Hi! So I’m a college freshman and I got ahead in my classes, meaning I’ll have to pick a major before this fall semester. However, I have no idea what to pick since none of the options sound either a) interesting enough, or b) employable enough. I want to be a full time writer as a career but I want to make enough money to get by until then. Based on the classes I’ve taken so far, I’ve loved Spanish, liked biology but hated the labs, liked psychology, and hated history. I get the worst scores in math and the best scores in English and Spanish. I’m very introverted, and my friends have always told me I’m a creative type. I’ve seriously considered computer science but I’m not sure I’d be able to handle it because of the mathematical nature. I’ve also considered modern languages but am not sure how employable it would be. Other things I’ve considered: Education (but I’m really not a people person), English (not too employable), psychology (probably not too employable either). I don’t want to go to grad school. Thanks for reading all of this!
Your employability isn’t solely based upon your major, but is also based upon things like what kind of experiences you get in college, internships and part-time jobs you secure, and skills you learn. Truth be told, the major difference between the majors you listed isn’t their unemployment rates - they’re pretty similar - it’s salary. Psychology majors get jobs at pretty much the same rate as computer science majors; they just make less money.
If you want to be a writer, it seems like a major in English is well-tailored for you. There are lots of jobs that require people who are good writers and communicators - technical writers, speechwriters, PR specialists, marketing, copywriters, journalists - it’s not all novelists. You could work in any one of those.
Spanish is a potentially good major as well, as you could potentially do work in translation.