please help! business or art ?

Question

hey,im a senior graduating from high school in 2008,im really confused about which career i should pursue.my parents want me to be a business major or something related to that , but i want to go to art school and become a game designer ?..they feel that it is a waste of money and i wont be able to find a decent job after i complete college..is it true ? ive already applied to all the UC's,My sat score was 2000. I am also planning to apply to art school,n i was just wondering where i should go if i get selected in both ? business or game design ? thank you

Answer 1

Some of this may be resolved by where you end up going to school. Let's say you get into a UC. Other than Berkeley, which you probably won't get into even with a 2000 SAT, Irvine, and Riverside, they don't offer an undergraduate business major, so you couldn't do that if you wanted to. Certainly if you go to art school it won't be an option.

The other thing I will say is that many students don't make up their minds right away. You need to take General Education requirements if you go to a university, and these will be the same regardless of what your major it, for the most part. So you have time to make this decision.

Finally, as someone said, if both fields are available, you can do one as a major and the other as a minor. I teach business at a private university, and a fairly high percentage of our students are there as a compromise with their parents, while their real love is art, music, or philosophy. Their parents won't pay for college unless they study something "practical", so they do both, either as a major and minor, or as a double major. It works well for everyone.

Answer 2

Hedge your bets and take one as a major and the other as a minor.