<p>Hello. As I'm wrapping up my senior year and preparing for college, that one, boggling question keeps nagging at my throat: what should I major in? </p>
<p>Throughout the years, I've excelled equally in English and mathematics. I'm in AP Literature and Composition and AP Calculus AB, and I'm told that I'm talented in both areas. I think in a math-type frame of mind, always calculating this and figuring out that stat, but when I sit down and write, I truly feel the magic spread through my fingers. I suppose I'm in love with writing, but when it comes to math, nothing pleases me more than solving and organizing a complicated, pressing problem. </p>
<p>I guess what I'm trying to ask is which field would be the best to major in? There are obviously less opportunities with writing, but there are a multitude of people that will major in math and engineering. I can't go where my strengths lie, and I also can't go with my heart. It's just about darn equal. What should I do? </p>
<p>Math will open more career opportunities for you. And writing is something you can do as a hobby, or incorporate into your career depending on your field. But that is just if you love both equally. </p>
<p>You don’t have to pursue engineering or math to take a math-intensive program. There are few jobs that will require you only to do math, or only to do writing, so you need to consider what other skills and knowledge will be needed in various jobs. Perhaps career shadowing will give you a better perspective, or begin college as an undeclared major and experiment with your general education courses. You will have a better understanding of your interests and strengths after a year or so of college, especially if you start talking to your professors and other professionals in fields you are interested in.</p>
<p>I would take the more math-intensive route and then write to round out my own skill-set. I have literally read dozens of books in Economics by fantastic writers. they’re great at Math and their writing allows them to convey their ideas to the masses.</p>
<p>I think you answered your own question when you said “I suppose I’m in love with writing, but when it comes to math, nothing pleases me more than solving and organizing a complicated, pressing problem.” To me that says become a math major and take as many writing courses as you can.</p>
<p>Note that writing intensive courses may exist in many departments at a college. English departments tend to be focused on English literature. If you like writing about English literature, taking a lot of English courses or a major or minor may be something you would like to do, but if you have varied writing interests, you may choose to take writing intensive courses from several departments.</p>
<p>You can, of course, major in math and have plenty of room for writing intensive courses in other departments (or even a second major in such a department). You may also find that an affinity to both math and writing may lead you to write about math or applications of math (e.g. economics, statistics, computer science, etc.) for general audiences.</p>