. I mean I used to think I was interested in econ, but you can get everything you want to know from CNN and Google. I find learning to be more productive that way. I’m also slightly interested in history and politics, but I hated history in high school, when my teachers force fed me all these things I didn’t care about.</p>
<p>A lot of times (most of the time), it’s about what you learn outside the class room.</p>
<p>Major in something you love. Grades aren’t that big a deal after you start working.</p>
<p>I was originally applying for accounting, but doubt I can get in. Reason why I picked Accounting was because I was able to work in different industries like fashion, IT, and healthcare. So I picked economics, because the versatility and I’m indecisive on what I want to do. I either want to do human resources, accounting information systems advisory, or market/social research. Because this allows me to work in a variety of industries like healthcare, automotive, education, and possibly fashion.</p>
<p>My top passions/interests are fashion/beauty, powerlifting/running, and reading popular business books. In addition I am part of investment association and do market/social research on the automotive industry for my university. I spend my majority of my free time reading bodybuilding articles, watching makeup hauls, and reading popular business books. Originally I wanted to do PT or Dietetics, but realized that I rather do Economics. It comes easier than Accounting and the BS Economics a liberal arts studies to have other concentrations in business, psychology, math, statistics, computer science, and philosophy.</p>
<p>I’m interested in Economics and Statistics because both majors require same classes and with Statistics there is computer programming which I enjoy like Python, SAS, R, and Strata. I’m interested in market research because I took marketing in high school (very different), but was very interested in market research. </p>
<p>What major would you recommend for someone with my interests?</p>
<p>Major in something that you like, is a growing field, and will PAY you money. We’re in risky times, folks. </p>
<p>I recommend the medical field. Most careers are relatively flexible and pay well. People will always sick so that’s a market that’s never going anywhere.</p>