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Recently I have been having so much trouble deciding what it is that I want to major in. I began to wonder if it mattered what you major in so I did a search on it and found this......
Majors only matter up to a point. A lot of jobs will request specific majors or areas of study, but usually if you have at least some overlap in classes with that major plus good job experience the company won't care very much.
Majors only matter up to a point. A lot of jobs will request specific majors or areas of study, but usually if you have at least some overlap in classes with that major plus good job experience the company won't care very much.
Unless it is business, engineering, geography, kinesiology, chemistry, physics, math, geology, computer science, music, or fine arts.
Unless it is business, engineering, geography, kinesiology, chemistry, physics, math, geology, computer science, music, or fine arts.
Yea, have to agree on that, tho, add all the other sciences. In pharma it doesn't matter what your degree is in, as long as it's science something. What matters is your research and if you stupidly have no work under your belt then plan on a couple of years of lab tech work.
The article isn't completely wrong. A major doesn't predetermine your life-long career path, and many people switch whether by chance experience, masters degrees, etc.
That said, your major will significantly influence where you start, which will play a role in what doors are likely to open up for you down the road. If you major in art with an emphasis on pottery, you are not likely to even get interview opportunities for a well-paid business analyst job (nor would you presumably want to, if that's your major). It will likely have a material impact on your income and living standard.
Other factors that can significantly impact what options are open for you upon graduation are your school's reputation, your academic achievement (good grades do matter), and your extracurricular experiences.
You should consider what you think you want out of life in the near term and align yourself as best as possible with the best educaional experience to make it happen. You don't have to know what you'll do for the rest of your life; it will come together along the way. But a drama major and an accounting major are setting themselves on different inital paths - and so is a Comm major with mediocre performance who takes the path of least resistance and doesn't think much about goals until after school. Have a plan and aim high. You can always change it later (and it will change), but it is better to have a plan than not.
Consider this: Most degrees offered at quality colleges and universities are worth it. If they weren't, they wouldn't be offered.
Be honest: How important is it to you to major in a subject you like, has potential for high earnings, or, is viewed by others as being "prestigious"?
Do this: Take an aptitude or "career" test to determine what your likes and dislikes are; look at the options given to you; research salaries, demand in the job market, long-term upward mobility, etc. Then decide.
It makes no sense majoring in something you either hate or don't care for just for the sake of appearances. Take enough time to truly find out what makes you tick...get up...and want to face the world.
Life is too short and work life is too long to go into a field simply because it was the trend or you thought you'd make a lot of money after graduation. Find your passion and your major will take care of itself!
Consider this: Most degrees offered at quality colleges and universities are worth it. If they weren't, they wouldn't be offered.
Be honest: How important is it to you to major in a subject you like, has potential for high earnings, or, is viewed by others as being "prestigious"?
Do this: Take an aptitude or "career" test to determine what your likes and dislikes are; look at the options given to you; research salaries, demand in the job market, long-term upward mobility, etc. Then decide.
It makes no sense majoring in something you either hate or don't care for just for the sake of appearances. Take enough time to truly find out what makes you tick...get up...and want to face the world.
Life is too short and work life is too long to go into a field simply because it was the trend or you thought you'd make a lot of money after graduation. Find your passion and your major will take care of itself!
Passion smassion. Passion is applicable for maybe 1 in 6900. The rest of us have to draw a paycheck.
If my kid just loved Norwegian History and got accepted to Harvard to major in it (if it really exists), I'd still advise her that she'd be better off majoring in Engineering from Nowheresville U.
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Then why bother with a degree?
