What factors influenced your major in College

[Serious]

dawg, aint you like 5'4, who sounds caucasian, looks 30+

Get a life....

I've already posted pics of being in foreign countries....


My passport is swagged out you

I already got a few countries lined up to visit this summer too.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI2O0iKRJt8#t=3m39s

 

[TheBigBopper]

I majored in Government because I figured it'd be easy since I've always scored high on verbal aptitude tests (80 or 90 percentile) since I was a kid, but I'm really interested in working in business. I was kind of a bytch about my major because I could have majored in business instead, but it would have been harder for me cause I'm mediocre at math. On the other hand, anything that involves reading and writing is cake for me .

I was planning to go to law school after I graduated then I started researching the job market for law grads, saw how bad it was, and reconsidered. Talked to some lawyers and most of them told me they wouldn't do law again if they could go back in time. Shadowed some associates at a law firm and became even more convinced that law isn't for me.

I've been out of school for about 2 years getting some work experience and improving my math. Khan Academy is a god send. I've spent the last two years heavy on that website. Got my math skills up to where I'm more comfortable than I was before. Used to almost get a heart attack looking at a math problem. Took the GMAT in May, got a good score, and I'm going to business school this Fall to try and break into consulting.

I don't regret majoring in Government though. I learned a lot and my writing is a lot better as a result of it being my major. I laugh when people try to shyt on the Liberal Arts. If you wanna learn soft skills, how to think critically, and how to persuade people, there's no better training for that than a Liberal Arts degree.

What b-school you heading to, my nikka?

 

[Huellz Santana]

i was in high school and looked at a report on the top jobs available in 5 years

saw engineering only required a bachelors

realized i was good in math

realized i was near a top engineering school

it was that simple. although making it thru was a bytch! had me like ​

 

[Fillerguy]

how many units was that

Philosophy 3 units
Sociology 3 units
Calulus I 5 units
Biology 4/5 Units
Chemistry 4/5 Units


sohh 19-21 units O_o

3 of them which require rigorous studying............

first semester
-philosophy (core)
-sociology (core)
-english comp (req)
-Cal I
-Bio I
-Bio lab
around 16-17cr

Only the last three required studying. In En Comp the prof had us writing 3 essays a week about bullshyt. My sociology teacher had us writing 5 page papers every week. My philosophy prof had us do a shyt load of reading and would randomly ask a student about it; that was the whole class

My guidance counselor/aide/whatever laughed at my schedule the end of the year. The next year wasnt easier with Chem and Anatomy and some other heavy writing courses. Biology majors cant read and write Every now and then it had my wanting to quit and sell with uncle. Thank God I learned how to bs through papers

 

[innocentdevil]

I became interested in Chemistry my sophomore year in high school. I always had an attachment to the medical field, and I wanted a degree that would give me some type of background in it. I didn't want a Biology degree cause EVERYBODY is getting a Biology degree to get into medical school, and I was more interested in Chemistry. I am great at both, but I picked the one I was more interested in and had less competition in for getting into a program.

 

[No1]

I majored in Government because I figured it'd be easy since I've always scored high on verbal aptitude tests (80 or 90 percentile) since I was a kid, but I'm really interested in working in business. I was kind of a bytch about my major because I could have majored in business instead, but it would have been harder for me cause I'm mediocre at math. On the other hand, anything that involves reading and writing is cake for me .

I was planning to go to law school after I graduated then I started researching the job market for law grads, saw how bad it was, and reconsidered. Talked to some lawyers and most of them told me they wouldn't do law again if they could go back in time. Shadowed some associates at a law firm and became even more convinced that law isn't for me.

I've been out of school for about 2 years getting some work experience and improving my math. Khan Academy is a god send. I've spent the last two years heavy on that website. Got my math skills up to where I'm more comfortable than I was before. Used to almost get a heart attack looking at a math problem. Took the GMAT in May, got a good score, and I'm going to business school this Fall to try and break into consulting.

I don't regret majoring in Government though. I learned a lot and my writing is a lot better as a result of it being my major. I laugh when people try to shyt on the Liberal Arts. If you wanna learn soft skills, how to think critically, and how to persuade people, there's no better training for that than a Liberal Arts degree.

