Major Issues

College Majors Business Major
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<p>Before anyone asks, I'll just say it: this is a double post.</p>

<p>I have an idea of what I want to do with my life, but I'm not sure which major to pick to achieve it.</p>

<p>I want to have a challenging job that offers variety, flexibility, versatility, and of course a good aura and salary.</p>

<p>I like coming up with new ideas, but I also like to somewhat follow pre-established guidelines, as long as I can still be independent.</p>

<p>I'll most likely do something in Business or at least related to Business.</p>

<p>Here are some majors that interest me:
Economics
International Relations/Business
Finance/Banking
Computer Science
Mandarin Chinese (I at least want courses to be offered)
Operations Research
Finance Engineering
Accounting</p>

<p>Management isn't really something I'm interested in. It's just too stressful, and I'm not keen on that much structure in a work environment.</p>

<p>Can someone help me narrow down this list to 1 or 2 good majors based on my interests? I know most schools only have a couple of these majors, but some schools also have better programs than others. Cost will be the most important factor in deciding on a college, since I'm lower middle class. But right now I want to focus on majors.</p>

<p>Does anyone have experience in these majors? Can any of them get me the kind of job I want?</p>

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<p>well accounting isn't really flexible
For Computer science you will probally be stuck as a database admin
im not sure about the other majors</p>

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<p>Which is better now:</p>

<p>Economics
Finance
Finance Engineering
Operations Research</p>

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<p>financial engineering and operations research are basically the exact same thing. It depends where you go though.</p>

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<p>bump... ...</p>

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<p>If you want to stay in business, don't do CS or OR.
Economics, I've heard, is a good all-purpose, theoretical, wide-ranging major that is looked upon very highly. Good LSAT and GMAT scores, too.</p>

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<p>Accounting and econ are the two most flexible majors for business that you listed.</p>

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<p>If you're going to do economics, make sure you load up on math courses as well (math minor), in order to set yourself apart from the hordes of other econ majors.</p>

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<p>Which is better: Math or Statistics?</p>

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<p>Math, because the number of classes it would take for me to shoot myself would be lower for statistics.</p>