Doziem

Hey. so ive recently been accepted to elmhurst colege, a liberal arts college, but idk wat to major in. at first i was shooting for political science, but ive been told lawyers have been having trouble getting jobs. im extrememly stumped on what to do. I cant do undecided , because my parents dont want to waste money on sending me in undecided when they cul send me to a community colege instead. so r there any suggestions? i like math, im really good at english, and i took an intro to law class, and found it very easy.

snarlatron

Most LACs don't rush this decision; you can take a variety of courses to see what interests you and what you're good at. I think that Elmhurst requires that you declare a major before Junior year.

M's Mom

"I cant do undecided , because my parents dont want to waste money on sending me in undecided."

Then pick whatever seems most likely to be your choice - with the full knowledge that you can change your mind at any time during the next two years (and sometimes even later, so long as you can complete the requirements in time to graduate). And spend time at the career center on your college campus once you're settled in finding out what kind of testing and other services they provide to help students figure out what kind of career they might be suited for, and what internships they could apply to in order to test it out.

glido

It doesn't matter what you put down because you don't have to decide until the end of your sophomore year. Put down anything: Poly Sci., History, Psychology, English . . .

ucbalumnus

Be aware that some majors require longer sequences of prerequisites than others, so if those majors are possibilities, then you need to take the prerequisite courses early on, because switching to the major late may delay graduation otherwise. Math is often such a major.

You do not have to major in political science to do pre-law, which requires no specific major or preparatory course work. Indeed, math and physics majors are among the highest scorers on the LSAT, followed by economics, philosophy, and theology majors.

LSAT Scores of Economics Majors: The 2008-2009 Class Update by Michael Nieswiadomy :: SSRN

juillet

I was in your shoes in the beginning of my college career, so what I actually did was made a list of majors I was interested in, then took the first course that majors normally took in that major. When I took a psychology course, I knew that's what I wanted to major in because I loved it, but the other classes I took I generally enjoyed and they satisfied general education requirements. (They also turned out to be useful - I'm pursuing an accelerated BSN and some of them require a wide range of courses, but I've already satisfied all but the science courses because I took such a crazy mix of classwork in college.)

If you like math and are good at English and the reasoning required for law classes, consider economics as a major. It requires a lot of quantitative reasoning (you should take the calculus sequence and some econometrics classes) but you will also have to be a great writer and be able to read and process large amounts of information. If you develop strong quantitative skills in this field, you should be in high demand after college. And, as was already pointed out, this is a great major for law school prep, although as you mentioned the law field isn't doing too well right now.

If you are interested in math, in addition to math, consider accounting, information systems, chemistry, computer science, and physics. Accounting in particular is a field that is in high demand right now and leads to good career prospects after college; it requires a lot of math but also communication skills. Mathematics majors also find good career prospects after they complete college. Elmhurst also has a finance degree; if you like math, finance is one way to apply math to real-world business. I'd imagine a finance major who does well would be in demand. The information systems major combines coursework in computer science, math, and business. Quantitative majors in general are in high demand now.

Doziem

Hmm. Ill look into finance and accounting a bit more, thanks everyone