<p>I think I fit in the middle... and I might want to do both...... my subject explains the point of my post. What can you do with a major in English and a science minor?</p>
<p>Search the internet for "what can you do with a major in ...." Just about anything, really. That's what's amazing about the BA/AB/BS degrees. You probably have just a few fields cut off to you, such as engineering, which probably doesn't interest you if you aren't even considering majoring in it. Many schools have lists of the "what you can do with a .... major," too.</p>
<p>You could probadly become a technical writer.</p>
<p>law school</p>
<p>Technical writer is a good idea, also textbook editor, science journalist, science fiction writer, elementary school teacher --where you need to be a jack (or jill) of all trades. Could also be a good background for attending law school.</p>
<p>To the OP,</p>
<p>Here's what a great English dep't will require of its students:
You will analyze textual data
You will interpret textual data
You will report accurately on that data & draw conclusions, supporting those conclusions with the evidence contained in the text. In some cases you may also comment on what is not in the text, & what the reader may or may not be able to infer from that.</p>
<p>The fact that you will do so with the language of literary terminology is neither here nor there. Literary analysis (a better descriptor than "English") is actually a very disciplined field & activity. There are a number of parallels with the scientific method. And they both tend to operate within a "system" of language & process.</p>
<p>Thus, an Engl. major will prepare you well if you decide the build a science minor into a graduate science program. Alternatively, as others have said, the combination will acquaint you enough with one or more scientific fields, that you may become a science reporter, science editor, or yes -- tech writer. My brother majored in print journalism but was also technically oriented. He became a tech writer. In a different direction, you could finesse your verbal dexterity for a scientific company by joining their communications or public relations dept.</p>
<p>If you have any interest in medicine, you could go to medical school.</p>