<p>There was a time where I would wake up choosing to be a different major each day. It was torture. </p>
<p>Tell us what major you chose, why did you chose this specific major, and what would you like to do with this degree? We're all UC transfers so which UC would you like to go to?</p>
<p>Computer science.</p>
<p>The next best thing after math, physics and philosophy.</p>
<p>(I didn’t just pick it just because it was the “next best thing.” I have personal reasons, but I doubt very many of you give a ****.)</p>
<p>I’m sitting here refreshing UCSD, so I’ll play ball. My first thing I wanted to be as a kid was a scientist. I was the kid who took apart everything he got before playing with it. I was also pretty talented with literature and language (I was a huge bookworm). So I grew up apt at math, sciences, and humanities. Up until middle school I kept on with my scientist aspirations, but then I was worried that maybe it wasn’t right for me. Going into high school I was going to be a journalist who would change the world through persuasive and truthful writing. Yet, I never enjoyed journalism as much as I enjoyed mathematics or physics, even biology.
Come senior year of high school, I really dug economics. I got 100% on everything and got a 5 on the AP test without a second thought. So I figured wow, I should major in this.
This last fall I took microeconomics in college and aced it with ease, but I then realized that it just felt tedious and not intellectually stimulating. That’s when I returned to my roots. I had for a long time been keeping track of quantum mechanics theory and development, which has always fascinated me. I decided that my future was definitely in research. I’m also excited by pure mathematics, especially number theory and prime composition.
My major now, which won’t be changed is mathematics with a soon to be declared double major in physics. I will then go on to get two PhDs (hopefully) while conducting research and maybe doing a stint of professorship. Then I’ll spend the rest of my life researching and writing, maybe someday finding a wife nerdy enough to share it with.
I’ve applied to UCLA and UCSD, along with a few privates that I won’t mention because the statistical chances alone are a joke.
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<p>Psychology.</p>
<p>I want to go to medical school, so my major is irrelevant and I didn’t want to join in with all of the bio kids. I chose the next thing I was interested in. Too bad it’s so impacted. I went back and forth a bunch with a lot of different majors, such a pain.</p>
<p>“I will then go on to get two PhDs”</p>
<p>Be realistic.</p>
<p>1) who’s going to pay for it?
2) you do realize it could take (at least) a decade, right?</p>
<p>and then I read the rest of it. Oh no. You do know that there’s an overabundance of physics PhDs in the US right? Have you ever spoken with any physics PhD candidates? These people are miserable, and there’s no guarantee of positions in academia.</p>
<p>Dream destroyed. Job done.</p>
<p>Research doctorates are paid on stipend by the school. Even if my second one isn’t covered, I have enough resources for education to cover it myself. And just so you know the expectations per PhD are 8-11 years, so it could take up to two decades which I’m comfortable with.
Just because you couldn’t do it, doesn’t mean others can’t :P</p>
<p>Biochemistry/ Cell bio
why?: i wanted to do something in the bio field since i was 12. I liked it because the subject was something definite. and if it were to be changed it would have something to do with diseases and i thought that was interesting. I think i was inclined to this because my dad would always bring home medical magazines with funky pictures of pipettes and what not. (i could go into more detail but id rather not haha)
what i want to do: i want to be a come a medical technologist. and possibly do that while in the navy as an officer. if medical school is there then i take it, if not then thats life
UCSD because its home!</p>
<p>Reach for the stars? Right…</p>
<p>@goingmeta - I’ve actually been discussing it extensively with a Professor at CalTech who is a physics PhD. I have no worries about finding a position in academia, just because there are an abundance of Physics PhDs doesn’t mean anything other than competition, which I love.</p>
<p>“Just because you couldn’t do it, doesn’t mean others can’t :P”</p>
<p>These are just words (!!!). I’m ambitious too, but what you’re saying falls well beyond ambition and lands in the territory of delusion. </p>
<p>“I’ve actually been discussing it extensively with a Professor at CalTech who is a physics PhD. I have no worries about finding a position in academia, just because there are an abundance of Physics PhDs doesn’t mean anything other than competition, which I love.”</p>
<p>Lol, god. I’ll just leave you alone. It seems you can’t be bothered with the realities of life.</p>
