I have an unusual situation choosing a major - advice?

morghulis
Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:12:40 +0000

I’ll try to keep this as short as possible. I truly value and admire the insight this community has to offer and made an account for the sole purpose of posting this. I’m hoping someone could shed some light on my situation.

I’m a student pilot. I’ve been training for a year now at my community college, which I have been attending for 3 years. I’m on track to become a commercial pilot, but this requires that I earn a bachelor’s degree in any field I choose. I have a 3.7 GPA. My two lowest grades were C’s and they were both in math classes. I originally wanted to major in physics to compliment my career, but my poor math skills deterred me from this.

My passions lie in science and English. I absolutely adored and excelled in my marine bio, astronomy, criminology, psychology, first aid/emergency/CPR, and “investigating homicidal behavior” class. So mainly sciences which require little to no math. I have loved every English class I’ve ever taken. So I narrowed my options down to three majors along with the different universities I would apply to:

Psychology: UCLA, CSU-SLO, SFSU, UCD
English: UCLA, CPP, SFSU, UCSD, UCB (a reach), UCD
Geography + Environmental Science at UCLA

I’m severely lacking in knowledge regarding what my best route would be. I mean…severely. I enjoy them all the same but they also happen to be equally useless at the extent I would be taking them. Ideally, I would choose a major which best helps me in the real world alongside my piloting career. I’ve had someone tell me to do psychology because it “looks better.” I still don’t know how to feel about that remark.

In a perfect world, I’d like to finish my bachelor’s within 2 years of transferring. Is that even possible with any of these? Again, I’m ignorant on the subject and would love any input from this community. I don’t have a reliable advisor to turn to in my life, so am hoping to gain some knowledge from this!

Any insight would mean everything to me. Thank you so much in advance!