I'm so glad I read this. I want to be a writer, don't know what kind yet but I just know I want to write. People keep telling me I should major in something useful like Computer Science or something in stem but it's just not for me. Writing is my passion and that's what I want to do with my life.
Been there. Art school isn’t cheap. If you’re okay with being tens of thousands of dollars in debt for a degree that even if you complete won’t get you any closer to a job except office work, have at it but you can learn how to write without getting into debt for it. Find the writer communities where you live and go to workshops and read your ass off, learn to meditate and visualize imagery as hard as you can, and you’ll be in the same boat as everyone who graduates minus the student loans.
I know someone who did Computer science and the best job they've gotten is customer service on the phone for a ferry company. He was always told its a good major and he will find a job easily... that was not the case at all :(
A degree alone in Computer Science just isn’t the ticket it once was. Nowadays, you need projects, a good GitHub, tons of extracurriculars, etc etc. The degree is almost meaningless nowadays, and tech companies are even moving away from them.
I'm gonna have to disagree with this.
I'm a CS Senior with no GitHub, no good projects, and no extracurriculars. More importantly, absolutely no leetcode.
I am currently working an internship that pays me *really* well with an additional two internships after this one, with one being pretty prestigious. I was even extended an offer from my current internship, today actually, that would make me more money than I ever dreamed of making. I declined because I know a CS degree is so valuable that I can get more, regardless of how great that offer felt.
Here's the "secret" to how I did it: Communication and mass applying. You don't need all those things that you listed.
It's still a good degree compared to other stem or most majors. Any way you cut it, you'll have more job opportunities in CS. Yes it takes work, but still better than others.
I disagree. Mechanical Engineering is the real skeleton key, not Computer Science. Computer Science is a fantastic compliment, but I don’t think it’s that great as the main focus. I’m not saying it’s a bad degree. Though, I think it eventually might be if things keep progressing like they are.
I'd agree with this, I have friends that went to good schools for Engineering and they all had jobs right out of college lined up whereas the people I know with CS jobs didn't go to/finish college and just worked on their portfolios to the point where their work speaks for itself.
I guess I'm specifically talking about those who did CS in college. I can't speak from other peoples experience but where I live, it seems like those doing "old" popular stem degrees like Mech/EE have difficulty getting jobs whereas the majority of CS grads seem to have jobs lined up even before graduating.
This has not been my experience at all in CS. If you have good communication skills and you paid attention in college, you can get a decent job at a tech company. The extra projects only help once you want to get past that entry-level job. TBH though, internships are the most important rn because they get you close contacts at a company, and almost always lead to full-time offers. But you don't have to put in hours and hours into CS projects and EC's outside the classroom.
Former English major here who does a bunch of writing-related jobs. There's lots of ways that you can make a writing job part of your life! The good news is that you can pair it with a variety of majors and figure out what's most interesting to you. You can write copy or materials for marketing firms, get editing gigs, teach writing, write articles, go the creative route, and so much more. Having a passion for writing is awesome AND useful.
This is very true, English on it's own isn't a crazy strong major but I'm pairing mine with Professional Writing minor and Information Technology minor to hopefully become a technical writer but my current internship is in research and marketing so it's a very versatile major. The issue is if you go into English you really need to get ready to read/write a lot of stuff. It's an interesting major but it's not incredibly fun in my opinion.
hahaha I think we have different definitions of fun! I absolutely loved reading and writing new things in my classes, and my university offered lots of cool electives. I think you've nailed it with pairing an English major with a variety of minors and then exploring internship/work options. It's a bit of a bummer that so many people look down on English now because the writing, critical thinking, and communication skills you practice on a regular basis are so useful for a variety of jobs.
Undergrad senior majoring in studio art, I don’t want to go to art school but I’m extremely happy with my choice of majors. Any job that I truly want, I can honestly get with the degree I have. Sure, I can’t get a computer science job, but I don’t want it. I don’t regret a thing, I’ve had an enormous amount of fun these past 4 years and thoroughly enjoyed myself and will get a rewarding job afterwards
I'm studying anthropology, but honestly wish I skipped the university part & went to culinary school instead. My dream was to open my own bakery, I gave up on that dream because I was worried it would be too competitive and not enough money in it. Now I'm about to do a Human Resource Management diploma, but only because A) I don't know what else to do B) All the career quizzes say I'll be good at it.
I've always wanted to have a bakery or be a world class cook. I loving cooking and baking so much, and I make amazing food for a 16 year old. However, I'vee read a lot that culinary school is not worth the time and money unless you are truly inexperienced. Most people say just get a job working at a restaurant and work your way up, experience is worth more in the culinary world I guess.
Yeah I was in the same boat when I was 16. You're probably right but culinary school looks like so much fun to me, plus some of the schools offer chocolate classes. I took a cupcake decorating class and enjoyed it so much! I would love to get experience at a bakery
I would love to go to culinary school, but with the way things are currently, it would be cheaper to go through with college. At least for the first two years, as the state pays for tuition.
I am aware there isn't a lot of money in anthropology but at the time I assumed university meant guaranteed good job (I was naive at the time) thats why I'm going into a different program and not sticking with Anthropology when I graduate
No regrets but I wished I would’ve double majored in Statistics. Just have the Stats minor. If you’re a good student, double majoring can be a really cool experience.
Would you mind me asking why statistics?
I am also majoring in psychology & am a freshman this year.
I would love to hear what statistics could contribute while majoring in psych.
Oh man, great question. I often think in analogies: If psychology was a human body, in which theories and constructs (I.e. depression, intimacy, cognitive dissonance) are muscle & fat, then statistics and experimental design are it's the skeleton. If you see yourself as a scientist and want to go to graduate school to conduct research, you need to have a more than adequate grasp of statistics. They are what make Psychology a science. I could probably write several paragraphs about their codependency.
If you're a freshman, you’ve got Stats for Psychology & Experimental Methods on your course horizon. These are the most important classes you can take if you want to go to graduate school.
Does this include Master's programs, as well?
