How To Choose A College Major?
Undecided: Picking a College Major
So you want to be a neurosurgeon and a ballet critic who earns most of her money raising exotic sheep? Believe it or not, even with the entire choices American colleges offer, you're still going to have to make some hard choices about what to study. The good news is that what you study in college does not have to line up with your professional ambitions. While it helps to have a solid undergraduate background in your chosen field, many entry level jobs don't require you to have studied the field you'll be working in. And you can ease the pain and limitation of picking a certain major by taking significant courses, a minor, or even another major in a second field.
When You Can't Decide and Don't Want to Flip a Coin
Having some idea of what you want to study before entering college can be helpful, but most colleges don't require you to declare or commit to a major before the end of your first year or the beginning of your second year. That gives you time to take classes in a lot of different fields that interest you, meeting professors and students in the department and seeing how it would actually feel to study that major. Think realistically about your future goals before you jump into a major. And remember that it helps to talk to people who've graduated from college about what they majored in and how that choice affected the rest of their lives.
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