<p>S1 is currently undecided but is starting to zero in on a Poli Sci major and a Spanish minor. But I’m wondering if a Spanish major and poli sci minor might be more marketable. BTW he is thinking about grad school but has ruled out law school. Instead he thinks he’d rather do something in academics.</p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>How much does he like Spanish? Does he want to pursue a career using Spanish? He really should go with what he likes best. My S1 will be starting college in the Fall and hopes to do a double major in Economics and Spanish and then minor in something else…if he can fit it all in! 
My S has not yet ruled out Law School, but even if he goes to Law school it would be combined with an MBA and he would probably use the business side of the degree instead of the law side of the degree. He also wants to become fluent in Spanish, and possible one other language, but he’s more than halfway there…his Spanish is quite good and he knows that he can be released from many of the intro. to Spanish courses.</p>
<p>What is he leaning toward for academics? He’ll know better once he’s taken a few courses in both Poly Sci and in Spanish (unless he’s done that already!)</p>
<p>DD is having an impossible time finding a job with Spanish major - ultimately, no longer colelge environment, and experience is key.</p>
<p>Compare the majors here:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/internships-careers-employment/1121619-university-graduate-career-surveys.html</a></p>
<p>both are pretty useless majors. what does he want to do, make 30k a year for the rest of his life?</p>
<p>Agree with 2fast4you.</p>
<p>^ Ha! I was wondering how long it would take to get responses like 2fast and fireeaterr’s! Very naive! People said that about my college major too. But I followed what I loved and the money followed too. But for those who have little creativity and lack a strong ambition, the traditional “money making” professions can be a comforting, safe way to go.</p>
<p>What a silly statement in Post #5.</p>
<p>Experienced bi-lingual professionals are in demand ALL OF THE TIME, and their attractiveness in the U.S. will only increase. Let’s ask the principals of vintners in Argentina, fruit companies in Chile, automobile manufacturers in Spain (like VW and Daimler AG), and resort companies such as Melia (Spain and Latin America) whether or not there’s a place in their executive suite for an American liaison whom speaks Spanish. Why stop there? Ask General Electric Company or Frito-Lay or the Coca-Cola Company if any of their executives at their facilities in Mexico speak Spanish. I think we already know the answer.</p>
<p>Yes, the opinions of high school juniors about careers in the real world are really worth taking seriously.</p>
<p>“But for those who have little creativity and lack a strong ambition, the traditional “money making” professions can be a comforting, safe way to go”</p>
<p>Thanks cbug. That is agreat description and accurately describes about 95% of the students that I teach in a college opf business.</p>
<p>My sister was a Spanish major in college (and has no degrees other than her BA). She hasn’t had a year in the past 15 or so when she made less than 30 x $30,000, except for the one year in between jobs when she decided not to work at all and went off trekking in the Himalayas.</p>
<p>What your major is has much less importance than students think.</p>
<p>That said, a Spanish major generally means Spanish literature. That’s a dumb thing to major in unless you really like literature, and it’s really not marketable for anything. Knowing Spanish well is very marketable, if hardly uncommon. That represents maybe a third of the credits necessary for a Spanish major. Being able to discuss the relevance of subaltern theory to Alfredo Bryce Echenique, or the influence of Valle-Inclan on Roberto Bolano, or Gongora’s syntax . . . not marketable.</p>