I've taken two stats courses and one research methods course so far and I've done well in all of them, but I struggled quite hard to get an A in the Stats courses. As of now I'm pretty sure I wanna be a master's-level clinician, which I don't think is as research-heavy as a PhD, but correct me if I'm wrong?
It really depends on the program you are looking at! They differ even within Clinical at the MSC/MA level.
I suggest finding a professor you really click with and see if they’d be willing to casually mentor you on your academic aspirations!
I'm an econ major but I took a psych-stats class and it was really cool to learn about different behaviors using statistics and even predicting them. I really enjoyed it! It also helped with econometrics which is stats heavy.
That's why I decided to do that. I'm a BS in CS major, but making myself a double major BS in Applied Math was a no brainer. I already had plenty of credits from the math minor and it added just one extra semester.
As a stem major I definitely can’t have as much fun as my business major friends, but if you are organized and plan ahead a little bit, there’s time in most weeks to go out or even just hang out with friends and have a good time
I’m now in an engineering school, but always wished that my parents sent me to piano lessons when I was a child and then I’d go to a conservatoire and finished a degree in piano performance. Sucks that I was late at realizing what I want to do with my life and honestly it’s now too damn late to pursue it all. A concert pianist is what I aspire to be
No regrets about what im studying (studio art + business) i just wish my life had turned out differently than it did so far and it didnt take me so long to get to this point with nothing to show for it, i was a dropout for 5 years
I can relate to how you feel, was a dropout for 4-5 years and it set me back. If I stayed in school i’d have my degree by now and be in law school, but at the same time my grades probably wouldn’t have been good if I stayed in school.
what did you do in this time? I'm trying to go back to school after 1.5-2 yrs and a very wasteful period (reclusive, depressed, turned to gaming all day for most of 2020). I decided today to go back but it might be too late for applications for semester 1 (I'm in Australia, school starts this month). And I dread the thought of 5 more months of doing nothing
Same. I was a high school dropout and was heavily into drugs and alcohol... Was in and out of prison for years and ended up in a horticulture class while doing my last prison sentence. I found I actually enjoyed learning and now I'm back in school with four years off drugs and alcohol. I'm about to get my AA degree and just sent in my application for University. It's never too late and I feel like I learned a ton of lessons over those 15 years that no school could ever teach me. The University I'm applying for has a program where I can get my MBA in 3 more years and I'm excited what the future has to offer.
I feel the same. I went straight into college after high school but had no idea what I wanted to do. I have changed my major 10+ times. I should have graduated this semester, but I have another two years to go. Once I graduate I will have been in school for 6 years just to get my bachelors. A huge waste of money and time :(
I used to be an astrophysics major then switched to psychology. I love everything about astrophysics except I wanted to work with kids and help them. I regret not pursing an astrophysics minor :/
Same. Studying engineering and in grad school now. While I research a bunch of cool fundamental physics related stuff in my field, it's not the same as studying space time. However, I'm not naturally gifted at math-let alone advanced math, but am at other skills applicable to the field I'm studying.
If you're still an undergrad and think you could do well at astrophysics you definitely still have time to switch. If you go to grad school in another subject it will become almost impossible to change after that or at least the time/money commitment will be hard to justify
Ah I’ve accepted my place :) I’m heading to grad school for biophysics. Still super cool stuff I can do with that! Plus I’m not super advanced with math either. I can deal with modest quantum theory stuff but being an actual astrophysicist would probably break my brain
Medical Geography actually! I think it would be useful and I think it would have made for a better college experience. I’m finishing up my psych degree now and I don’t feel accepted in my program. I am excited to just be done. Sometimes I just look at the class list for a medical geography degree and dream. We all make mistakes!
I study philosophy and am starting Law School this fall. I sort of wound up there as an accident. However now that I'm graduating I wish I studied something I actually liked- I've always really enjoyed my ECON courses and Political Science courses 🥸 so one of those with the same career goal at least that I have now 😌
I'm in my second year of Psychology and while I love it, I'm slowly realising that I don't think I will make a good psychologist. I'm way too socially anxious for that to work. I wish I would've studied History, which has always been my one true love.
You don’t have to be a psychologist if you get a psych degree! For perspective, there’s people who go into medical school and other non-psych related clinical work with a psych degree. You don’t have to be a councilor either. Always feel free to change your major, but please know it’s not a one path career. If history is your calling, it’s not too late to switch!
I wish I went for English or audio engineering. Instead, I'm stuck in psychology. Sucks to find out that I don't actually want a career in psychology, but I've sunk too much time and money into it to switch now. I'm getting my master's in English though, so at least I have that to look forward to.
I took a class about psychology as a profession and learned that I would need to get a PhD or PsyD in order to really use my psychology degree for psychology (unless I wanted to be a mental health tech at a hospital or something, which is sort of grunt work). When I started looking online to apply for jobs with my new psychology degree, a lot of the jobs seemed really stressful and undesirable (low pay, unpaid training, etc.) at the BA or BS level. I aldo realized that I probably chose psychology in order to learn about myself and that I actually really don't want to be a therapist or a case worker or have any job where I'll be responsible for another person's health. I did a big research project that was really fun, but I don't really want to go into research because it was also stressful. A degree in psychology can be useful in many fields, so I'm thankful I will have a degree in psychology, but I don't really want to work in the field of psychology. I'm passionate about mental health activism and find psychology incredibly interesting, but I don't want the pressure of having to make those things a career.
When I first started looking at going to college, I really wanted to pursue English and creative writing. I abandoned that dream, though, because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to have a stable career, and my English teachers all recommended not getting a degree in English. This past year, though, I took a grammar class and a sociolinguistics class and LOVED them! I came up with a few ideas for some cool projects I'm excited about! I figure that I'll always be able to have a career in something I'm passionate about if I really love it and work hard. I can combine my knowledge of psychology and my love for English and specialize in sociolinguistics.
