Help me choose my degree

HiddenEasterEgg1
Sat, 21 Jun 2014 10:17:23 +0000

I have a very strong disgust for how student loans tend to target the poor and how most college degrees are useless(with the exception of engineering, medical, law, and computer science) in the workplace, yet are required to even get a foot in for the interview.

For that reason, along with my lacklustre 3.2 HS GPA, I refuse to go to anything but a community college for the first two years. What university I go to is going to be very reliant on what degree I pursue. Of course, I am taking classes in community college and that will help me decide, but I will definitely try and tailor my classes to appear as transferable as possible.

These are the degrees I am considering:


Computer Science
Meteorology
Economics
Geology
Political Science to Law(will not get PS alone)
Sociology


Now, to help determine this, I realize some degrees require Graduate school to make any kind of decent pay. Now since I don’t have rich mommy and daddy money and am not part of the top 10% in academic scores, that will cost a significant amount in student loans likely until I am 50. Law, in particular, is so outrageously expensive I barely even put it on this list, along with a commonly ridiculous tactic cutting the lowest grades and giving them an F, even if they got 87%.

I am also not a very math-oriented person. I am not awful at it and can understand it as long as I study it, but the subject bores me(this is not a dig on math, I recognize and respect its importance) so I neglect to study. This is a personal fault I am trying to fix but it caused my math grades to be the major sag in my GPA and I would prefer to go another route if I can.

Basically, I would like CC to help determine my major. Here are the guidelines:


I am going to community college first, no ifs, ands, or buts. Iif the degree is not something I can transfer it is useless to me.
Despite barely being able to afford community college, FAFSA says I am a rich man. Because of my current income level I would like an job that can help me pay off my loans before I’m 50.
I like History, Writing, and Politics. I know I will likely never enter politics, writing is an extremely unstable career field, and history pays nothing. Still, I would like a job that relates to this, but this comes last.
There is a reason why I did not put a business defree on here. Other than accounting, which would be a horrific existence for me, and maybe MBAs, most business degrees are so generic and over-satured they seem useless to me. I understand “it’s all about nepot- I mean networking” but I would prefer not to leave it to chance. If you have evidence to counter my previous assertions I will once again consider business degrees.


Feel free to add majors you feel are appropriate, and thank you for the help.