<p>School: Binghamton University- it’s one of the best public schools in the country, the best public U in my state, cheap, well known in the New York area, doesn’t have all that “rah-rah” whatnot that a lot of other publics have, cheap, great professors and grad students (for classes I’m interested in anyway), absolutely GREAT for pre-law studies and has a really nice and really awesome pre-law counselor, and have I mentioned it’s cheap and not a commuter school?</p>
<p>Major: Philosophy, Politics, and Law (inter-disciplinary major combining history, philosophy, political science)- I applied to Bing for basically this major. I have a ton of academic interests and I planned on graduating early, so this was the best way for me to maximize all my academic loves and actually graduate within a decade XD. If this didn’t exist, I’d be triple majoring. I wish I had time to squeeze in an art minor (also wish I could minor in English- I’ve taken a ton of those classes as well, but that minor doesn’t exist at Bing).</p>
<p>Career: Law (obviously)- I’m hoping to eventually become a legal ethics professor and combine academia and law :D</p>
<p>nope from Columbus. I just happen to go to Case. I wanted to get out too but everywhere out of state was a bit expensive and I didnt know the joy that Columbus State would have brought me if I started there first. But c’est la vie…</p>
<p>I started with career. I’ve always wanted to be a pilot in the Air Force. Up until last year I was set on going to the Air Force Academy until I thought it through and decided that I’d prefer the true college experience. So I’m doing ROTC in college hoping to come out with a degree, an officer, and a career all in line. Following my service I hope to work on campaigns or lobbying.</p>
<p>Now to get the good placements out of ROTC all that really matters is your comander’s ranking and your GPA. Major actually has no matter whatsoever (you would think that some sort of engineering would be more desirable for pilot selection, but we have art history majors flying right now), so I figured I’d go with what I really like that I’ll be interested and thus do well in: Political Science. Also it will help me in my after Air Force plans.</p>
<p>For college selection I was pretty free. With my AFROTC scholarship and relatively well-off family the cost of college was a non-issue. So I chose based off of fit, and Boston College is where I’ll be next year.</p>
<p>it really is. just hella hard and severely lacking in school spirit/sociable people. Not hating on my school but thats just the way it is 75% of the time.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for most of those, but I know that anthropology majors can do anthropology. It is a legitimate field of study, though to actually get into it I think you need a higher degree. Also, they can study to become museum curators, or even just out of school anthropology majors often land management and human resources kind of jobs because they are in a position to understand work culture. At least, this is according to my cultural anthropology professor. :)</p>
<p>As for me…</p>
<p>School: SUNY Cortland. I transferred here from my previous school because I was commuting and it was lame. Also, I liked the smaller size and school spirit, and I had a network of friends already partially established here because of my boyfriend. I took a slide down in rankings and switched from engineering to psychology, which was pretty stupid in a practical sense, but I went from being absolutely miserable to being happy and I think that’s most important. </p>
<p>Major: BS in Psychology, potentially with a minor in math. Part of the reason I switched into psychology was that I could still graduate on time in the major after three colleges and three majors, but mostly I decided what I wanted to do with my life which is generally accomplished with an undergrad degree in psychology. As for the math minor, there’s a surprising amount of math in higher level psychology, especially statistics, and I only need to take two more math courses before I graduate after my brief stint in engineering. </p>
<p>Career: Next year I’ll be applying to graduate school for a Masters in school counseling, with the goal of becoming a school/guidance counselor in a high school setting, though I’ll be open to jobs as a career counselor outside of the setting of secondary education because I know that jobs are pretty hard to come by. I won’t make a whole lot but it’s a decent living doing something really important, and I’m also not a big spender either. My preferred shopping arena has recently shifted from low-end department stores to clearance, garage sales, and Thrifty Shopper. I just can’t justify spending $25 on a pair of jeans when I can get four next to new pairs at the thrift store for the same amount of money. But that’s a different thread. :)</p>
<p>school: Cornell University
major: Physics (was going to do Chemistry until I bombed my first Chem class and didn’t do so great in the next semester either)
career: atm between medical school and PhD … don’t ask me beyond that</p>
<p>I’m starting college this fall at Illinois Wesleyan University.</p>
<p>Major: BM in Piano Performance & BA in History (double degree program). Piano- love playing, love music, always wanted to do that. History- interested in it, plus it compliments classical music that I play on piano to learn the historical stuff behind it and more than just a few music history courses.</p>
<p>After college: want to go to grad school for piano, perferably to get a doctorate (DMA in piano performance).</p>
<p>Career: some type of performance thing would be nice, but probably won’t happen, so I’ll teach piano (hopefully either upper level high school piano or college maybe).</p>