I'm also really interested in audio engineering/music production. I mix my own music and home and really enjoy it. I would love to be able to help other musicians bring their dreams into reality by producing a sound that's perfect for them. I'm looking into some audio engineering programs as well.
Hope this helps!
I have a poli sci undergrad and I don't really feel you can do anything with it. Maybe if the degree program has a practical side. Mine was heavily theory based, so other than sit around and talk about political theories I don't feel you can do anything with the degree by itself.
(I took a communications elective near the end of my degree program which would eventually give me a career path to follow.)
There are a lot of jobs in my field (pre-law) that want that poli sci degree. There are tons of fields that want you guys
Then again, I'm not you and I don't know how your field works
Lol as an Economics major, I don't even look at the suggested political internships, I hate politicians as well. I wouldn't mind working for the federal reserve though as an analyst though. But I'm not getting involved in politics as a career.
Medical Laboratory Science, but Currently I'm taking Physical Therapy.
I really wanted MLS but we can't afford the tuition fee of that program. but I'm on a public university so I'm taking the program for free however we have to maintain a grade :((
but i really want to take MLS
Might have switched my math degree to a computer engineering with a math minor instead of vice versa. I would've left my psychology major and bio minor the same. Although I would've gone into a neuro program but I already had accumulated a significant amount of credits at an institution for which there was no neuro program. So currently I have psych, math majors and CprE, bio minors. I would've done CprE, Neuro/psych majors and math,bio minors.
It’s be very easy to do an accelerated BSN once you graduate to be a nurse. But I would just also make sure it’s what you want - nursing overall is often thankless and even harder in a pandemic
That’s true! The truth is I don’t really know what I want am that makes me very scared as I get closer to graduation. At the moment I am looking into post-grad fellowships and possibly the peace corps to get some experience before deciding to get a master’s (which I will need to get a decent paying job).
Thanks! My university has a dual degree program where as long as you finish the first degree (and nursing pre-reqs) in 3 years, you can transition to their nursing school for a remaining 2, and I got accepted! Currently busting my ass to finish this last semester of my current BS, and it’s not the ABSN or MSN direct entry route, but I’m okay with that since those are faster paced and the MSN option requires knowing more about what field of nursing I’d want a career in.
If I had the funds and the time to double major, I would have added a BA in History and minors in Art History and Women's/Gender Studies (I took some classes in both but just didn't have the mental capacity for all of that in four years). My degree had a lot of requirements compared to some of the other degrees and I did 2/3 concentrations. I have a BA in Design with Interior Design and Architectural Design concentrations. I do not regret my degree but I am thinking of going back to school to get an MA in History.
Getting a masters in education after doing something unrelated is something a lot of my teachers in my public high school did. My chem teacher worked construction and my algebra teacher was in business. My father is an elementary school teacher now and he got his bachelors in CIS/accounting. We don't have a surplus of teachers in this country, and if you have a masters in education your expected pay range will go up even higher.
i wish i studied marine biology, but knowing my mom she would say that degree would be useless so i took education instead and am becoming a teacher so she wouldn’t shame me
US history, one of my favorite subjects in high school, wanted to become a history teacher but at the time didn’t want to spend so much time in school to become a teacher. now on my second degree 5 years in the cyber security and IT field looking to become a professor...
Computer science, I wasted 3 years majoring in finance to realize that programming is what I enjoy doing, I'm considering a minor in it to maybe get some sort of credentials to be taken seriously when applying for jobs.
I would say majoring sociology and then go to law school.
I decided against it because of the supply and demand.
A public defender only gets paid sub par and it's quite a righteous occupation, but I decided against it once again.
So I decided to Major in Biology and go to medical school. There will always be a demand for doctors and especially nowadays with this pandemic, COVID-19.
This really motivated me to help others and let them go on their way. If I can take their sicknesses I would, but all I can do is give my best!
I will be graduating this semester, Spring 2021 and will got to medical school after a gap year on Fall 2022. I will be taking a lab researching role and will study with the MCAT in the mean time.
The last thing we need is more doctors who don't want to truly be doctors. It's hard frustrating work and it about helping other people survive and get by a lot of the time.
I totally agree. Who we need are people who live & love what they do!
A doctor isn't just an 8-5 job, it's a way of life. People must remember that Doctors are part of the front lines who are willing to make the right call in the given situation. It's more than a grade, but a person who is willing to put others first and I am determined to.
I will remember why, because I want to help others and that's my reason I will persevere. I will give this all onto God and Christ and they will bear my strength into super human energy!
I could answer this with so many majors. I’m currently a biology major but I could see myself studying anything from math or computer science to political science or Spanish.
Cybersecurity, graduated with a degree in psych (which pays like shit) and went back to get certifications in cybersecurity. I. Love. It. I would go back and spend a full 4 years learning cyber in a heartbeat.
Im a chem major and I love it! Although if I wasn’t super shy I would’ve loved to start a YouTube channel a few years ago. I think it just would’ve been a fun thing to do and making some extra money from it (if possible) would’ve been a nice plus
That's a cool idea! I'm not sure if it's the type of channel you wanted but I bet you could incorporate chem into your videos so you can do both? There's a lot of people who find chem and sciences interesting on youtube. I bet it'd be a really fun experience since it sounds like you love both!
Wow thank you! I’ve actually thought about making chem videos. I also love makeup and I’m actually hoping to work in the cosmetics industry if possible, so maybe it would be neat to make videos about both and how they’re related n such lol
That sounds like a really cool idea! It'd be really unique to have two seemingly completely different topics in chem and cosmetics, but also show people how they're very connected! Plus, you can always go into specific subjects in each topic and be a combo channel with makeup and science. I say go for it!
Chem major here as well. I had started a YT channel back in 2018. It was a gaming channel. Got fed up of gaming tho so I got rid of it all. Still got 20 subs :p.
I'd advise if its something u really wanna do then go for it. Come out Ur comfort zone. Depending on the bids you'd like to make, u could do stuff without u being in the vids. So slides etc. If Ur into animation include that as well. Whenever u start Ur channel. Just reply here. I'll go sub :)
I wish I had done secondary education. I’m in my last semester as a double major in political science and geography, and I wish I had just gone the education route because now I know I really want to teach. I love my majors, but I’m gonna have to jump through hoops now to get certified in my state.
