<p>I’m a sophomore in college right now and I thought I have a major by now, but apparently, I don’t really. I was thinking of going to chemical engineering or biochemistry major, but I feel like I might fail in life in those major. If I don’t have a major, is business a good major to have a great career?</p>
<p>Define “great career”</p>
<p>it seems a little premature to decide what you think a great career would be before you know what you want to do. You should research business a bit more and decide for yourself if that’s what you want to do.</p>
<p>Yea that’s why I majored in accounting.</p>
<p>Your career is not necessarily major dependant. For the first job, it matters more. If you major in business, most likely you will gravitate towards working in business. Money is a motivator for most people, but if you don’t have the personality to, let’s say, be an accountant or actuary, then don’t major in it. </p>
<p>What are you good at, and what do you enjoy? Be realistic. Look at real experiences and not just what you think sounds good. Then, meet people from all branches of work and positions. Stay in touch with them. When you’re picking classes, construct a plan that is sufficiantly technical and creative. Don’t stop taking writing classes. Don’t put down that calculator. Most importantly, have life in your days. Get out there. When it’s all done, you may not have a 70k job waiting for you, but to thine own self you will have been true.</p>
<p>Your school should offer some kind of career or major counseling. Find a counselor and talk to them about it. There’s also this website called eureka.org that has tons of information on more than 80,000 careers that can help you find a match to your personality and interests. You need a subscription to it, but your school might provide you with access to it.</p>
<p>This is definitely a question you should bring up with a counselor who can help guide you instead of a forum with business majors, who are more likely to think business is the way to go anyway. </p>
<p>There’s no such thing as a safe route so stop looking for one and focus more on where your interests and strengths lie instead of what’s “safe”.</p>
<p>nursing is probably as safe as business
with business degree you might make $10+ hour by becoming a teller/bookeeper (Note: there is an oversupply of business majors)
with nursing maybe $17+ (even with the licenses from those community colleges) and its also more prestigious</p>
<p>Johnny Vue - Are you referring to a business degree from a community college ? If you have a four year degree in a business field, and especially accounting which you seem to be referring to from the teller/bookkeeper remark, there is no way you are going to be making $10 per hour, you can make more than double that as an intern. $17 per hour as a RN is on the low end as well.</p>
<p>Has anyone speculated why there is an oversupply of business majors?</p>
<p>Because it’s really easy at most schools.</p>
<p>even finance and accounting?</p>
<p>Because everyone thinks they need to major in business to get a job if they’re no good at math or science?</p>
<p>As someone who’s switched majors way too many times, I can offer some advice: don’t worry about finding that “perfect” major. Just pick one and go for it: you will not get irreversibly locked into some career path based on your undergraduate degree.</p>
<p>If you keep looking for that “perfect” or “safe” major, you will likely wind up switching majors alot and losing time, as changing majors often involves adding semesters, or taking semesters off so you can return to the program “in sequence”.</p>
<p>Very few people know early on what they want to do. Many, many people wind up working or pursuing a career that is far out of the scope of their university major.</p>
<p>You mentioned an interest in the natural sciences. If you have a passion for chem eng or biochem, those might be worth following, and many jobs in business would still be open to you when you graduate: business jobs that don’t require special certification often hire non-business grads. For example many biochem majors often end up in pharmaceutical sales or other related roles, and many engineering grads later go for careers in finance.</p>
<p>Just be sure to do some research into each major that you’re interested in to make sure that it fits your interests and personality, but again, do NOT attempt to look for a perfect match. No matter what major you choose, it’s almost guaranteed that at some point you will doubt your choice: when this happens, do not switch. Just stick with it because your undergraduate degree does not lock you into one career path.</p>