Trying to choose one of three majors, help?

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<p>So I have very mixed feelings about what major i should be choosing, and its really difficult to choose because they're all so different.</p>

<p>The three majors I want to choose from are:
Political Science
Engineering
Business</p>

<p>I'm torn between the three. My biggest interest actually lies in Psychology, its the most interesting subject I've ever come across and I've been interested since freshman year. The only problem with it is that my parents dont want me to take that as a major because they heard that its a bad majors for jobs, etc etc, so if I choose it I'm pretty much disowned. That's why I decided to go into Political Science, because its similar to Psychology in the sense that it analyzes political figures, the workings of the governments, etc. I have no interest in a government job, however.</p>

<p>Engineering is one of my options because math is pretty much the subject I'm best at, and I feel like if I'm to go into engineering it will probably be something along computer engineering or aerospace engineering. Something related to computers or physics. My math grades aren't exactly the best, which may hold me back, but I am taking the advanced math courses in my high school and do understand everything the teacher is teaching me. Its just that I tend to understand after the tests, lol. Accounting is kind of in my interest range as well.</p>

<p>The reason for Business is simply because I find Business/Economy to be something mandatory for me to learn in life, and its my goal to definitely learn more about them in detail in the future regardless of what I major in. </p>

<p>I'm honestly having the most difficult time trying to choose between the three, and if there is anything that would make one more appealing than the other is 1) what the chances of me getting into UCs and CSUs with these majors are, and 2) what my chances of getting a good job out of college with these majors will be. </p>

<p>To anyone and everyone that read this, thanks, honestly, and please help me choose one of the three! I'd love to hear opinions from those who are taking these majors themselves, and would appreciate comments before the 30th when most application deadlines are due. Thanks again!</p>

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<p>I would recommend economics rather than business. Economics studies the behavior of individuals (and governments) and how they deal with scarce resources. This would make a strong pair with political science (you could major in one, minor in the other). At the undergraduate level, economics isn’t very mathematical (you might take calculus and some statistics) but adding in math classes could be advantageous depending on your goals.</p>

<p>Engineering is an entirely different field. You likely won’t have as much freedom with choosing classes and you’ll have to take very difficult classes all four years. The math will be more extensive (at least through differential equations) and your schedule will be comprised mainly of technical classes. If this is something you’re interested in, great! But it’s difficult to make a good comparison of which is better.</p>

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<p>What about philosophy? It is in the same league as political science for jobs but it is more analytical. </p>

<p>As far as the majors go I think you should do Business Administration with a minor (around 8 classes I believe) in psychology, that way everybody is happy and no one gets disowned lol.</p>