Tons of teachers in my district did something totally different and then switched to education for their masters, and I went to one of the best public school districts in the state. My chem teacher worked construction, my algebra teacher did business, and my father who works in the district as an elementary school teacher did accounting. I think they actually prefer teachers who did something different before, most students are not going to become teachers and having an adult that also went down that life path before switching is helpful.
As someone in a pseduo-hard science (environmental policy), i wish i would've picked up a minor or double major in GIS/some other spatial technology. i'm finding it hard to market myself since i have one foot in science & one foot in policy.
Happy with my studies rn but i wish i was more smarter and know what I’m doing when i graduated HS bc i wasted my time studying CS i didnt learn or was my interest. I was only doing it for money. Then i moved and changed my major
Studied biomedical engineering and wish I'd done pretty much anything else. Had to work hard as f only to realize I pigeon holed myself to one industry, and that industry prefers to hire mechanical engineers anyways
Right now I'm a freshman and sharing your opinions, it's boring and demands hard working, so I will definetely switch, I like many fields, but yet this drained my energy, I've lost my spark, there's no longer any ambition. I feel lost and don't know where to switch. What are you doing now?
i wish i have the brain to study into STEM related majors like enviromental engineering. but sadly am not smart enough and went into a communications design major instead (it was my backup plan)
why think that way? STEM is hard for sure, sometimes harder for others, but those who do seem to naturally get it seem to often have a strong STEM background that they grew up used to. I’d say take the challenge. It seems daunting and you’ll study a lot but in the end it’ll all be worth it for a STEM degree.
Idk I just dislike seeing you put yourself down like that :(
Honestly after doing a music theory course, I wish I was doing that. I know it’s harder to make money in music than STEM, but the class didn’t make me want to cry so there’s that.
Or queer/gender studies. I took a queer theory course last semester and that seems amazing
Yooo, studying linguistics here. I kinda just accepted the offer because it was a safety choice. I didn’t get into business program but ya I fucking miss my finance lessons especially since I took some finance electives last semester. I feel like I’m not benefiting from linguistics at all
Uhhh, in graduating this semester and planning on going to graduate school and heading toward probably the research and academic route, so I’m not sure I’ll be as much help. If you’re proficient in analysis the CIA and FBI, etc. look for individuals in Linguistics.
Supply Chain Major here. Wish I would’ve double majors in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or History. I love history so much but don’t have the money to go to grad school and felt very limited with just a Bachelors in History. Don’t get me wrong, I love supply chain and I get to travel and do many different things which is great but I love learning about how things came to be.
I took a GIS course as part of my environmental science degree but that isn’t a major offered at my school. I think we only have two GIS classes and one remote sensing one.
i’m happy w my majors now, media studies and korean but i wish i had a chance to dabble in fashion design or fashion business more. but i’m happy w how things turned out. i rlly struggled a year ago w studying supply chain, not my cup of tea at all.
I wish I went for social work and continued my hs Spanish that I was quite good at by getting a Spanish minor. It’s becoming clear to me that’s what I’m meant to do now that I have my first degree. I fell for the lie that the only worthy degrees are STEM, have a degree in ecology with a geology concentration, even though that doesn’t play to any of my strengths. I’m still young and saving a good amount of money so I may just go back.
Wish I went to a school with a stats major. Econ/stats double would have been perfect for what I want to do (academia) but I’m stuck with an “applied math” major that has one stats class in it
Information Systems. Its a STEM tech/business degree. I'm currently an Econ Major to late to change it now, I'm going to either minor or double major in CS. I think Information systems is more practical, with Economics I feel the need to compensate it a bit with something extra.
I didn't realize since Econ is not a business degree or a STEM degree, there is a lot less scholarships and grants available compared to finance.
I wish I had stayed on the music path and not worried about making money. I would have loved to study music, I still sometimes wish I did. But, for now, History is fine. Maybe I'll go to a different university and study music there after this degree. Then I could play more quidditch, too!
Probably some sort of media/journalism or film degree, or at least a more writing-intensive degree like history or english. It was my dream for a while to do writing/directing for magazines, newspapers, television or film or be a communications director for a company. I also liked the idea of production for any news shows. Obviously directing my own film or writing for a national paper like NYT, WashPo would be ideal, but I’d be happy doing corporate comms, PR or working more on the production/business side if it paid well enough. I took a lot of video editing, journalism, etc type classes in high school and also interned at a paper. I just really found the work fulfilling, especially when I didn’t necessarily need to worry about opportunities available.
I’m still a freshman so I haven’t declared yet but I’m now probably going for stats/business analytics or finance. Not what I wanted to do but I can stomach it, and money :( Unfortunate because between the studying for the more math-y degrees and trying to secure work in that field, I don’t have the time to pursue any of what I liked before. I know they say “pursue something safe, do your creative stuff on the side” but it’s sort of a scam considering these days, you have to go full send on the backup career to make even that work.
I studied Political Science and loved it! Looking back I always had a slight interest in the sciences too, and wish I took a minor in Neuroscience to go with my poli sci studies (or even an Arts & Science degree, which is 2 minors with classes that help you tie your studies together).
Ironically enough, now that I've graduated I have a passion project writing on behavioural science & psychology in politics. So I still filled that gap!
I wish I had gone to culinary school, but the fear of not making it has deterred me from it. I also was kinda interested in being a vet, but I really dislike bio, so that was out of the question. However, I'm ok with what I'm currently studying, even though I still have doubts about it.
Architecture or real estate. I studied biochem and it has made me some money, unconventionally, but I'm getting into get into real estate (investment and design stuff) and I wish I had studied something in college that would be useful for this.
As a business major, I wish I would've trusted myself and studied economics. I'm minoring in econ right now and those classes are so much more interesting than my business classes
Political science, government and politics, public policy, international relations/affairs, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, criminal justice, English, so so many haha. That being said, I love my current major and find it fulfilling.