Have you followed consultants? Consultants work the same or worse hours than associates at the big law firms if you're at a good one. Furthermore, you don't need an MBA to get into that stuff. Well, I guess in your case you would. But people from undergrad business schools that are really good, the ivys and engineers get those jobs straight out. I guess you would need the MBA to try to compete with those kids.

 

[Serious]

Only the last three required studying. In En Comp the prof had us writing 3 essays a week about bullshyt. My sociology teacher had us writing 5 page papers every week. My philosophy prof had us do a shyt load of reading and would randomly ask a student about it; that was the whole class

Sounds like we had the same teachers

 

[J_rock]

What b-school you heading to, my nikka?

Wake Forest.

Have you followed consultants? Consultants work the same or worse hours than associates at the big law firms if you're at a good one. Furthermore, you don't need an MBA to get into that stuff. Well, I guess in your case you would. But people from undergrad business schools that are really good, the ivys and engineers get those jobs straight out. I guess you would need the MBA to try to compete with those kids.

Yeah I know about the hours for consultants and the travel, but I'm not really tripping. It's cool while I'm young and single. Hopefully I'll have moved into management by the time I start looking to settle down and have a family and it won't be as bad. If not, I'll have to cross that bridge when it comes. I know if you go to an ivy or you majored in engineering, you're more likely to get into consulting. Unfortunately, I attended a pretty good state school, but it's not an ivy and I didn't major in business or engineering. I know people that were able to get into consulting with just a liberal arts degree but they attended a top 15 school. My school isn't ranked that high. Besides, I didn't even really know consulting was something I'd be interested in until just recently. And I only learned about the particular brand of consulting I wanna do like eight months ago. I had to get out here in the real world and get some exposure beforehand.

I still might do some form of law in the future though. I took a career assessment test for Wake Forest and human capital consulting (the type of consulting I wanna do) and law were my top matches.

 

[TrueEpic08]

Well, I wanted to do an English major from the beginning because I loved literature, reading and writing, but my mom killed that idea dead. I ended up as a PolySci major because that was the other subject in school that I was good at and liked. I wasn't a bad student in other subjects, but they didn't really interest me. I eventually wanted to go to law school and get into International Relations.

2 years or so after that, I got sick of the curriculum (plus everything everybody in the thread wrote about job competitiveness out of law school aided the decision) and ended up switching back to English, took the minor in PolySci and decided to give grad school in that major a shot. Ended up liking it a lot more and finding it freer and easier to grow as a thinker and a writer. I'm currently trying to finish my masters and weighing going for the Ph. D.

 

[AgentGrey]

Sub for a decent read later, I like hearing what influences people.

 

[alybaba]

I grew up around business - everyone is my fam was either a professional in business or ran their own shyt. Plus, I was always decently well rounded - good in math, writing etc. and didn't want to put in the effort and years for med school or law, so it just made sense to focus on business/finance. Ended up on Wall St working for a couple of boutique banks after college, now run a division of the family business and considering b-school - gave the GMAT, got a good score, but I hate those BS essays

 

[A.R.$]

I was in the Air Force when i first started classes. I really didn't know what i wanted to do, so I changed majors 3 times. When i got out of active duty, i started to go to school full time on the GI Bill. I wanted to major in something that i was into so i picked political science ( i wish i didn't). After doing a bullshyt job in the military i wanted a job where i could help people, and also be my own boss. I'm working on doing both right now. I'm in grad school now working on my masters of public administration.
On a side note, do any of you know how to get into project management?

 

[observe]

I'm about to start school, but I want to prove that black people are the creators of all this by unearthing ancient artifacts, relics, and cities

 

[ch15x]

I'm (was) generalized in my interests, so my degrees/education covered graphic design, library science, and instructional design. I almost got into physical therapy, sports medicine, and even considered the military (last resort), public safety (fire), and astronomy.

It didn't lead to any cushy jobs, but kept me employed, no boredom due to interests, and out of debt (money management, employer-paid education, etc.)...

 

[Acropolis]

Passion and research.