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How did you choose your college major?

alfa147x

alfa147x

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How did you choose your major in college?
I'm trying to pick one because i hate not having a road plan for ANY thing...

If you could suggests a few that would be great!
I want to stand away from computers I love computers but as a hobby.
I come from a long line of entrepreneurs and want to do something in business, don't know what (hopefully bring over my families steel business)

i don't know what else to tell you ask for info and i'll be more than gladly answer ( as long it pertains to the topic 😉 )

I like photography don't think there is a future in it though
Really do not want to do any thing in engineering or doctor)

Thanks for any help!

Edit: Also don't have the greatest grammar )
 
Go do those career questionaire things online. There is this one that my school showed me (40 questions!) and was pretty damn accurate. Although, it showed "Nuclear Scientist" as the first choice instead of Computer Engineering...

 
Originally posted by: alfa147x
How did you choose your Major in college?
I'm trying to pick one because i hate not having a road plan for ANY thing...

If you could suggests a few that would be great!
I want to stand away from computers I love computers but as a hobby.
I come from a long line of entrepreneurs and want to do something in business, don't know what (hopefully bring over my families steel business)

i don't know what else to tell you ask for info and i'll be more than gladly answer ( as long it pertains to the topic 😉 )

I like photography don't think there is a future in it though
Really do not want to do any thing in engineering or doctor)

Thanks for any help!

Edit: Also don't have the greatest grammar )
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Originally posted by: Lloyd Dobler
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.
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MotionMan
 
I initially chose history as my major, but after reading Pascal and Plato (the socratic dialogs) I decided that my love for reading would be supported by my desire to pursue the life of the mind.

I ended up double majoring in history and philosophy and minoring in the Russian language.

I contemplated a computer science degree. You need to follow your heart.

Rogo
 
I did think of becoming a high school history teacher but I would not like it because I'm a entrepreneur
currently I make low budget sites by outsourcing them to places like India and China
 
I think you first need to decide if you want a job or a career.
Do you want to just do something that pays the bills, 9 to 5, and you do whatever else you want in your free time ?
Or do you want something that you bring home with you everyday ? Something that you discuss with friends when not at work and something that could consume your free time as well as work.

You can have both, but it can be a pain to juggle around the amount of free time.
Some people are happy just going to work and coming home, others like to get deeply involved with there work and consider the former boring.


The old question, where do you see yourself in 10, 20 years ?
Family, career ?
 
I liked chemistry, physics, and math. At first thought about becoming a doctor but the career day trip to the hospital changed that, as the presenter showed us a piece of breast tissue from a biopsy that he was rolling in his hands. I had to sit down! Then I heard about chemical engineering and it seemed like exactly what I wanted to do, and it has worked out well - I really enjoy my job. The only downside is a lack of portability, you have to work where the industry is.
 
during general classes at a community college, I took one I was interested in long-term, thus my major was found.
 
Everyone kept telling me to do something involving computers, because I was good at computers. So I majored in Computer Science. I hated my school and wasn't interested in the major, so I changed schools. I took another semester of related classes, as I thought it might have been the school. I was still not interested. I took a film class and really liked it. I then decided to major in English with a concentration in film. I also wanted to take some video production classes, but I had to be a Telecommunications major to be allowed in the courses. I switched to Telecommunications and took English as electives. Sometime in this journey, I took a Screen Writing course and liked it so much I switched to a Dual Degree program. I have degrees in Telecommunications and English now.

My advice is to go as undeclared and take classes that you think you will like or might want to do for the first year. After, you will have a better understanding of possible majors to fit your personality.
 
Buddy was going mechanical engineering, I thought I had a hint of interest in the subject so I signed up. Then none of the universities would take me for mechanical, but they all took me for civil/environmental so I went with it. Luckily, I always had an interest in civil, but never really thought about actually studying it. So, essentially I chose by chance.
 
I chose something I thought I wanted to do at first and then ended up switching majors last term. Right now I am about to take this next term off because I have grown so tired of school, I'm also not really sure that my current major is what I want to do also.

My point is don't rush a choice like this and don't rush college. You get one crack at this and don't think that you can't change you mind a thousand times while you are there, be happy with what you are going to do because it could be for the rest of your life.

Good luck:thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: alfa147x

I come from a long line of entrepreneurs and want to do something in business, don't know what (hopefully bring over my families steel business)

I like photography don't think there is a future in it though
Really do not want to do any thing in engineering or doctor)
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entrepreneur + photography = pron photographer

1. specialize in nude "art" photos

2. source talent dirt cheap in Eastern Europe / Russia

3. Start own website

4. ???

5. Profit!
 
I was like "hm, I was good at math in HS... let's do that." And then "wait, it could be harder to get a job with just a math degree, so let me throw in some engineering... I like airplanes. Aerospace it is!"

I quickly stumbled upon numerical anlysis which lead me straight to computational fluid mechanics. CFD combines both of my majors so it was inevitable that I desire to study it. And there's the added benefit of computational anything being just damn hardcore. Next fall I'll be going to starting grad school/research in this field, woot.
 
I did biomedical engineering because it gave me the most options. I was thinking doctor, once I took anatomy and realized that I couldn't take 4 more years of that I was glad I had picked a major that I liked, has plenty of job opportunities, and was good paying (last two apply to pretty much all engineering).

I knew I wanted to do engineering since I was good at math and physics in high school and sucked at english.
 
I've only seen two ways to choose your major with any positive results...you pick something you really love (or have always been interested in learning about), or you pick something you want to try your hand at as a career/job. I don't think either is necessarily right or wrong.

Unfortunately only you can make those choices.
 
Work full time for a semester or two. Being in the work environment really helps in deciding what line of work you should do.
 
I was into computers and programming at the time.
So I went into that. In the end it ruined my hobby and I'm no longer working in that field.

I should have just used the list of majors and a dartboard. In the long run it's all a crap shoot anyway.
 
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