Majoring in Comp Lit?

vienneselights
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 17:09:14 +0000

So, I’ve been good at English since forever, but I’ve been dead set against majoring in anything literature-related since high school. My teachers (including those that taught me the subjects that I was considering majoring in, geogeaphy and economics) and my mother were always trying to convince me to pursue a literature degree, but I wanted a job. I’m quite good at the social sciences (it’s the critical thinking element, methinks) and I can do well at math when I work hard, but it doesn’t come to me as naturally as literature, and I enjoy it maybe a smithering less. I always thought I’d do something geography-related as a major and dabble in books on the side, and then I arrived at college.

One of my professors has been pressing me to declare a Comp Lit major, and I did last week. I still plan to double major, only I now realize that it’s a lot of reading and effort, and perhaps I should hold out and just take comp lit classes while majoring in something useful. On the other hand, if I’m so damned good, is it perhaps worth taking the risk?

I’m a freshman at an LAC on the east coast, and my school’s OK, but I don’t think OK enough that I can major in ass-scratching and become a CEO. On the other hand, there’s no specific major that leads to being a CEO. Any advice would be much appreciated.