What is your guys' major?

Curious as to what the most common major is. Mine is economics. I got it simply becauseI love it. I tried biochemistry for 2 semesters and realized the rigidity of it wasn't for me, but I still wanted to work with numbers. Economics I have found is what works for me.

What's yours and why did you pursue it?

Electrical Engineering. I did it because I liked the electronics part of phyics in high school. I'm almost a junior and am kind of regretting my major. I plan on finishing it up though because an engineering degree is a great thing to have and I'm actually making money and getting good references because of the co op program.

I've kind of realized I want to be a teacher now.

Changing mine to biology to pursue a career in pharmacy

Electrical Engineering. I did it because I liked the electronics part of phyics in high school. I'm almost a junior and am kind of regretting my major. I plan on finishing it up though because an engineering degree is a great thing to have and I'm actually making money and getting good references because of the co op program.

I've kind of realized I want to be a teacher now.

cain006

Maybe you could continue on with your education and become an engineering professor.

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Electrical Engineering. I did it because I liked the electronics part of phyics in high school. I'm almost a junior and am kind of regretting my major. I plan on finishing it up though because an engineering degree is a great thing to have and I'm actually making money and getting good references because of the co op program.

I've kind of realized I want to be a teacher now.

TacticalDesire

Maybe you could continue on with your education and become an engineering professor.

I would enjoy working as an engineer at a small company. I think that's the only place I could imagine myself being happy working as an engineer. Way too much BS at big companies and I don't want to start my own business.

Mechanical engineering. thriteenthmonke

Did math and econ. For a while I didn't think I was going to do math but in senior year I took a bunch of math classes and loved them. Now I regret not doing more math.chessmaster1989

Curious as to what the most common major is. Mine is economics. I got it simply becauseI love it. I tried biochemistry for 2 semesters and realized the rigidity of it wasn't for me, but I still wanted to work with numbers. Economics I have found is what works for me.

 

What's yours and why did you pursue it?

lo_Pine

This is a pretty common story for failed bio majors

[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Did math and econ. For a while I didn't think I was going to do math but in senior year I took a bunch of math classes and loved them. Now I regret not doing more math.lo_Pine

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Did math and econ. For a while I didn't think I was going to do math but in senior year I took a bunch of math classes and loved them. Now I regret not doing more math.chessmaster1989

You know I've looked at the ME curriculum at my school some and it seems like you guys do a lot of fluid and temperature stuff. That seems really boring to me compared to say working on an axle, differential, or something.

cain006

Plan to major in Aerospace engineering when I attend college in the fall.

Not sure how that's going to go.

Architecture for me. Though I minored in Computer Science, which is the field I'm currently working in.

Sound Design and Business. Though it looks like I wont be needing the business major.

I am currently majoring in Criminology, though I did two years of civil engineering and completed a two year science program in CEGEP.

Geophysics.

Will be starting my major in economics next year.

Law.

Computer Aided Drafting.

Law.

Aljosa23

Financial engineering MBA

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Law.

The_Lipscomb

Criminal Justice, I'll be graduating this Fall

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Law.

The_Lipscomb

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Law.

Aljosa23

International Relations and Foreign Affairs at Old Dominion I'm trying to transfer into the Georgetown School of Foreign Service after my Sophomore year if I can keep my GPA up.Tetrarch9

Good luck mate.  It seems to be an amazing program there.  Georgetown was my top choice and I got rejected, so I'll be going elsewhere for my freshman year this coming fall.

[QUOTE="Mafiree"][QUOTE="lo_Pine"] Most PhDs are teachers. Please find a statistic that says on average, PhD graduates have a higher income than MBA's.lo_Pine

You're picking out a few exceptions and acting like that's the norm.  Most people with MBA's don't even make anywhere close to seven figures let alone $30 million.  I'm not saying it's not a useful degree to have, it can be great, but the truth is if you want to big bucks, you'll need to go to a premier MBA program and obviously even then the odds of making millions a year are slim.  A general MBA from a mid-level school will give you a solid career, but it's nothing special.

Regardless, if you get a PHD in Econ from Stanford or an MBA from Wharton or vice versa you'll be in good shape because those are all good degrees from prestigious places.

[QUOTE="lo_Pine"][QUOTE="Mafiree"] Done..... http://www.indeed.com/salary/q-PhD-Economist-l-United-States.html http://www.indeed.com/salary/MBA.htmlTacticalDesire

You're picking out a few exceptions and acting like that's the norm.  Most people with MBA's don't even make anywhere close to seven figures let alone $30 million.  I'm not saying it's not a useful degree to have, it can be great, but the truth is if you want to big bucks, you'll need to go to a premier MBA program and obviously even then the odds of making millions a year are slim.  A general MBA from a mid-level school will give you a solid career, but it's nothing special.

Regardless, if you get a PHD in Econ from Stanford or an MBA from Wharton or vice versa you'll be in good shape because those are all good degrees from prestigious places.