Double Major, Double Minor, and IR Certificate

Japher
Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:53:35 +0000

am I doing the right thing? Is getting all these majors and minors worth the effort?



Doubtful, you only need one major to qualify for the job the rest is what makes you able to perform better than your peers. All because you don’t have the degree doesn’t mean you lack the skills. I should have a music minor on my resume but I neglected to finish the paper work on time. I took all the courses, played in the orchestra and chamber ensembles for my entire time at school but didn’t get the “degree”. I’m an engineer though, the minor gets me nothing but something interesting to talk about.

So, even if you don’t get a Chinese minor if you are still fluent you are still fluent. You still will understand the psychology of your customers better than others because you understand psychology.

Personally, I would do whatever you need to stand out enough to get recognized, but not so much that it looks like you just want to paper yourself with degrees to cover the fact that you really can’t perform outside of academia. I would keep the minors because they add depth to you character (on paper) and forget about economics major. However, when you pursue your MBA then would be a time concentrate in economics to get that distinguishing pointer across.