<p>Going to college because I want to study piano and learn more, and yeah, I want to be able to get a good job in the future and not just end up working at a crappy job for $10/hour or something.</p>
<p>OP- are you going to college now/soon, or are you still in high school???</p>
<p>I am still in HS, I plan on double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. I am not just pulling these majors out of my butt for the hell of it. I plan on being a professor and a research scientist. Research is mostly interdisciplinary.</p>
<p>School: University of Florida… Only school i got into that was affordable. Will graduate with no debt. Couldn’t care less for football, basketball, school spirit.</p>
<p>Major: I’m deciding between Chemical or Nuclear Engineering, maybe minoring in math. Strong math/chemistry background.</p>
<p>Career: Intend to apply to both med and grad school. If i don’t get into med school, I’ll have a solid fall-back option.</p>
<p>“That’s definitely debatable, and flat out false when it comes to humanities. Bright Futures does do a good job of making state schools inexpensive, though”</p>
<p>I know that. Im not trying to convince anyone here that it is the best school or stating it as a fact, but it is the best school for me though.</p>
<p>major: sport management - i love sports in general, but im also interested in the business side of it as well. its something that i think i would love to do and could earn decent money, which is exactly what i want - happiness and money. </p>
<p>college: umass - it arguably has the #1 sport management department in the country and i fell in love with the campus. i had better financial offers, but i felt it was worth it because of how highly regarded the program is.</p>
<p>career: obviously, i hope to work in sports, particularly for a professional franchise. if not, im positive that the business background of the major at umass would get me into the business world, and i might double major with a business or a communications major as well.</p>
<p>School: Chose Yale over Stanford. Had an extremely difficult time deciding for many reasons. Stanford used to be my dream school, but I fell in love at Yale during Bulldog Days. I planned on doing engineering, and Stanford has a much better reputation there. I also loved music, and Yale’s musical talent and culture is unmatched. Ended up choosing the school that I thought fit me best culturally; Yale also has a great undergrad focus so I figured I’d receive a good education regardless of major. And after a year, I think I made a great decision :)</p>
<p>Major: Either Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biochem & Biophysics, Chem, Comp Sci, or Math. So, pretty much undecided Took a lot of advanced math and science in high school and loved it, so that’s that. Learning comp sci myself over the summer, let’s see if I like it.</p>
<p>Career: I’m thinking about doing BME/MB&B/Chem, then going on to an MD/PhD program. I love teaching, and 80% of MD/PhD grads become med school professors, and they’re paid like, a lot compared to normal professors It also lets me teach, research, and do normal doctor stuff all at the same time. Also considering going into finance after doing comp sci and math; I love quantitative stuff. I’m not terribly specific I know :)</p>
<p>I go to a large public school in Missouri, Missouri State University. They’re paying me to go here, I’m familiar with the city, and I like the people here, awesome roommate, things couldn’t be better.</p>
<p>I’m double majoring math and economics, possibly with a third concentration in finance/general business. I’m far from a math geek, but I am able to do it and enjoy actually doing it more than anything else. While I may find other areas of study more interesting to learn about, I hate writing the papers and finding ways to apply them. Math is comforting; you either have the right answer, or you don’t. That simple. No subjectivity involved.</p>
<p>When I graduate, I’m somewhat loosely considering becoming an actuary. A large part of it is the money (50-60k right out of college, not counting sign on bonus?) and security, seeing as how so few Americans go into math, and not to be arrogant, but also be socially competent as well as excel at mathematics. </p>
<p>It’s more than just money though, I actually enjoy doing math and working with people so I could see myself enjoying the job. And as far as future career prospects go, promotions are based on a set of exams, and beyond that, there’s room to move into financial executive and risk executive positions (and top of the totem-pole, CFO and CRO).</p>
<p>If not actuary though, a math/economics double major with a 3.9 GPA and 4.0 major GPA (in both majors) should be able to get me somewhere…right? RIGHT?</p>
<p>Where? Parsons. Why? I’ve wanted to go there since I was twelve, and in the end it came down between my dream school and FIT. I chose to pay a ridiculous amout of my money for my dream school.</p>
<p>Major? Design and Management. Why? It’s Parsons branch essentially for fashion merchandising, except with a broader terminology, but one generally minors in fashion marketing. And, I like to sell things, I currently work as a sales representative at a phone company and find I love bringing things to customers in a creative way. Definitely very excited about my major and college.</p>
Took a lot of advanced math and science in high school and loved it, so that’s that. Learning comp sci myself over the summer, let’s see if I like it.</p>
It also lets me teach, research, and do normal doctor stuff all at the same time. Also considering going into finance after doing comp sci and math; I love quantitative stuff. I’m not terribly specific I know :)</p>