<p>Well? Why did you choose your major?</p>
<p>I'm just wondering because I just got into a school of Engineering but I don't know if I want to be an engineer. </p>
<p>I hate calculus but it's a necessity. I would love to major in Physics but it's hard as hell.</p>
<p>Salary is of course a concern to me. I don't want to be making 30k out of college. </p>
<p>So, why did you choose your major?</p>
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<p>You should never base your choice of major on prospective salaries.</p>
<p>^ let 'em major in whatever he wants for whatever reason…</p>
<p>im majoring in english and german because I </p>
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<li><p>want to teach english abroad for awhile. personally, i regard dirt higher than income. I plan to be poor by choice, and im rather excited about it</p></li>
<li><p>want to work and live in germany and teach english (dream job). realistically, it probably wont happen, but ill give that dream h e l l and see what happens</p></li>
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<p>anyone else???</p>
<p>chemistry - I hated chem in hs and came to college undecided. Took chem freshmen year because I was considering a bio major, and decided I loved chem…idk, I liked using the fancy lab equipment, i liked smushing the tablets with my mortal and pestle, i liked accidentally making stuff explode…</p>
<p>neural science - I was walking to econ one day when passed the neuro building; i realized in that moment that I realllly hated econ (my parents were urging me toward an econ/finance major since i was undecided and my college has a great finance program). I thought neurobio was fascinating so I walked in and declared my major on the spot… couple weeks later, I was dissecting brains :)</p>
<p>also, both are “liberal arts” majors so I have lots of options career-wise (except fields which need a specific degree like engineering or arch). I can apply for the same jobs as most non-science majors and the ones they’re not eligible for, too.</p>
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<p>Wait a month and then go around telling History majors that.</p>
<p>Raincoat - plenty of easier professions make good money… I don’t know why you chose engineering if you don’t like Calculus OR Physics…</p>
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<p>If you don’t like you’re major and don’t have passion for it, you will not be happy. I would rather make $30,000 a year and be happy than make $100,000 in a field I have no passion for.</p>
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<li><p>Mechanical Engineering
I love everything about it. Perfect major, I couldn’t think of anything else I’d want to do.</p></li>
<li><p>Computer Science
I have a love/hate relationship with CS. I don’t know why I chose it. It just seemed natural.</p></li>
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<p>HISTORY - Because I enjoy reading, researching, and writing. I love the thrill of investigating the past. Even local history. I love digging up stuff that nobody has bothered to ever look at for decades or centuries. Reading primary accounts and putting yourself in places of the past is humbling as well as satisfying. It’s difficult to put into words.</p>
<p>1) I love helping people.
2) I am intrigued by the medical field.
3) Job security doesn’t hurt.</p>
<p>That’s the very basic version. My application essays were much more specific.</p>
<p>I chose political science because it is a field that allows me to utilize my skills and play with my interests. Regardless of what job I have, as long as I am in that field I can do those things. That was important to me. I am pre-law because I want to be an advocate for others, and the legal process is interesting to me. Pretty simple.</p>
<p>I chose econ because I’m not interested in anything academically (ok I’m intellectually interested in things but I hate the whole process of school y’know…) so I picked something I thought might be practical for the future that won’t completely bust my balls (say engineering)</p>
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<p>Good luck with that. Economics isn’t actually the easiest field to study. </p>
<p>Picking a major just because you think it is going to be practical for the futue is not a good thing to do.</p>
<p>Accounting/Finance
-$$$, stable job
-Prestige; I don’t want to be average; I want to make something out of myself
-Fits my interests, personality
-Allows to meet a lot of ppl, something I enjoy doing
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<p>Biology, liked it in tenth grade, loved it in 12th grade and i’m following along in college. Still open to switching majors if I find something that I fancy even more.</p>
<p>Meteorology.</p>
<p>I saw Twister the other day. Decided I wanted to join the storm chase team at the school I end up attending. Hate math and physics so we’ll see how this works out…</p>
<p>Seriously though, I was never good at math or physics, but I have always been very interested about the weather and the atmosphere. I am that guy who stands out in the rain and then brings out the lawn chair and reads in the after-rain atmosphere and the smells of the grass and the distancing thunder… Perfect for me. I love seeing crazy things happen in the clouds.</p>
<p>Ironically, I am a left brain person. Was in all regular science/math courses. I was in Honors English and AP History courses (History was my favorite HS subject) and I got 5’s on both of my AP History exams (US & Gov/Pol). 800’s on the SAT II Subject test for US and World. Applied to college as an intending history major so it would seem like I have my head on straight. Oh, will they be in for a surprise when I tell them I am going to do meteorology…</p>
<p>I figure I can battle through the math and physics if the meteorology courses are interesting enough.</p>
<p>EE (electrical engineering)</p>
<p>2 E’s, one love.</p>
<p>actually i did it for the babes</p>
<p>Biology</p>
<p>I enjoyed honors chem in highschool, but I wanted to save the world, so I chose biology. By the time I was transferring to a university, I wanted to work in conservation/marine biology. About a year in university and I lost a lot of my interest in that field. </p>
<p>Now I’m just finishing up, and hoping for the best when I get out in the real world…
I’ll probably be back. darn…
Thank god I’ve accepted the fact that I’m probably going to be poor my whole life - sweet!</p>
<p>International relations:
love talking/socializing. Love languages, traveling and learning about cultures. Love politics and learning about global security/political issues. Ideally I would love to be a research analyst for the federal government once I’m done with schooling. Plus at my school international relations is part of a relatively prestigious, challenging residential college program. </p>
<p>Economics:
It’s practical. I’m a very logical, rational person and economics makes sense to me. It is very interrelated to international relations (especially since I’m interested in the economics of developing countries). Plus, it makes my degrees more applicable to a larger amount of careers/versatile and I can likely ensure a better salary out of undergrad.</p>
<p>I was thinking the exact same thing haha. Accountants have no prestige, are extremely average and don’t make that much money.</p>