Major?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I'm not sure which section to put this in...so i'll just put it here for now lol</p>

<p>I'm going to be a junior this sept. and i know i still have time to decide on a major, but i'd like to know what steps i should take when looking into majors.</p>

<p>Freshman year i signed up for Computer Programming but after two weeks, 60% of the class dropped it. I wound up taking "career appreciation" becaues i didn't have a choice after that, so basically i sat in the main office helping them file stuff and deliver passes.</p>

<p>Sophmore year I took Business Law I, which was a good couse for some legal background in everyday life, however i don't think i'd like to pursue majoring in Law.</p>

<p>Junior year I will be taking Business Law II Honors.</p>

<p>I only mentioned my elective courses above, but i'm also wondering, when selecting a major, should one have had elective courses in highschool to back it up?
Ex: CAD, CAD Honors, Tech and design for someone looking into engineering.</p>

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<p>No, taking electives that pertain to you major isn't required. Many college freshman are still undeclared, and most high school students don't know what they want to major in. </p>

<p>I'm currently in engineering school, but my highschool didn't have any of the electives you mentioned, so I couldn't have taken them. Good calc and physics classes would give a future engineering major far better prep anyway.</p>

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<p>so since i'm taking only pre-calc and physics senior year...should i rule out engineering?</p>

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<p>No, if you take the Math IIC, it will show that your comprehension of math goes beyond what your transcript may say.</p>

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<p>No!</p>

<p>Depending on the schools you apply to, you might be a bit behind if you haven't had calc yet, but it's certainly not a reason to rule out engineering as a major.</p>