<p>Major in something you like/are passionate about but has a weak job prospective. Or major in something with a high job prospective but hate the major? How many of you are majoring in something because you're more likely to get a job? I'm a double major in geobiology and biology and I picked these two majors because I like them. Although I have plans of applying to med and PA school, it is not certain that I will get in. When it comes down to it my majors are pretty useless in today's economy.</p>
<p>I’m majoring in music and minoring in psychology because that will help me become a music therapist and I adore both subjects.</p>
<p>I’d much rather major in something I like than in something that’ll guarantee me a job.</p>
<p>I started out as a nursing major (a major that basically guarantees you a job – especially at my school since about 75% of the graduates are employed by the hospital as RNs), but I didn’t love it, and it’s one of those majors you have to love for it to be worth it.</p>
<p>I’m now a psychology major (a major that gets you pretty much nowhere without a Masters), and I’m okay with that. I’ve always planned on getting a Masters anyway, and I’m enjoying myself a lot more than when I was doing nursing, so for me, the switch was definitely worth it.</p>
<p>There’s no guarantee of a job in either way, but it’s very possible to major in something that has a good job prospect and you do not hate (you might be neutral about it, or you can turn it into something of interest). If I absolutely hated it, I wouldn’t do it, but there’s not really any subject that I hate.</p>
<p>Who said that they were mutually exclusive? Also, this questions comes up like every month on here.</p>
<p>I think it depends on the person and their circumstances.</p>
<p>If you’ve grown up wealthy, then you probably want to keep that lifestyle and/or have pressures from your parents to do so. If you’ve grown up poor, you’ve really only got up to go.</p>
<p>For me, I am majoring in Theatre/French. It doesn’t guarantee me a job in the least, but I am using teaching as my back-up plan. If I don’t find a job in something I want to do (preferably something related to theatre, film, or television), then I can go to school for an extra year, get my teaching certification and go from there. My school has 100% placement for teachers in foreign language, so year.</p>
<p>So, I’m majoring in something that I enjoy, but I do have a back-up plan for getting a job. Most majors don’t stop you from getting a job, but most don’t guarantee you a job either.</p>
<p>Enjoyable major. The concept of the “useful major” is pretty dated in my opinion. Christ, there are people with master’s degrees in not-too-obscure subjects that can’t get work. Even some engineers are having a tough time getting a job. I’m in a major that allegedly has good job prospects… I haven’t even been able to land an internship so far.</p>
<p>If this were 2005 then maybe I’d pick the more practical major seeing as how the economy wasn’t shot to pieces back then, but now? This is the new normal. Work hard and, more importantly, hope that you’re lucky enough to get a job. Doing anything.</p>
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<p>What if we don’t get jobs ? :(</p>