Majors you take seriously

Alix2012
Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:32:23 +0000

yeah, i’m sure that in any pre-professional track like business, premed, prelaw, engineering, there’s people who don’t love it. My boyfriend’s in finance and I know he hates it (but I understand why he’s doing it anyway).

feel like in the sciences its easier to find people who are not in it just because they love it.

If by the sciences you mean preMed and Engineering, then sure. But for everything else, then no…because having a Bachelor’s in Biochem isn’t anymore lucrative than a Bachelor’s in Psych, for both fields you need an advanced degree. Biochem is pretty rigorous, so why would anyone put themselves through all that if they didn’t love it? Our society doesn’t encourage students to study Math/Sci, there’s not much incentive to study those topics - American society encourages studying liberal arts/business more, which is why most students pick those. Unfortunately, the liberal arts majors have a lot of students who simply need a BA and aren’t passionate about the subject, but want easy grades. (Not saying most arts majors are like this, just that if you want to slack off, it’s easier to do in History than Physics). Because they realize most jobs require a Bachelor’s but dont’ care what it’s in, so you might as well pick the easier topic. Which is why I admire Math majors - they could’ve easily done Business but chose something harder and it’s not lucrative.