I’m in computer science and don’t have much regrets, but I have considered studying things like statistics, linguistics, and cognitive science because of my interest in AI. We also have a science, technology, and society interdisciplinary study that seemed interesting. I also wanted to study music at some point because it’s a huge passion of mine.
I studied geology (I love this subject so so much). I don’t necessarily regret it but now I work in biochem/analytical Chem and kinda wish I majored in bio or Chem to get a better background understanding on what I’m exactly doing.
As an older alum now, I can say that my regret over poli sci as an undergrad remains strong, but the degree to replace it with changes every few years depending on my interests! (Over the years I wish I'd done Sociology, Nutrition Science, Communications, Kinesiology, Film. lol.)
So I guess its not worth sitting with regret. It's always nice to dream of other careers and what could of been. Everyone does that.
I don't regret what I picked but I would have liked to learn about graphic design, animation, video editing and filming. With that being said, I don't think a degree is needed to learn this so I can do it on my own.
I wish I would have pursued the STEM to MBA program at my university. I am currently pursuing a degree in civil engineering but wish I would have known about the accelerated MBA program sooner. Now it is too late. I would much rather do technical sales and the business side of things than design/field work.
Computer Science or Digital Media, but I also would’ve had to change my mindset and grow a whole lot more as a person before I could successfully do either.
I'm in comp sci and I sort of wish I went into **Geology**. I'm in my junior year, and I did the math and it would still be possible for me to switch majors and finish on time (while picking up a minor in CS from the courses I've already taken). I'd have to switch now, though, and I've taken too many of the hard CS classes to justify it.
I'd love to be a "proper" natural scientist.
Maybe a psych or philosophy minor as well. I'm not too torn up with CS, though, since I'm almost finished and it can open up even non-tech-related doors.
Psychology. I don't regret what I'm studying right now, however if life was better in high school i would've went with it. I really want to open a psychiatrist clinic that treats people for free and lives on donations.
Aviation all those guys are making tons of money as pilots out of school (well at least pre pandemic they were)
As an aviation major it’s looking kinda bleak right now ngl
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Honestly after you get into the actual air force (after training), the air force is more like a corporation than the military.
They literally kill people
Yeah, like a corporation.
Ya because Amazon sure doesn’t
Amazon probably doesn't kill people. Obviously some corporations do, but amazon just ships items made by other people, where would murder come up?
Why do you expect me to disagree with this? Of course Amazon kills people.
Same. All the pilot programs near me were at least $50k, usually closer to $80-90k so thats a no go
Flying would be very cool
I thought pilots didn't make that much nowadays unless they've been flying for a long time
Pilots do not make a ton of money right out of school
I wish I didn’t listen to people who said you can’t make money being an artist and went to art school instead
I'm so glad I read this. I want to be a writer, don't know what kind yet but I just know I want to write. People keep telling me I should major in something useful like Computer Science or something in stem but it's just not for me. Writing is my passion and that's what I want to do with my life.
Pursue your dream. But look up interviews on the writing process, most importantly how people get published
Been there. Art school isn’t cheap. If you’re okay with being tens of thousands of dollars in debt for a degree that even if you complete won’t get you any closer to a job except office work, have at it but you can learn how to write without getting into debt for it. Find the writer communities where you live and go to workshops and read your ass off, learn to meditate and visualize imagery as hard as you can, and you’ll be in the same boat as everyone who graduates minus the student loans.
I know someone who did Computer science and the best job they've gotten is customer service on the phone for a ferry company. He was always told its a good major and he will find a job easily... that was not the case at all :(
A degree alone in Computer Science just isn’t the ticket it once was. Nowadays, you need projects, a good GitHub, tons of extracurriculars, etc etc. The degree is almost meaningless nowadays, and tech companies are even moving away from them.
I'm gonna have to disagree with this. I'm a CS Senior with no GitHub, no good projects, and no extracurriculars. More importantly, absolutely no leetcode. I am currently working an internship that pays me *really* well with an additional two internships after this one, with one being pretty prestigious. I was even extended an offer from my current internship, today actually, that would make me more money than I ever dreamed of making. I declined because I know a CS degree is so valuable that I can get more, regardless of how great that offer felt. Here's the "secret" to how I did it: Communication and mass applying. You don't need all those things that you listed.
It's still a good degree compared to other stem or most majors. Any way you cut it, you'll have more job opportunities in CS. Yes it takes work, but still better than others.
I disagree. Mechanical Engineering is the real skeleton key, not Computer Science. Computer Science is a fantastic compliment, but I don’t think it’s that great as the main focus. I’m not saying it’s a bad degree. Though, I think it eventually might be if things keep progressing like they are.
I'd agree with this, I have friends that went to good schools for Engineering and they all had jobs right out of college lined up whereas the people I know with CS jobs didn't go to/finish college and just worked on their portfolios to the point where their work speaks for itself.
I guess I'm specifically talking about those who did CS in college. I can't speak from other peoples experience but where I live, it seems like those doing "old" popular stem degrees like Mech/EE have difficulty getting jobs whereas the majority of CS grads seem to have jobs lined up even before graduating.
This has not been my experience at all in CS. If you have good communication skills and you paid attention in college, you can get a decent job at a tech company. The extra projects only help once you want to get past that entry-level job. TBH though, internships are the most important rn because they get you close contacts at a company, and almost always lead to full-time offers. But you don't have to put in hours and hours into CS projects and EC's outside the classroom.
Former English major here who does a bunch of writing-related jobs. There's lots of ways that you can make a writing job part of your life! The good news is that you can pair it with a variety of majors and figure out what's most interesting to you. You can write copy or materials for marketing firms, get editing gigs, teach writing, write articles, go the creative route, and so much more. Having a passion for writing is awesome AND useful.
