<p>solely your opinion!</p>
<p>The major that matches your interest the most. It’s like asking what the best color is.</p>
<p>If you have a real passion and talent for a subject, then you should study that subject. If your interests are about equal in two or more subjects, then study the subject with the best career options and income.</p>
<p>No doubt about it these days…nursing.</p>
<p>Strictly in terms of the best and most interesting job prospects on graduation, you really can’t beat a double major in international relations and Chinese or Arabic. You will have way more options than with an engineering degree or even a J.D., and you could always go to grad school.</p>
<p>maybe i should rephrase… which major will have the most benefits later on in life. i heard that majors don’t matter if you go to law/med/vet/business schools. is that true?</p>
<p>in what fields/jobs… do majors matter…</p>
<p>and if they dont… why wouldnt people just choose the easiest major so they have a very high gpa (especially in a top notch university)</p>
<p>“law/med/vet/business schools” happen to require high GPAs.
You’re likely to get a high GPA studying what you love, so in that sense, major doesn’t matter so much.</p>
<p>I agree with mephist0’s recommendation of IR+Chinese/Arabic.</p>
<p>well if you were going into a technical field, obviously they would be looking for a technical major. That’s why math and science majors have more opportunities than other LA majors. And language majors can obviously do things that require knowledge of that language. Beyond that, a liberal arts degree is really all about learning how to think. What you focused on in the learning process is almost entirely obsolete. Employers and grad schools look at your GPA as an indicator of how good a thinker you are, not how good at [insert major] you are.</p>
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<p>Very subjective since the primary variable is your individuality. To the second part of your question, you are correct. Your undergrad major is not critical relative to going on to a professional and/or many graduate programs. However, many, such as med school, business school, etc., still require some amount of specific undergraduate coursework as preparation, even if you have an unrelated major.</p>