<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>So I have a small issue here, regarding college majors. I'm currently a high school junior, nothing special in stats. My top school is CU-Boulder. No, I'm not the typical CC kid, but that's not the point.</p>
<p>I have no idea what I want to do for my major. Or rather I do, but I know it's a bad idea. What I want to do is music. I love playing music, I love being involved in music, and I'd love to be a music major. The issue is, I don't want music to be my career. College, yes - but I can't see myself doing something music related as a job for the next 40 years. For one, I've grown up with a pretty well off lifestyle - my dad is a manager at Boeing - and I'd want to continue living the way I have for the first 17 years of my life. I've had so many opportunities because my parents had money and were willing to spend it on me, and I want any kids I may or may not have to grow up with the same experiences, of trying whatever activities they want to. Music, of course, doesn't necessarily go well with that. </p>
<p>So... what should I do? I do know that music undergrads often do well in grad school for other fields, but I don't know if I can really afford to immediately go to grad school. The other option, then, is just majoring in something else, but what?</p>
<p>Have you considered minoring in music? That way you can devote your major to something career-focused but still take classes you enjoy and have that as a part of your degree. I have a friend doing that with theater.</p>
<p>Seconded the above. </p>
<p>Minor or double major in music. Or just do it extracurricuarly and take some classes.
If financial security is important to you major in something that will help you get hired, like business, engineering, or economics. </p>
<p>I love love love theatre but don’t want to do it as a career for the same reasons, so I’m doing OI psychology with the intention to work in HR or as a Guidance Counselor depending on how I decide to go.</p>
<p>Basically what a minor is for.</p>
<p>Yep, I’m the same way. Want to study foreign languages all day long but I know translator or teaching work is hard to find/low paying, plus I don’t really see myself doing that, so I’m majoring in Computer Science. So, I can still learn languages and travel the world (my real dream) while keeping a stable living to support this. ;)</p>
<p>I think this is a better idea than people who tell you “do what you love” blindly. Unless it’s something that will maintain the lifestyle you want and not screw you over with employability, don’t do it, but find another means to get the life you want.
It’s important to keep that minor though, don’t give up what your passion is. 
Balance your major and minor in college and don’t let your feelings sway you (you may like your minor more), just continue with the original plan and you will set to go when you graduate.</p>
<p>If you end up a rockstar then you’ll probably be living a way better lifestyle than whatever you grew up with, just a thought.</p>
<p>College, first and foremost, is career preparation… While you should choose something you are interested in for your major, you don’t do that to the exclusion of career preparation. You could minor in music if your school offers it, just for fun, otherwise I would just take private lessons and major in something else. It’s foolish to major in something you know you don’t want to do… that’s not what college is for.</p>
<p>Don’t stick around the high school forum, they’ll make you cry with their averages. Typical CC HS students =/= typical CC College students. Here, people are more average (or at least way less stuck on the school’s name they attend and what their resume says).</p>
<p>Secondly, you can need to think about your career path. What exactly is it that you want to do? If you’re interested in going into law, for example, your undergraduate major does not matter at all and so music would be a great major. If you’re interested in medical school, I heard that 66% of music majors are accepted into med school compared to only 44% of biochemistry majors.</p>
<p>Your major in college does not necessarily equate to what you will be doing your whole life for your career.</p>
<p>That being said, if you like music but you can’t see yourself doing it as a career, I definitely wouldn’t major in it if I were you. Music as a major is very challenging and includes so many more hours than people realize. There are music majors at my school who take as many as 11 courses per semester and they have hardly any free time at all. If you don’t love it, then don’t major in it. Just join a music group on campus and keep it fun or take some music classes.</p>
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Probably because only a select few music majors ever apply.</p>