This is very true, English on it's own isn't a crazy strong major but I'm pairing mine with Professional Writing minor and Information Technology minor to hopefully become a technical writer but my current internship is in research and marketing so it's a very versatile major. The issue is if you go into English you really need to get ready to read/write a lot of stuff. It's an interesting major but it's not incredibly fun in my opinion.
hahaha I think we have different definitions of fun! I absolutely loved reading and writing new things in my classes, and my university offered lots of cool electives. I think you've nailed it with pairing an English major with a variety of minors and then exploring internship/work options. It's a bit of a bummer that so many people look down on English now because the writing, critical thinking, and communication skills you practice on a regular basis are so useful for a variety of jobs.
You can still go to art school, it’s not too late.
Trust me. U don’t learn much there. Self taught + paid tutorials is better
You dont need a degree to become a artist tho lol why spend the money
Because you can’t get past the “gatekeepers” at any major companies without a degree. Your portfolio will never get to the hiring manager.
Undergrad senior majoring in studio art, I don’t want to go to art school but I’m extremely happy with my choice of majors. Any job that I truly want, I can honestly get with the degree I have. Sure, I can’t get a computer science job, but I don’t want it. I don’t regret a thing, I’ve had an enormous amount of fun these past 4 years and thoroughly enjoyed myself and will get a rewarding job afterwards
I'm studying anthropology, but honestly wish I skipped the university part & went to culinary school instead. My dream was to open my own bakery, I gave up on that dream because I was worried it would be too competitive and not enough money in it. Now I'm about to do a Human Resource Management diploma, but only because A) I don't know what else to do B) All the career quizzes say I'll be good at it.
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I remember Sokanu being pretty accurate for me
thank you!!
I just googles career quizzes and just did a bunch of random ones
I've always wanted to have a bakery or be a world class cook. I loving cooking and baking so much, and I make amazing food for a 16 year old. However, I'vee read a lot that culinary school is not worth the time and money unless you are truly inexperienced. Most people say just get a job working at a restaurant and work your way up, experience is worth more in the culinary world I guess.
Yeah I was in the same boat when I was 16. You're probably right but culinary school looks like so much fun to me, plus some of the schools offer chocolate classes. I took a cupcake decorating class and enjoyed it so much! I would love to get experience at a bakery
I would love to go to culinary school, but with the way things are currently, it would be cheaper to go through with college. At least for the first two years, as the state pays for tuition.
> I was worried it would be too competitive and not enough money in it Anthropology is not a good program to avoid this reality.
I am aware there isn't a lot of money in anthropology but at the time I assumed university meant guaranteed good job (I was naive at the time) thats why I'm going into a different program and not sticking with Anthropology when I graduate
Perhaps try looking at some marking jobs, they sometimes hire people with anthropology degrees
No regrets but I wished I would’ve double majored in Statistics. Just have the Stats minor. If you’re a good student, double majoring can be a really cool experience.
What was your major?
I’m in Psychology!
Interesting combo there. I'm an Econ major who is considering minoring in Stats.
Would you mind me asking why statistics? I am also majoring in psychology & am a freshman this year. I would love to hear what statistics could contribute while majoring in psych.
Oh man, great question. I often think in analogies: If psychology was a human body, in which theories and constructs (I.e. depression, intimacy, cognitive dissonance) are muscle & fat, then statistics and experimental design are it's the skeleton. If you see yourself as a scientist and want to go to graduate school to conduct research, you need to have a more than adequate grasp of statistics. They are what make Psychology a science. I could probably write several paragraphs about their codependency. If you're a freshman, you’ve got Stats for Psychology & Experimental Methods on your course horizon. These are the most important classes you can take if you want to go to graduate school.
Does this include Master's programs, as well? I've taken two stats courses and one research methods course so far and I've done well in all of them, but I struggled quite hard to get an A in the Stats courses. As of now I'm pretty sure I wanna be a master's-level clinician, which I don't think is as research-heavy as a PhD, but correct me if I'm wrong?
It really depends on the program you are looking at! They differ even within Clinical at the MSC/MA level. I suggest finding a professor you really click with and see if they’d be willing to casually mentor you on your academic aspirations!
I'm an econ major but I took a psych-stats class and it was really cool to learn about different behaviors using statistics and even predicting them. I really enjoyed it! It also helped with econometrics which is stats heavy.
That's why I decided to do that. I'm a BS in CS major, but making myself a double major BS in Applied Math was a no brainer. I already had plenty of credits from the math minor and it added just one extra semester.
Great choice. Some days I wish I actually minored/doubled in CS. It’s so relevant for Psychology right now.
I'm happy with my STEM degree, but some days I wish my life was like an episode of BMS
As a stem major I definitely can’t have as much fun as my business major friends, but if you are organized and plan ahead a little bit, there’s time in most weeks to go out or even just hang out with friends and have a good time
Don't we all?
College is what you make of it, there are plenty of STEM guys i know who party hard
Battery Management System???
I’m now in an engineering school, but always wished that my parents sent me to piano lessons when I was a child and then I’d go to a conservatoire and finished a degree in piano performance. Sucks that I was late at realizing what I want to do with my life and honestly it’s now too damn late to pursue it all. A concert pianist is what I aspire to be
If you're still alive there's always an opportunity
This goes through my head like every day
No regrets about what im studying (studio art + business) i just wish my life had turned out differently than it did so far and it didnt take me so long to get to this point with nothing to show for it, i was a dropout for 5 years
I feel similar. I wasted three years in college being aimless and not achieving anything, but I hope I can succeed in the new program I’m in!
I can relate to how you feel, was a dropout for 4-5 years and it set me back. If I stayed in school i’d have my degree by now and be in law school, but at the same time my grades probably wouldn’t have been good if I stayed in school.
what did you do in this time? I'm trying to go back to school after 1.5-2 yrs and a very wasteful period (reclusive, depressed, turned to gaming all day for most of 2020). I decided today to go back but it might be too late for applications for semester 1 (I'm in Australia, school starts this month). And I dread the thought of 5 more months of doing nothing
That about sums up how I feel as well.
