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mOnion
United States5651 Posts
On October 05 2009 21:09 Day[9] wrote: i love math i chose math going in i did it maybe woulda done CS or electrical engineering. hooray hard science! ^_^ switch to comedy majorrrrrrr | ||
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vAltyR
United States581 Posts
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Foucault
Sweden2826 Posts
On October 05 2009 15:04 TheOvermind77 wrote: but definitely consider that the primary reason you get a job with your degree is to feed and clothe yourself and your family. LOL You know it's not very uncommon that women make a shitload of cash nowadays as well. welcome to the 21:th century | ||
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iSTime
1579 Posts
On October 05 2009 22:06 Zortch wrote: It was a choice between math and physics during my first year. But then math got more awesome and physics got less awesome so I'm in math  . Pure math of course^^. Graduating this year.Profs make good money, have awesome benefits and get a lot of other perks too. Not to mention job security. QFT. I started in physics, then added the math major 2nd semester sophomore year. Applying to Ph.D programs in pure math now for next fall. I kind of miss the physics, but I don't really enjoy doing calculus as much as other maths. | ||
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Chromyne
Canada561 Posts
On October 05 2009 23:18 Foucault wrote: LOL You know it's not very uncommon that women make a shitload of cash nowadays as well. welcome to the 21:th century He never mentioned women, nor whether they made [sufficient] income or not. A family can consist of more than just a husband and wife. EDIT: spelling fail. | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
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Caller
Poland8075 Posts
then my gpa was too low now im an econ major reminds me of http://www.asofterworld.com/index.php?id=431 | ||
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Amber[LighT]
United States5078 Posts
On October 05 2009 23:41 EchOne wrote: I entered my school's undergraduate business program, found everything else but marketing to be hella boring, and chose marketing. My father dissuaded me from political science, but in retrospect he was all nonsense. Don't let others steer you like that, choose what will not bore you and what will make you money. Money is king unless you're a maniac (that is, always pumped to work tirelessly on what you love.) It's possible to do both, you know. Just because you're a poli sci major doesn't mean you can't enter the business world. Thats how I got a marketing job  (Poli sci is really just marketing without the budgeting classes...) | ||
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EchOne
United States2906 Posts
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citi.zen
2509 Posts
For example, its hard to do many of the business school / computer science majors if you don't start taking at least some of those classes from your freshman year. However, with most "liberal arts" majors you can postpone your decisions for a bit, but should have it generally figured out by the middle of you sophomore year. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17189 Posts
Example (in my case): basic school - 8 years, highschool - 4 years; -> pick your university stuff (you can't really just sign up to univ and choose your courses there, you sign up for specific field right off the bat and you're stuck with the compulsory courses there, in most cases you don't even have an option to take some extra courses). After the change: basic school - 6 years, gymnasium - 3 years, highschool - 3 years; the rest is the same. | ||
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Chef
10810 Posts
Sometimes I really wish I'd done math. Been too long to catch up though  The problem with soft degrees is that they all lead to the same place: crappy government cubicle jobs that have nothing to do with your degree, but that wanted to see it anyway. It stresses me out thinking about that. Sure a soft degree can give you knowledge that might be helpful in some lucrative career, but those are careers that never demanded you have a degree in the first place... Writers don't need English majors, Members of parliament don't need Poli Sci majors, general mucking about researching other countries doesn't need a Social Sciences degree.Kids in highschool, don't leave it all to university to decide what kind of jobs you might like. You'll find all your windows have already been closed if you ignore it. | ||
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emucxg
Finland4559 Posts
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Sir.Kimmel
United States785 Posts
if you decide on a major that isn't as grueling thats fine but most majors especially teaching.. your plan is laid out for you.. and if you deviate your screwed..... so decide asap... if you dont like it.. change.. but its going to cost you in the end. | ||
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ccou
United States681 Posts
My engineering major turned out to be so stressful that my biochemistry major might as well have been one big elective. I finished with both, but I doubted my choices throughout college. edit: oops, missed the how I decided part chemical engineering: I heard from a graduating friend that it was the hardest major on campus tied with nuclear engineering, so I just picked one of the two biochemistry: aka premed | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
On October 06 2009 01:11 Sir.Kimmel wrote: decide your major asap.... taking general education courses and all the stuff first will screw you over...... I decided on psych... but after 2 years I was bored with it.. and I was still just getting all my gen eds out of the way so I was like no big deal... then I enter digital forensics... and its like yeah.... very grueling schedule... and I had to take an extra semester to a year.. and even then the professor had to make some exceptions so I could graduate this year...... if you decide on a major that isn't as grueling thats fine but most majors especially teaching.. your plan is laid out for you.. and if you deviate your screwed..... so decide asap... if you dont like it.. change.. but its going to cost you in the end. Yup, depending on the major you eventually choose, taking those gen eds first can really screw you over. | ||
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FuDDx
United States5007 Posts
So stay in school kids/young adults otherwise you could become a weirdo that carves ice and plays with balloons... who would want that. | ||
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bburn
United States1039 Posts
On October 06 2009 00:43 Manit0u wrote: Could someone explain to me how education works in the US? It seems like you have to choose the stuff you're gonna do pretty early. Here you have to pick your field of expertise when signing up for a university and then after 3 years (for the last 2 years in most cases) you choose a specialization. Example (in my case): basic school - 8 years, highschool - 4 years; -> pick your university stuff (you can't really just sign up to univ and choose your courses there, you sign up for specific field right off the bat and you're stuck with the compulsory courses there, in most cases you don't even have an option to take some extra courses). After the change: basic school - 6 years, gymnasium - 3 years, highschool - 3 years; the rest is the same. When you apply for college/university in US you apply to a specific program (biology, chemistry, computer science, etc) then depending on your program you will have a certain number of required courses and a certain number of electives (free, and professional). Free electives you can take whatever courses you want, professional electives are electives within your major (possible a concentration within your major). In general science and engineering majors have relatively few free electives while liberal art students generally have quite a few. Generally speaking it is quite difficult switch majors and be able to complete the program within 4 years unless you are able to get courses waived or you are coming into college with AP credits from high school. | ||
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Rotodyne
United States2263 Posts
On October 06 2009 01:38 bburn wrote: When you apply for college/university in US you apply to a specific program (biology, chemistry, computer science, etc) then depending on your program you will have a certain number of required courses and a certain number of electives (free, and professional). Free electives you can take whatever courses you want, professional electives are electives within your major (possible a concentration within your major). In general science and engineering majors have relatively few free electives while liberal art students generally have quite a few. Generally speaking it is quite difficult switch majors and be able to complete the program within 4 years unless you are able to get courses waived or you are coming into college with AP credits from high school. This is a pretty spot on description of the US education system | ||
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Masq
Canada1792 Posts
Honestly, I still don't know exactly what I want to do. When I get my degree in biomed I have plenty of options. As people mentioned, changing majors normally means you have to catchup sometimes because most programs have 12~ mandatory credits per semester, with 3 elective credits. | ||
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