Which Major? (Engineering or a Physical Science)

jessiehl
Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:03:30 +0000

How are you with CS? In addition to what others have brought up, someone who is that into math might be interested in crypto.

I second the Materials Science & Engineering suggestion. I’ve known a few people who have doubled in physics and mat sci & eng, even.

Physicists can do research at national labs (e.g. Los Alamos), FFRDCs (e.g. MITRE), regular government contractors (e.g. Draper Lab), or as civilian employees of the DoD, in addition to academia. They also seem to be highly sought after on Wall Street, but that doesn’t seem to be your interest either.