<p>Is it worth the time? What are your thoughts and opinions?</p>
<p>Probably depends on the school. I was a poli sci major but then I decided that I wanted to get a job after college. I bought some political theory books to read in my free time for my political cravings.</p>
<p>It can be worth the time if you go into law school afterwards. Aside from that, I’m not sure how easy or difficult it is to get a job in politics, but I do know that politician is the one of the few careers in which you can always be wrong and still have a job.</p>
<p>Except that law school is a terrible idea for most people right now, and you can major in anything and go to law school. You also don’t need a poli sci degree to work in politics.</p>
<p>I am aware of that, but it would help in either case.</p>
<p>Sure, not disagreeing with that, although it is not clear what the OP’s goals are.</p>
<p>Political science is definitely a major that you need to spend your college time wisely with. If you simply go to class and never do anything outside of those classes then I do believe unless you go on to graduate school that your degree could end up as just a piece of paper. But that could be said for most majors really. </p>
<p>You need to make connections and get involved while earning your degree. Intern, get involved in some clubs/organizations, volunteer and work hard so professors will notice you. I majored in political science in college and wound up interning for six months in Washington DC with a senator from my home state. That internship helped me get a job right after graduation. I now work with a private company in the elections field doing IT work. </p>
<p>So was political science worth my time in college? You could say so since I used my time wisely. I have a pretty good job and make decent money. Many of my friends are still looking for jobs and graduation was almost a year ago now…</p>
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science is best. or art. or philosophy. or music. or political science. basically, anything.</p>
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“I often have people ask me who are interested in law school, what major should they take in college? The answer is anything. Law schools don’t particularly care what major people have when applying to law school.”</p>
<p>As for the original question, I am a firm believer of majoring in something your passionate about. If you are passionate about something, you’ll be able to make a career out of it. If you’re still in HS, then ask around and see where your true passions lay. If you’re already in college, talk to an advisor or someone in the counseling department. Do not major in something just because someone said that person makes a lot of money coming out of it. What will happen is you won’t be passionate about it, but others will. So sure, you can major in engineering, but your career prospects will be limited because you’re lack of interest will show in interviews. In politics really interests you can you could see being involved with non-profits, government or public policy, or even journalism, than sure, major in it.</p>