when did you guys decide your major? - Page 3

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! ^_^

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.

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.

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

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.)

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.

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.

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.