<p>Thank you all so much for taking the time to give such kind input!</p>
<p>Agh! I just came back from dinner and I squirmed so much through it! My dad reiterated that I was choosing to pay a “hefty price” for willfully ignoring their life experience and my mother commented indirectly that I was disobedient and angering her on purpose. I wish they gave me as much space as you all give your children! I realize my descriptions may portray my parents as bordering on tyrannical, but at the same time I feel really bad for vexing them so much and can see where theyre coming from. Theyre first generation immigrants (and I suppose I am too, though I came to the US at age 1) and place a lot of stock on stability. Plus, my the investors in dads company recently withdrew support and my moms company is going through restructuring and layoff rounds next week. So, I know this is an incredibly stressful time for them. I suppose making sure I have good job prospects seems extra important to them right now and the whole its my life, not my parents thing, not is not as much. </p>
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<p>Oh awesome, a fellow Freakonomics enthusiast! I read it over last summer and was super excited for Econ AP senior year. Lo and behold, no analysis of cheating in schools or ethnic baby naming, just sleep-inducing yen depreciation and Keynesian crosses. Im crossing my fingers that college is different! Hmmm minoring econ. Interesting!</p>
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<p>Thats excellent advice, and believe me, Ive tried the lets discuss this at the end of my sophomore year approach as recently as today! Somehow this whole mess insists on reemerging anyway. L I dont even know how it happens, but it seems completely unavoidable at the moment.</p>
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<p>Just a few hours ago I wailed, But I haaaate Econ! Maybe Ill approach it more reservedly next time. Haha! Also, just a few hours ago I was talking to a Chicago graduate on the phone about my predicament and he said that some of his friends who had majored in philosophy and econ and art were working on Wall Street with him. Of course I immediately relayed this exciting news to my mom, who counterattacked with the aforementioned journalism major story. Sigh. We seem pretty set in our respective beliefs. </p>
<p>Cheers, I want super professor parents! Ironically, one of my dads dream jobs when he was my age was a professor. But of physics. Ugh. AT 18, my mother wanted to be a fashion designer (!), but didnt have the resources, but at the present doesnt seem to have much empathy for my history attatchment anyway lol! The agree noncommittally now, register for deliciously frivolous classes later option seems very appealing right now, but I feel rather guilty for going Surprise! Look at what Im actually using your hard-earned money for!</p>
<p>ASAP, I totally agree with absolutely everything you said and am really counting on it working out that way. I applied to Berkeley as a History major as well, which my parents are still not thrilled about, but to a lesser degree. Because Berkeley is a public school and offers more security in the form of name-recognition I suppose.</p>
<p>Thank you all again for your reassurances and advice! Ill definitely have some more to think about before the time I have to wrangle with this.</p>