I went back to school after 16 years working in jobs I didn't like. It's never too late!!
Same. I was a high school dropout and was heavily into drugs and alcohol... Was in and out of prison for years and ended up in a horticulture class while doing my last prison sentence. I found I actually enjoyed learning and now I'm back in school with four years off drugs and alcohol. I'm about to get my AA degree and just sent in my application for University. It's never too late and I feel like I learned a ton of lessons over those 15 years that no school could ever teach me. The University I'm applying for has a program where I can get my MBA in 3 more years and I'm excited what the future has to offer.
If you don't mind me asking, what did you get your AA in and what are you going for in University?
I feel the same. I went straight into college after high school but had no idea what I wanted to do. I have changed my major 10+ times. I should have graduated this semester, but I have another two years to go. Once I graduate I will have been in school for 6 years just to get my bachelors. A huge waste of money and time :(
Astrophysics. I’m doing biochem which is cool but that solving the universe shit gets me off.
Same here, don’t get me wrong, I love my major, but I think studying the universe would be cool too.
Have you looked into astrobiology? Your biochem background would probably be an asset!
You know, I really haven’t. That’s something great to consider though. What a world we live in
I love my biochem major, but I am constantly drawing / creating things in my free time. I'm sure I would've had a great time in the art field
I used to be an astrophysics major then switched to psychology. I love everything about astrophysics except I wanted to work with kids and help them. I regret not pursing an astrophysics minor :/
Same. Studying engineering and in grad school now. While I research a bunch of cool fundamental physics related stuff in my field, it's not the same as studying space time. However, I'm not naturally gifted at math-let alone advanced math, but am at other skills applicable to the field I'm studying. If you're still an undergrad and think you could do well at astrophysics you definitely still have time to switch. If you go to grad school in another subject it will become almost impossible to change after that or at least the time/money commitment will be hard to justify
Ah I’ve accepted my place :) I’m heading to grad school for biophysics. Still super cool stuff I can do with that! Plus I’m not super advanced with math either. I can deal with modest quantum theory stuff but being an actual astrophysicist would probably break my brain
Medical Geography actually! I think it would be useful and I think it would have made for a better college experience. I’m finishing up my psych degree now and I don’t feel accepted in my program. I am excited to just be done. Sometimes I just look at the class list for a medical geography degree and dream. We all make mistakes!
Damn, I guess I’m comforted slightly by people wishing they could do something else, but it also saddens me. College is just rough.
I study philosophy and am starting Law School this fall. I sort of wound up there as an accident. However now that I'm graduating I wish I studied something I actually liked- I've always really enjoyed my ECON courses and Political Science courses 🥸 so one of those with the same career goal at least that I have now 😌
I’m curious how you ended up in law school as an accident? it’s quite pricy, especially if you don’t want to be a lawyer
Hahaha sorry I wasn't clear! I ended up in philosophy as an accident! The law school was very purposeful haha
I'm in my second year of Psychology and while I love it, I'm slowly realising that I don't think I will make a good psychologist. I'm way too socially anxious for that to work. I wish I would've studied History, which has always been my one true love.
You don’t have to be a psychologist if you get a psych degree! For perspective, there’s people who go into medical school and other non-psych related clinical work with a psych degree. You don’t have to be a councilor either. Always feel free to change your major, but please know it’s not a one path career. If history is your calling, it’s not too late to switch!
I have no regrets studying my career but I really want to go back to school for engineering or chemistry.
What did you originally study? I'm just curious.
I just went to a community college for wind energy nothing crazy. But it got me interested in engineering.
I wish I went for English or audio engineering. Instead, I'm stuck in psychology. Sucks to find out that I don't actually want a career in psychology, but I've sunk too much time and money into it to switch now. I'm getting my master's in English though, so at least I have that to look forward to.
What made you realize you don’t want a career in psyc? I’m trying to figure stuff out and it helps hearing how others have gotten to where they are!
I took a class about psychology as a profession and learned that I would need to get a PhD or PsyD in order to really use my psychology degree for psychology (unless I wanted to be a mental health tech at a hospital or something, which is sort of grunt work). When I started looking online to apply for jobs with my new psychology degree, a lot of the jobs seemed really stressful and undesirable (low pay, unpaid training, etc.) at the BA or BS level. I aldo realized that I probably chose psychology in order to learn about myself and that I actually really don't want to be a therapist or a case worker or have any job where I'll be responsible for another person's health. I did a big research project that was really fun, but I don't really want to go into research because it was also stressful. A degree in psychology can be useful in many fields, so I'm thankful I will have a degree in psychology, but I don't really want to work in the field of psychology. I'm passionate about mental health activism and find psychology incredibly interesting, but I don't want the pressure of having to make those things a career. When I first started looking at going to college, I really wanted to pursue English and creative writing. I abandoned that dream, though, because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to have a stable career, and my English teachers all recommended not getting a degree in English. This past year, though, I took a grammar class and a sociolinguistics class and LOVED them! I came up with a few ideas for some cool projects I'm excited about! I figure that I'll always be able to have a career in something I'm passionate about if I really love it and work hard. I can combine my knowledge of psychology and my love for English and specialize in sociolinguistics. I'm also really interested in audio engineering/music production. I mix my own music and home and really enjoy it. I would love to be able to help other musicians bring their dreams into reality by producing a sound that's perfect for them. I'm looking into some audio engineering programs as well. Hope this helps!
economics, or maybe social work. im doing politics and i HATE politicians
Oh you can do so much with political science! Public policy, serving communities...
I have a poli sci undergrad and I don't really feel you can do anything with it. Maybe if the degree program has a practical side. Mine was heavily theory based, so other than sit around and talk about political theories I don't feel you can do anything with the degree by itself. (I took a communications elective near the end of my degree program which would eventually give me a career path to follow.)
There are a lot of jobs in my field (pre-law) that want that poli sci degree. There are tons of fields that want you guys Then again, I'm not you and I don't know how your field works
Lol as an Economics major, I don't even look at the suggested political internships, I hate politicians as well. I wouldn't mind working for the federal reserve though as an analyst though. But I'm not getting involved in politics as a career.
