Hi,
Could you please recommend me some suitable majors?
Here’s my background:
In high school, I was interested in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology very much as well as the Nervous System. Physics too, though not as much. I wasn’t a big fan of Chemistry though. I didn’t like Math, but still studied it, though I’m not good at Geometry. I loved art, all kinds of it. I attended an art school for a year, but I’m not very good at drawing and didn’t like Art History too much. I have been learning how to produce electronic music for more than 5 years now and know a lot about this stuff. I’m familiar with all sorts of studio gear, software and can do solo stuff or work for other people. I also attended a separate IT school for a year and know quite a bit about Computer Science, especially Databases. I’m learning more about Computer Science every day via Microsoft Virtual Academy and other online resources too. Also, I like those jobs where you deal with lots of papers and organizing stuff and just gathering and organizing tons of information. I also love Philosophy and enjoy reading and writing. I consider myself smart, but nothing too special, though I work extremely hard when I like what I’m doing and often overwork myself. My SAT is 1800ish. My GPA is 3.8. I’m not from US. I speak 4 languages fluently.
Please help me out, as I’m very confused and very nervous! I want a shot at a decent-paying job, preferably after my Bachelor’s, though I would be willing to wait for my Master’s if the major was really interesting.
Understand that in the US, it’s expected that freshmen will change their majors, often multiple times. Choose a school that not only offers strong programs in engineering, computer science, and the humanities, but also allows for easy entrance into almost all majors, regardless of whether you initially applied to that program. Plenty of schools offer interdisciplinary majors which allow students with coherent goals to take classes in a variety of disciplines. For instance, one of the guys at my school is an MDS major (multidisciplinary studies) who is essentially studying the digital humanities. He takes classes in CS history, and economics and will do a senior project (a major project students complete in their final year) on something that combines the three disciplines. US universities also typically welcome double majors or majoring in one field and minoring in another.
@whenhen
Yeah that’s one way to look at it I guess. Thanks for feedback. But the thing is, there are still some really great unis that offer either only STEMS, or only Humanities, or only Arts etc… Especially in Europe and Asia.
Apologies. My impression was you were aiming for US schools. I don’t know much about university systems outside of the US and Canada
The thing that you need to realize is that most adults are interested in a variety of things. They simply choose one of those things to pursue as a career. For example, I’m good at math and I liked it; I loved thinking about the way humans think and behave and why they buy things; I love history, especially the history of conflicts; I was very interested in computers; and I love to read and write and think about novels. There’s a variety of majors that could’ve gone along with those interests, but I settled on psychology because when I took a class it was the one I liked the most and I decided that was a career field I wanted to work in.
You can have a job with a middle-class standard of living with many majors, so really it’s about selecting a major that you like enough to complete it and that might have some post-college opportunities. Computer science is one area that is currently booming, but so is the study of genetics and how to apply genetics to medicine. On the other hand, I know a philosophy major who currently manages a business. Your major doesn’t always directly lead to a certain type of career.