<p>My dad did his Physics PhD and it took him 4.5 years or so. He’s really cocky about how much of a genius he is but just go for it! You never know. You’ll especially know if you want to do 2 after you finish your first one. It might not sound so good then but for now, just reach for the stars :D</p>
<p>What you call realities of life I call a ceiling for those who aren’t intellectually capable. My family is filled with PhDs, two of them having double PhDs. I would be perfectly fine spending twenty years doing it, school and research are what I thrive on.</p>
<p>Trying to classify others goals as delusions must indicate some sad truths about yourself, and for that, I’m sorry.</p>
<p>I was kinda also looking for the reasons why you find your majors interesting. What about Physics or Math or Biology or whatever else really draws you to it? What keeps you motivated about it aside from reasons like “making bank”? Any examples of certain things in your subjects that really get you excited?</p>
<p>Both of my parents have PhDs as well.</p>
<p>“What you call realities of life I call a ceiling for those who aren’t intellectually capable.”</p>
<p>And that folks, is called arrogance.</p>
<p>“Trying to classify others goals as delusions must indicate some sad truths about yourself, and for that, I’m sorry.”</p>
<p>Why are you getting defensive?</p>
<p>Last remark: the funny bit is that there are plenty of ambitious, hard working, and more intelligent people (than yourself) who are equally curious and have chosen against pursuing more than one doctorate. </p>
<p>It’s not that these people are limited by their intellect, it’s that they don’t suffer from this childish naivete.</p>
<p>Have a good day. I hope your attitude changes and that at some point in your life you stop talking down to people, otherwise you won’t have a very long future in academia.</p>
<p>@goingsomewhatmeta Honesty and arrogance are two different creatures entirely. You’re trying to say something is delusional when it’s just difficult and time consuming. I won’t apologize for having the mental faculties and drive to pursue a future in two fields. </p>
<p>“The funny bit is that there are plenty of ambitious, hard working, and more intelligent people (than yourself)” I wasn’t aware that you knew me so well, good for you buddy!</p>
<p>“It’s not that these people are limited by their intellect, it’s that they don’t suffer from this childish naivete.” I really see where you get some sort of pleasure from trying (emphasis) to pincushion people. </p>
<p>I hope at some point in your life you actually “gometa” and realize you’re guilty of the same intellectual snobbery of which you accuse others. Bye now buddy, have a fantastic future.</p>
<p>@walleats Well I’m definitely not in it for making bank. As Sheldon Cooper puts it, I do it “to tear the mask off nature and stare at the face of God.”</p>
<p>Goingmeta, I’ve seen your other posts and you can’t be referred to as anything more sophisticated than a jerk. I don’t understand why some people are so hostile here on CC. </p>
<p>My only question is why, oh why, does it concern you so much that this person has ambitions which YOU find unachievable? You will never be able to justify yourself because your knowledge is based subjectively on your own closed minded opinions. I’m not going to assume that it’s due to your own personal situations or let downs, because that would be insulting and would require me stooping down to your level.</p>
<p>Jetlogic, do yourself a favor and don’t waste any more of your time on this guy. I had a similar problem with someone like this last week. There really is no other way for you to prove your reasoning for being motivated besides claiming that you have the capability to do so. That is not arrogant at all. I know it’s frustrating, but there are more qualified people to actually HELP you on this site. We just have to ignore the really annoying ones who are obsessed with making others feel like crap and turning situations around to make us look like the obsessive jerks who have nothing better to do with our time. Good luck with your endeavors.</p>
<p>goingmeta - you’re talking down to him too. that holier than thou attitude you have in your last post is pretty unlike you, because even when you’re ■■■■■■■■ someone you seem pretty down to earth. yes, i lurk you. and i wanna know your personal reasons for choosing computer science!</p>
<p>I’m majoring in English, specificly composition or creative writing, because I love how literature, good literature, has that special effect on me. You know, that feeling that gives you the chills, and gets you thinking.
The funny thing is that I tested into one of the lowest English classes availble when I took the placement test; I couldn’t care less about reading or writing. </p>
<p>I think I might also minor in mathematics if I can finish in two years. I just love how math is the only thing in this world that makes sense, yet it’s man made.</p>
<p>Once I finish school, I would love to be a middle school or high school teacher.</p>
<p>aww you go heatherbecca! was this your first year?</p>