Picking a major you don't like because it's easy?

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<p>I'm a CA community college student, it's my second year, and so next fall I have to apply if I want out in a grand total of three years. I don't really want to be here for FOUR years.</p>

<p>Problem? I have no major.</p>

<p>I dislike science and mathematics, heavily. I'm not really that keen on any other subjects though, either. I like taking classes, but after each quarter I'm usually quite ready to move on. No subject calls to me, and I'm not particularly good at any of them either. I'm not science or math-minded, I'm not artistic, English isn't my first language... There isn't really any major that just clicks for me.</p>

<p>I don't think I'm pessimistic. I'm just trying to be realistic. I figure I need to just accept the fact that I'm just not one of those people, because I'm wasting time trying to find something I like/am good at, and I just don't think it's happening.</p>

<p>Here's the thing--my mother has an MA in psychology. I could probably make my way through a BA in psych with her help, even if I'm not really that into psych. I don't really care for working in clinical work or anything, so it'd really just serve as a way to get a B.A., but not a path towards a career I'd actually like.</p>

<p>Is this practical, or stupid? Should I stay at the community college for 4, 5 years just to figure it out? Or should I just pick a major I can get help with easily and just finish it already?</p>

<p>Anyone else just pick something arbitrarily? Major in something they dislike?</p>

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<p>Big ? What do you like? If truly dont know just do liberal studies to get the ba out of the way. I can assist if had some idea. There are still lots of options for you.</p>

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<p>I’ve always heard liberal studies was considered a waste unless you got a multiple subject credential. Is that not true?</p>

<p>That’s the thing… I haven’t found anything that sounds like I would enjoy taking loads of upper division classes in. I’m not trying to be whiney here, but I’m half way through my second year and nearly done with my General Eds. I think something is supposed to have clicked by now. I’m not sure there are actually that many options at this point. I can’t stay undergrad forever.</p>

<p>I feel like the social sciences are the only fields that are still open, since art, English, math, and the hard sciences are definitely out. From those, psychology is probably the most common, and probably the one I can get help with most easily… If I can avoid the psychophysics and whatnot.</p>

<p>I don’t really like any of the careers it seems to point at, and I don’t really have a passion or skill for the subject… But I’m just wondering I guess if maybe it’s time to just pick the lesser of the evils, you know? I’m wondering if anyone else has gotten to that point…</p>

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<p>It sounds like you’re wasting your time and money in university.</p>

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<p>Go for business admin or specialize in something like finance. I think you should take the practical route if you don’t particularly ‘like’ any other academic options.</p>

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<p>Assuming you’re hoping to transfer to a UC or CC, the IGETC and general ed requirements are pretty broad(if your school offers various classes to fulfill those requirements with).
Just because you’re almost done, does not mean you should feel rushed to make a decision. if you do transfer, you still might find yourself not knowing what to major in once you’re there. An “easy” major can become unbearable when that’s what you have to concentrate for a great deal of your college education. Upper division courses and class offerings, once you transfer, are not like lower division classes. I don’t know what schools you’re looking at, but google X(ENTER SCHOOL NAME)'s course catalog or class schedules for different majors. Actually READ the course offerings, in each department. Circle or make a list of classes that simply sound interesting to you(don’t concentrate on what that major can turn out to be in terms of a career, just yet). Once you’ve done this, some majors/departments will stick out. Does a class on Marxism, or Buddhism, or Online Social Networks, or Literature, or Sex Work, or French Film, sound interesting to you? If they do circle them in the course catalog. Community Colleges do a really bad job at selling their departments/classes. Sometimes you have to look beyond the title Sociology 101, or Psychology 101. The classes in departments(once you transfer) are not as dull as they might read in community college. </p>

<p>FYI, unless you’re majoring in the practical/technical majors like nursing, engineering, accounting, architecture, etc., it really won’t matter what you get your degree in.
You’ll still have to build up your resume, through internships/work experience, to make yourself marketable for employment, that or by taking classes on the side(something you could do now in CC i.e. accounting, statistics, computer software programs, etc).</p>

<p>I personally never took any literature classes at CC, and here I am majoring in it now after taking an upper division elective. I thought my major was going to be philosophy and/or art history because I liked those subjects, but I was drawn to a different major I had never conceived of majoring in.</p>

<p>Lastly, expose yourself to something you think you may not be interested in, you may find yourself being interested in it more than you think(that was my case with literature). Take an art history class, just for the sake of taking a class in art history. Be it asian art history, mexican art history, or whatever.</p>