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Going back to college

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mattocs

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I'm not sure what to do when I go back to college. I was a communications major for a semester, but I didn't know what to do with that...so I quit school.

I want to be able to get a job and make a living with just a bachelors degree.


I just need some suggestions of degrees that actually have jobs in the field and that I can make a comfortable living. I don't want to get a business degree and then work in a factory because there are no jobs in the field.



 
Go into a field that you like. Going to school with the preconceived notion a certain field will net you better results is a sure fire way to be disappointed.
 
Originally posted by: SampSon
Go into a field that you like. Going to school with the preconceived notion a certain field will net you better results is a sure fire way to be disappointed.
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QFT.

Generally you can find a teaching job if nothing else, so go with what you are interested in.
 
I like photography (i'm not any good)

I like computers (but I hate programming)

I don't really like math or science...so I think engineering is out of it.

I thought about history...but i'm not sure about teaching.
 
Engineering

I majored in history and make very little, work 40 hour a job during the day and wait tables at night and on weekends.
 
Originally posted by: OBW96
I like photography (i'm not any good)

I like computers (but I hate programming)

I don't really like math or science...so I think engineering is out of it.

I thought about history...but i'm not sure about teaching.
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any other interests / hobbies?
 
I love to travel and drive. I enjoy music. (I figured with a communications degree I could work at a radio station...but I doubt that'd happen)

All my hobbies would make poor careers.
 
Originally posted by: OBW96
I love to travel and drive. I enjoy music. (I figured with a communications degree I could work at a radio station...but I doubt that'd happen)

All my hobbies would make poor careers.
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I'd say give it a shot... some communications programs have broadcasting tracks for people interested in radio and television. While it might seem like a pipe dream now, by going back to college and getting involved in a program like that you'll make connections that could help you get a job.

I vote communications / broadcasting

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/majors/brief/major_10-0202_brief.php
 
If you speak English fluently and without a difficult-to-understand accent, PLEASE for the love of god go into math or science teaching!

Have you ever tried to learn how to solve integrals by substitution when you couldn't understand half of what your Greek-born calc teacher was saying? How about learning physics from a man who doesn't speak English well, so he gives half the lecture in Russian?

We need more fluent English-speakers in the teaching professions.
 
Whatever you choose, try to take a couple courses in basic accounting. IMO, colleges should make basic accounting a mandatory course requirement for all students. The stuff you'll learn in there will help you the rest of your life.

/not an accountant
 
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