<p>Well, what would you like people to say? Philosophy and English are both pretty flexible…neither channels straight into a particular career. Engineering is quite the opposite, and Econ falls somewhere in the middle. </p>
<p>All that strikes me is Engineering, English, Econ, Philosophy, Chinese…you’re all over the board. At this point in your education, I’d probably advise you either to just pick something and stick with it, recognizing that your major will very likely bear little relation to your eventual career (with some exceptions), or to take a semester off and think things over. Or just to recognize that you’re going to graduate late, and deal with the fact. But right now, it doesn’t look like there’s any rhyme or reason to your various paths. It’s one thing to be well-rounded, but it’s another to completely lose yourself amid your own interests.</p>
<p>Practically speaking, I’d probably suggest dropping Philosophy and sticking to an Econ major, Chinese minor. Why? Because unless you know that you’re bound for a career requiring an undergrad Philosophy major (and I’m hard-pressed to think of one…public high school Philosophy teacher, maybe? Not a popular path), then a lack of Philosophy won’t close any doors to you. But if you sincerely want to pursue the topic out of interest and aren’t satisfied with a few electives, then hey, by all means…plug away. If you just feel that you need a double major, then you could complete your English major and add Econ (or Philosophy, but Econ is probably the more practical of the two, and I say that as a Philosophy major).</p>
<p>Above all, do what you want. If you don’t mind staying an extra quarter and you think you’ll regret any other path, then go the Phil/Econ/Chinese route.</p>
<p>Bear in mind, also, that a major is not supposed to be “easy.” As long as you’re capable of handling the work load, then do what interests you. Don’t be turned off because something “is supposed to be hard.” At this point, I might also advise you to turn to longer-term interests than to continue making decisions based on Intro courses.</p>
<p>I assume that the lack of responses here is due to the fact that readers don’t know what you’re looking for. We don’t want to advise you to do something that you say you’ll regret, but it’s difficult to back up your current choices. So…good luck. I hope you enjoy whatever path you choose.</p>