What should I major in?

juillet
Wed, 17 Apr 2019 02:07:29 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with being interested in a career for the money. It shouldn’t be the only driving factor, but some students know up front that they want to make a lot of money to have the lifestyle they desire, and that’s OK as long as they have a broad understanding of what that means for them.

You’re a sophomore in high school. I had a friend in college who majored in math. She only took up to algebra in college. Yup, that’s right, she got to college and she had to start from pre-calculus in order to finish her math major. The pre-calc class didn’t even count towards the major! She still completed a major in math and went on to get a master’s in statistics from one of the top departments in the country.

You’re taking AP Chemistry next year, and you are also taking precalculus. You don’t have to have a student schedule stacked with science classes to be a science major. In fact, you look like you have a well-rounded, regular/normal HS schedule - a science, a math, a language arts, and a social science; a language class; and a couple electives that reflect your interests.

The question for you, however, is whether you are actually interested in a science/engineering major. You can major in the sciences or engineering and go into law, government, and/or politics; there are lots of people with all kinds of backgrounds in those fields. But if you want to study those things in college…there are plenty of career opportunities for someone who majors in history or English or political science. Science majors tend to get jobs a littlefaster, but social sciences and humanities majors get jobs too. They also make less on average than science majors, but that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case for you - and even if it is, it might be worth it if you’re in the career that you want.

Besides, a physics major and a political science major who hold the same position on a political campaign will earn the same amount…the physics major isn’t going to get paid more because she knows thermodynamics. Science majors tend to get paid more because they tend to go into careers in the sciences that pay more.