What are you majoring in in school?

Question

what made you choose that major, and do you think you will stick with it? Is this something that makes you happy?

Answer 1

Do not get into Civil Engineering.

Why spend 5 years in college taking advanced math, physics and chemistry courses.

Then after you graduate you have to pass a Fundamentals of Engineering exam just to get a job in Civil Engineering after 5 years of college then you have to spend another 5 years working under a licensed engineer before you can even get your own professional license (PE). And you have to take a multi-day Professional exam to get your professional license after 5 years of college, passing the FE exam and working another 5 years. And after you get your license, you have to take annual continuing education courses just to keep your license.

All for what? An average of $48K a year? 5 years of college wasted. 5 years of working as an Engineering intern. A decade wasted for $48K a year?

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#earnings

General contractors only have to take a test and have a high school diploma and they make as much or more than Civil Engineers.

You will never hear a Civil Engineer making over $100k unless they own their own business. And even if they own their own business they would be lucky to bring home over $100k a year with all the costs of doing business as a Civil Engineer. Most spend $40,000 a year on just liability insurance not counting Professional costs and continuing education costs.

It's not worth getting into engineering anymore especially since companies are outsourcing those jobs and using HB1 Visa engineers to drive salaries down even more. Civil Engineering is the only job I know where salaries have either stagnated or gone down. The costs of getting that Civil Engineering degree and license goes up every year, yet Civil Engineer’s salaries remain stand still.

Do yourself a favor, if you are good at math, major in Accounting or Finance and learn to cook the books. If you still want to get into engineering, major in Industrial, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanic or Materials Engineering. Just look at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those guys make a lot more than Civil Engineers. If fact Civil engineers are the lowest paid engineers.

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos027.htm#earnings

Answer 2

I am an History Education major here at OSU.

I have always loved history since I was a little girl. However, when I first got to college, I thought I would be practical and get a business degree. After a term, I switched majors. I didn't like it.

I believe I will stick with it since I love it. Like one big story. I plan to teach high school social studies after I graduate. Considering I will be a senior in the fall...I really hope this is what I want to do! lol

Answer 3

i originally went to school and graduated for audio engineering/production. after two years of that business i was done with doing it as a profession and very content to only do it as a hobby. now im going back to school with the purpose to work in global sustainability in some fashion. im considering majoring in all or a combination of environmental studies, international studies, and economics.

i chose this because i think, in disagreeance with george w. bush, that creating a sustainable society is "the challenge of our generation."

i, obviously, plan to stick with it or i wouldn't be doing it in the first place. imagine it will be a career marked by a lot of gratitude, but also a lot of frustration. i also imagine the role i will fill within the movement towards a sustainable society will change, probably several times, but i imagine i'll be in it to win it.

it is nice to have something that you feel a strong sense of purpose about. i think that purpose and drive will lead to more happiness along the way than i might have in an otherwise less-purposeful situation. i think no matter what you do, if you can't see an overall purpose or meaning, you're time is likely better spent.

Answer 4

English and film are my majors. both make me happy, I went to the career counseling center and took an assessment test on onet,com and picked the suggestion I liked and the major that had the most job descriptions I liked and want to be a writer and film maker ,so I need both , anyways most people are double majoring and one of your majors should be determined by financial security not just passion

Answer 5

My major is Medical Transcription. I think I might stick with it. After all, I don't know what else to do with myself and I made up my mind to not stay in my current job.

Answer 6

Behavioral Neuroscience Psychobiology.

I chose it because I liked synapses, biochemical bases of behavior, and physiology.

Does it make me happy? Well, it makes me as happy as I would be in any other major (I know, I tried two majors before this)

Answer 7

I'm majoring in Photography. I love it, so i think I'll stick with it.

Answer 8

I AM MAJORING IN BUSINESS. BUT MOSTLY MARKETING OR SPORTS MARKETING. THINKING OF WORKING FOR A MAJOR CORPORATION OR BUSINESS. THIS ONE SPOKES PERSON COME TO OUR HIGHSCHOOL ONE TIME, AND TALKED ABOUT MARKETING AND ITS RISING SUCCESS. HE SHOWED US WHAT A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARKETING PERSON WOULD LOOK LIKE. THE JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND MOSTLY THE MONEY. I INTERNED FOR NIKE AND GLOBAL SPECTRUM, IT WAS REALY COOL AND FUN. IT MAKES ME HAPPY, ITS FUN AND I LOVE THE JOB.

Answer 9

Psychology. Because my brain structure is messed up. Yea it makes me happy. Also my minor is music....so that makes me even more happy.

Answer 10

Architecture
The best decision i have ever made....started in civil engineering and changed. Love it.....But VERY time consuming. If you dont really enjoy it you will commit suicide (or drop out)