How did you decide on a major? Options

[stillarook]

Did you know you've wanted to do it since you were a child? Or did you know too late or became a super senior? What helped you choose your major?

[ham_let]

Figured it out in May of grade 11. Because of the program I chose, had I decided any later, I likely would have had to victory lap it. It gave me 9 months to make a portfolio and it was still down to the wire. Hahah. Indeed, most people in my year are NOT my age. Either victory lapped it or did a year (or two) somewhere else.

Grade 12 was HECTIC. Abandoned most of my extra-curricular activities and said fu-k you to a lot of friends whose drama I didn't have time for anymore.

I ended up choosing to major in Industrial Design and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I was introduced to it at a University Fair that they hold downtown every year.

This post has been edited by ham_let: Feb 22 2009, 03:59 PM

[Goombaking209]

Initially when I was in high school I was really trying to go into Foreign Language (Japanese) but decided I needed something else. I chose my major according to what I love to do. Since I am very passionate about cooking, and have interest in science, I found a disciplinary subject that married to two - Culinology (Culinary Technology) and now I'm going to go for my B.S. in Food Science Culinology Option. The benefits of this career definitely outweighs that of being a Chef working in laborious conditions both in pay and physical demand. The bottom line with choosing a major is to find something that you want to do and if its going to make you happy doing it - You also have to be realistic about it.

[InitialDJay]

i figure this is what i want to be when a nasa guy came to talk and it becomes my motivation.

however my precious dream had always wanted to be a musician.

but i'm doing double major, astronomy (science) and information system (business).

[sks88]

i honestly dont know why i picked what i did, i was told it was fairly easy..and doesnt take long to get a degree in it so thats why. Turned out those people are wrong and this shyts harder then what i thought.

[Suijen]

For me, it was right under my nose. In college I was always looking up articles and spending hours reading about modern China's political environment and economy...and ignoring everything else about it.

When it came down to choosing my major, I took a few Poli Sci classes and fell in love with Comparative Politics, and jumped into my Poli Sci major soon after and I got to study what I was already reading about anyways.

[thisdance]

i honestly dont know why i picked what i did, i was told it was fairly easy..and doesnt take long to get a degree in it so thats why. Turned out those people are wrong and this shyts harder then what i thought.

thats how i got into picking my major.

its still early to tell.. so its fine with what i pick right now..

[Dante]

For me.. money and prestige, and interest

[theng]

Less competition with girls
hopefully a job that pays well and a husband lol
and the title "engineer"
oh yea interest too *coughs* (even though journalism and literature > everything else)

This post has been edited by theng: Mar 31 2009, 07:22 AM

[SkylineC83]

knew the school i wanted to go to, didn't know for what major.....picked the hardest major i could find thinking it'd be easier to transfer out later......got lazy never bothered changing out

gg me

[skylin]

i tried different classes, then stuck with a subject in which I was most comfortable//wouldn't mind doing for the rest of my life

[Ties]

Trial and error

[Teamsta]

well before college I had figured out that humanities was my strong suit; I never did well in mathematics (always 'barely passed' honors one or two years), and same thing with chem and bio. on the other hand I loved reading about history and government.

it was a tossup my sophomore year but I decided that I loved government / political institutions and processes more than I did history and selected poli sci as my major. sure I have regrets but I've never really doubted that I love reading and learning about government.

[illegalvirus]

Whatever I happened to be more interested in during my final year at school.

[Ivisionary]

When I first started college, I always thought that I wanted to do something related to the medical field, so I decided to major in biology. However, I took some of the core requirement classes and realized I enjoyed the quantitative analysis classes. I was heading towards majoring in economics, and one of the required classes for that major is statistics. I took the introductory class and found it very interesting. I liked how it was so practical/useful & had applications in various fields, so I decided to be a statistics major shortly thereafter.

It's worked out well for me so far.

[Mizz_Luv3r]

I just did it to cover up my relationship with my BF from my mom. Then, I fell in love with nursing. Sometimes, it's random. Mine was a random choice, an easy way out of mommy's hatred for my last BF...lol And I stuck to it. Just try!

[Saint Legends]

I like cartoons, comics, and video games. 'nuff said.

[Xian]

Trial and error

Basically lol.

[Kaosq]

When you're taking general classes your freshman year, figure out what area you like and/or are good at and go from there.

[kfighter]

i used "eeny meeny miny moe" and that led me to choose economics as my major.