<p>Student615,
I have a very hard time making decisions. I actually feel a loss when I can’t choose everything I have considered, which is pretty sad, they’re just majors right. I keep thinking it through, and looking back at course descriptions, and have decided to not minor in Chinese, because I’m not interested in taking some required courses, ie translated Chinese lit courses. I’m looking at this way too dramatically, I feel like i have to make sacrifices, lol, which is true, i guess. i guess it all boiled down to what i want from a college education. i wanted to speak Chinese fluently (Chinese language courses), and I wanted to learn a new skill/hone skills I’m bad at from college. Particularly problem solving and logic. This is probably why I wanted to do engineering. I also wanted to continue writing, hence the English major. But I don’t think I was getting what I expected from an English major. I was thinking of dropping Philosophy, but I think what I can learn from that major is priceless. Another reason I pursued Philosophy was because I have a feeling it could teach me a lot about humans, life, thinking clearly, etc., that could help me out a lot when I write novels/scripts, etc, and maybe even help me out in the decision making process. Am I wrong about this? I’m just learning a lot of logic and arguing in my intro class. Don’t know about the rest. English major isn’t so bad, but I really like logic. Actually, when I put all the Philosophy classes I want to take together, I get enough credits to get a Philosophy minor. Now, if all I wanted was logic from Philosophy, I suppose a lack of a few other Philosophy classes won’t hurt too much. </p>
<p>The counselor tells me I could have more doors open if I do the BS econ option, but I’m also limited to what classes I can take in the BS Econ option. he tells me it just depends on what i want to do after i graduate then. no clear idea still. </p>
<p>goals in college:
learn to speak chinese (taking chinese language courses already)
think logically (philosophy)
problem solving (econ)
writing (philosophy)
be somewhat employable after college (econ)
think analytically and critically (phil/eng)
have fun (phil)</p>