<p>During your breaks and free time, do you read books and online articles about your major? For example, if you’re a biology major, do you purposely buy books on your own about the subject? Or are you happy to get away from it all once the semester is over. Are you just doing it because you think you will make a lot of money?</p>
<p>I’m a CS major, I love writing programs in my spare time, flipping through various APIs, learning new languages, etc. Money’s nice too, but I picked my major because it’s something I love doing. Tech stuff is always fun.</p>
<p>Good question. I’m a physics major, but apart from my classes I don’t really read or research physics. I’m more interested in language and culture, to be honest. I spend more time researching different places around the world than I do researching physics outside of class. I’m taking a whole year off of physics to study Spanish in Mexico next year. I hope that when I come back I can focus better on physics, and that more advanced physics classes will renew my interest in the subject.
To answer your other question, I am not doing it because I think it will make me a lot of money. I want to have a career in psychiatry, and to get into medical school I could theoretically major in anything. I have thought about switching from physics to a Russian or Spanish major, or double majoring in both, but then I think about how much I love math and physics deep down. I think the reason why I don’t feel so interested in physics now is because I haven’t learned the cool stuff yet. I’m still in my first year of the honors physics program. I’m hoping it’ll get more exciting in the years to come.</p>
<p>As a chemistry major, hell no. Then once o switched to biology, no. I mean, I did undergraduate research and whatnot, but I didn’t buy things to read on my spare time.
Now as an environmental science major, I read more about what I can do career-wise once I get my Master’s.</p>
<p>“During your breaks and free time, do you read books and online articles about your major?”</p>
<p>Nope.</p>
<p>“Are you just doing it because you think you will make a lot of money?”</p>
<p>I did pick my majors (info systems + supply chain management) for the employment prospects and for their wide range of applicability. I could work 70 hour weeks in consulting or I could work 40 hour weeks at a beer company. I don’t care about making tons of money, but these majors were allegedly some of the best in terms of just getting a decent job out of college. Sadly I have yet to realize that; I know English majors who’ve gotten more job offers than me.</p>
<p>well, this sure is making me reassess the value of a theater major. all of you sound so unhappy!</p>
<p>“During your breaks and free time, do you read books and online articles about your major?”
No.</p>
<p>“For example, if you’re a biology major, do you purposely buy books on your own about the subject?”
No (who has the time and/or money to do this?).</p>
<p>“Or are you happy to get away from it all once the semester is over.”
I’m always happy after finals week (except when I don’t get good grades).</p>
<p>“Are you just doing it because you think you will make a lot of money?”
This is one reason.</p>
<p>“all of you sound so unhappy!”
I’m not unhappy.</p>
<p>I’m a chemical engineering major and I do research more advanced facets of math and science for fun in my free time. I don’t necessarily read books or articles/publications about new chemical engineering innovations though because I find that most are just way too advanced for my knowledge. :O</p>
<p>No. Not at all during the break do I care for anything school related. My mind is occupied by girls and video games.</p>
<p>During the school year, if I can manage to find the time, I go to physics seminars, study physics, read about physics, but I am not a physics major. I’m an applied math major because it’s better for me career-wise.</p>
<p>“well, this sure is making me reassess the value of a theater major. all of you sound so unhappy!”</p>
<p>Welp, when you begrudgingly study something that’s supposed to have good employment prospects only to find yourself less employable than when you were in high school, it’s hard to be happy.</p>