Second thoughts about science

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<p>Hello all. I've been having some thoughts lately about my major and was wondering what advice I could get on this. </p>

<p>Currently I am nearing the end of my sophomore year of college. My intent is to study architecture after I graduate, and so to help myself get there I declared as a design major last term. However I've found I have way too many interests and wish I didn't have to be held down to one area of study. I am very into music, which I am already minoring in, and I also have a great value of the sciences. </p>

<p>I have shown a particular adeptness to astronomy/physics and chemistry, and would have considered them at the start of college had I been up to date on my math skills. I'm not the kind of person to turn back and start a new major almost halfway through college, but in a way I feel like I'm not using my intellect and really wish I could double in science (but I know double-majoring in one of those would be crazy). I want to get onto grad school as fast as I can, but at the same time I want to accomplish everything I want to do. </p>

<p>So, maybe you can give me some advice on this.</p>

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<p>Perhaps you should go into engineering. I think civil engineering might be an appropriate fit for you. Engineering majors have very good job prospects and students are usually committed to the 4-year curriculum for the major.</p>

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<p>Civil engineering also might give you more options in case this is still going on by the time you graduate: [Unemployment</a> soars among college majors like architecture - Jan. 4, 2012](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/04/news/economy/unemployment_college_major/index.htm]Unemployment”>Unemployment soars among college majors like architecture - Jan. 4, 2012)</p>

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<p>Perhaps something like mechanical engineering mixed with your design major would let you do some more rigorous stuff along with mixing in the things you’ve hopefully gotten from design to help you make both well engineered as well as comfortable/ergonomic products.</p>