<p>This may be an obvious question, but I'm having a hard time thinking it through. So I'm a college freshmen and I have a hard time picking a major because I'm worried about the results from choosing that major. Right now, I'm taking classes for Informatics major( which is like human-computer interaction/computer programming). Most of the classes I've taken is programming and I feel like killing myself each day I'm in those classes. Right now I'm thinking about switching to Quantitative economics to pursue my dream job. Though the consequences of majoring in econ is that I would have to go to graduate school, which I know I can't do because I need to get a job to support my sister. So my question is should I major in something I don't really like, but in the end there are plenty of job out there and high salary; or should i major in something I do like but there aren't many jobs out there, and would require me to go to grad school(which i can't go).. Thanks for your help.</p>
<p>can you double major?</p>
<p>How do you know you can't go to grad school?</p>
<p>I'd suggest going to whichever economics professor knows you best or does work that interests you most or whatever and asking about what you can do in order to present the best possible case for merit-based financial aid.</p>
<p>I used to know someone who supported herself and her daughter (including subsidized daycare) on a TA stipend -- the assistantship also paid her tuition -- although this wasn't an economist. I've also managed to work as a TA <em>and</em> hold a full-time off-campus job <em>and</em> go to grad school fulltime. It's not easy, and your sister may need more from you than money, but it's not impossible.</p>
<p>I'd also suggest finding someone who knows about credit and trying to figure out what you can do to put yourself in a good position as far as obtaining loans to support you and your sister while you're in grad school.</p>
<p>Even if you determine that you can't go to grad school straight out of college, you can get a degree in economics while mastering a marketable skill and do work you don't love for long enough to take care of your family obligations before going on to grad school. There's nothing wrong with informatics and it's possible that the later classes will be more interesting to you than the early ones are, but if you love economics you owe it to yourself to try.</p>
<p>you will do much better in school if you enjoy the classes you're taking</p>