<p>So I’m a junior in high school and like most kids, I’ve been having trouble narrowing down a decent major for me. (I live in South Carolina by the way)</p>
<p>I have some pretty weird hobbies including looking up real estate and looking around in google maps as well as looking up statistics. However, I’m pretty bad at high-level math, so I don’t know if a statistics degree would be good for me. Is majoring in real estate a good idea (my dad insists it’s a waste of time)? My people skills aren’t very good either… What kind of major would be good for someone who likes to look at maps/homes?</p>
<p>Throwing some ideas out there: geography, GIS, cartography,town planning, architecture, building construction, quantity surveyor surveyor, insurance loss adjuster, interior design, local history, archiving?</p>
<p>The people skills are something many people need to work on. Lots of advice online to work through. Be confident in your own self and take an interest in others. Try and get involved in club activities where you have to interact. A volunteer group or less competitive sports club might be helpful. Or start a new one. How about Geo-caching or orienteering? Or working on building decent homes for the most needy in your community?</p>
<p>You still have plenty of time to decide. Focus on getting good grades, extracurriculars, and AP classes, and make sure to apply to plenty of schools. You will likely end up in an area you never thought you would go into before. You also say you don’t like math, but that can also change (it did for me). </p>
<p>Have you considered maybe an economics degree? You could incorporate your interest in real estate and statistics in a degree like that.</p>
<p>If you are looking at becoming a real estate agent, you technically do not need a degree to become one (which is why your dad probably said that). However, the person two posts above me listed some very good options that I also would recommend.</p>
<p>The thing is, I have really bad social anxiety and even worse performance anxiety. So bad people skills is an understatement… I think geography would be an awesome degree, but I’m not sure how useful that’d be…? Is it even worth it if you don’t go to a top school? Also, my parents would probably disapprove and I’m not sure how I’d prove them wrong.</p>
<p>I don’t hear of a lot of people going into that field. I don’t want to do a major everyone and their mother gets like Computer Science, Business, etc</p>
<p>Statistics is very different from some math like Calculus and Geometry and is based on algebra. I failed Calculus, but I passed Statistics with an A. Currently, statisticians are needed in this country and can command a nice salary. I would look into some of the problems staticians run into and see if that’s something you think you could handle.</p>
<p>Geography currently doesn’t offer a lot of jobs. Most people go to college to get a degree related to what they want to do, and there isn’t a lot to do with it now that we have more technology. However, people still graduate with liberal arts degrees and get jobs, typically in the business world. How do they do this? Most of them have something called “soft” skills, which you said is the people skills that you lack. It allows them to persuade a standpoint, handle a meeting properly, converse with a client…</p>
<p>People skills are a necessity for a lot of jobs (they majority, really, even people like scientists and engineers need some) and I would try to work on these. It will hold you back in the future wherever you decide to go, and you still have plenty of time to improve.</p>