What major/career would I be suited for?

College Majors
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<p>4.0 GPA // INTJ
Adept at writing, reading, debating, teaching, calculating, and critical thinking
Likes: Linguistics, languages, economics, mathematics, law, philosophy
Dislikes: Fine/performing arts, business/finance, medicine/physical sciences</p>

<p>Languages only seem like a good major if I’m going to be a translator/interpreter or teacher, which I’m not. University mathematics is notoriously difficult, and I think I’d rather something that incorporates math rather than being pure math. Philosophy is too impractical, and law school has been strongly discouraged. That leaves linguistics and economics. I would love to be a professor, but it’s not very realistic. I could see myself as an economist or actuary, but I’m not thrilled with it. Any ideas?</p>

<p>These are my top career recommendations from Career Cruising:

  1. Economist, 2. Money Manager, 3. Political Aide, 4. Research Analyst (Financial), 5. Sociologist, 6. Historian, 7. Actuary, 8. Criminologist, 9. Adult Education Teacher, 10. Market Research Analyst, 11. ESL Teacher, 12. Insurance Claims Adjuster, 13. Translator, 14. Appraiser, 15. Writer, 16. Foreign Language Instructor, 17. Interpreter, 18. Professor, 19. Critic, 20. Public Policy Analyst </p>

<p>As you can see, they’re mostly split between education/research jobs (where only Professor really interests me), and business/finance jobs (where only Economist and Actuary really interest me). Economist would seem like an ideal fit my most measures, but in spite of an interest in mathematics and social science, I don’t have much of a desire to work in finance or government.</p>

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<p>You would be best suited for a major that you are truly passionate about. Seriously, if the only reason you pick a mjaor is because it is practical, you will likely not be motivated to study for your classes or to get involved with internships or volunteering oppurtunities that may help you advance in that area because you simply won’t care about it that much. </p>

<p>If you are a freshmen, you have plenty of time to figure this out. Even if you are not a freshmen realize that you still have time to figure it out. Take a wide variety of classes that interest you. Take some philosophy, economics, linguistics, etc. and anything else that sounds interesting to you. Research oppurtunities that go along with differnet majors at your school.</p>

<p>Then, just pick the one that inspires you the most. I know that doesn’t sound like practical advice, but it is better to do something you are motivated to pursue than something because it seems “safe”, which is an illusion anyway. Even if the job is safe, it would really suck to major in something because it is practical, only to be depressed later because you hate your job.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/el/EL.pdf[/url]”>http://arielrubinstein.tau.ac.il/el/EL.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This might interest you. The mathematics is advanced, but the introductions are interesting.</p>