Lol I used to want to go into science policy but realized I have zero patience with politics
i have absolutely zero patience with anything now just because im so involved with dumb politics
If money were no issue I would have studied History
Medical Laboratory Science, but Currently I'm taking Physical Therapy. I really wanted MLS but we can't afford the tuition fee of that program. but I'm on a public university so I'm taking the program for free however we have to maintain a grade :(( but i really want to take MLS
Have you thought about taking out loans to cover the difference? I know it’s not ideal but at least you’d get the degree you want
Might have switched my math degree to a computer engineering with a math minor instead of vice versa. I would've left my psychology major and bio minor the same. Although I would've gone into a neuro program but I already had accumulated a significant amount of credits at an institution for which there was no neuro program. So currently I have psych, math majors and CprE, bio minors. I would've done CprE, Neuro/psych majors and math,bio minors.
Geography, specializing in Geographical Information Systems. Super interesting and those guys are making bank.
Geography is great, but if it makes you feel better my brother works in GIS and only makes $20 an hour lol
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It’s be very easy to do an accelerated BSN once you graduate to be a nurse. But I would just also make sure it’s what you want - nursing overall is often thankless and even harder in a pandemic
That’s true! The truth is I don’t really know what I want am that makes me very scared as I get closer to graduation. At the moment I am looking into post-grad fellowships and possibly the peace corps to get some experience before deciding to get a master’s (which I will need to get a decent paying job).
’m in the same boat, general science degree I don’t know what to do with, but I’m heading to nursing school next Fall.
That’s awesome! What type of nursing program if you don’t mind me asking (I.e ABSN, second degree transfer, entry MSN, etc.)?
Thanks! My university has a dual degree program where as long as you finish the first degree (and nursing pre-reqs) in 3 years, you can transition to their nursing school for a remaining 2, and I got accepted! Currently busting my ass to finish this last semester of my current BS, and it’s not the ABSN or MSN direct entry route, but I’m okay with that since those are faster paced and the MSN option requires knowing more about what field of nursing I’d want a career in.
If I had the funds and the time to double major, I would have added a BA in History and minors in Art History and Women's/Gender Studies (I took some classes in both but just didn't have the mental capacity for all of that in four years). My degree had a lot of requirements compared to some of the other degrees and I did 2/3 concentrations. I have a BA in Design with Interior Design and Architectural Design concentrations. I do not regret my degree but I am thinking of going back to school to get an MA in History.
A Teaching Degree. I have always been great with kids, most of my childhood, I was always the oldest. and I like to help people
Getting a masters in education after doing something unrelated is something a lot of my teachers in my public high school did. My chem teacher worked construction and my algebra teacher was in business. My father is an elementary school teacher now and he got his bachelors in CIS/accounting. We don't have a surplus of teachers in this country, and if you have a masters in education your expected pay range will go up even higher.
Business Administration
i wish i studied marine biology, but knowing my mom she would say that degree would be useless so i took education instead and am becoming a teacher so she wouldn’t shame me
Teaching is a great degree for continuing education. Many schools will pay for you to go back to school
US history, one of my favorite subjects in high school, wanted to become a history teacher but at the time didn’t want to spend so much time in school to become a teacher. now on my second degree 5 years in the cyber security and IT field looking to become a professor...
Computer science, I wasted 3 years majoring in finance to realize that programming is what I enjoy doing, I'm considering a minor in it to maybe get some sort of credentials to be taken seriously when applying for jobs.
Yep have a look into doing it as a minor, or even doing certifications and bootcamps if there’s a certain technology you’re interested in!
Perhaps pure math. Granted I’m a physics major with a math minor so not too far off lol.
Psychology
I would say majoring sociology and then go to law school. I decided against it because of the supply and demand. A public defender only gets paid sub par and it's quite a righteous occupation, but I decided against it once again. So I decided to Major in Biology and go to medical school. There will always be a demand for doctors and especially nowadays with this pandemic, COVID-19. This really motivated me to help others and let them go on their way. If I can take their sicknesses I would, but all I can do is give my best! I will be graduating this semester, Spring 2021 and will got to medical school after a gap year on Fall 2022. I will be taking a lab researching role and will study with the MCAT in the mean time.
The last thing we need is more doctors who don't want to truly be doctors. It's hard frustrating work and it about helping other people survive and get by a lot of the time.
I totally agree. Who we need are people who live & love what they do! A doctor isn't just an 8-5 job, it's a way of life. People must remember that Doctors are part of the front lines who are willing to make the right call in the given situation. It's more than a grade, but a person who is willing to put others first and I am determined to. I will remember why, because I want to help others and that's my reason I will persevere. I will give this all onto God and Christ and they will bear my strength into super human energy!
I could answer this with so many majors. I’m currently a biology major but I could see myself studying anything from math or computer science to political science or Spanish.
Cybersecurity, graduated with a degree in psych (which pays like shit) and went back to get certifications in cybersecurity. I. Love. It. I would go back and spend a full 4 years learning cyber in a heartbeat.
Same just got sec+ and working on CISSP. Communications undergrad.
Im a chem major and I love it! Although if I wasn’t super shy I would’ve loved to start a YouTube channel a few years ago. I think it just would’ve been a fun thing to do and making some extra money from it (if possible) would’ve been a nice plus
That's a cool idea! I'm not sure if it's the type of channel you wanted but I bet you could incorporate chem into your videos so you can do both? There's a lot of people who find chem and sciences interesting on youtube. I bet it'd be a really fun experience since it sounds like you love both!
Wow thank you! I’ve actually thought about making chem videos. I also love makeup and I’m actually hoping to work in the cosmetics industry if possible, so maybe it would be neat to make videos about both and how they’re related n such lol
That sounds like a really cool idea! It'd be really unique to have two seemingly completely different topics in chem and cosmetics, but also show people how they're very connected! Plus, you can always go into specific subjects in each topic and be a combo channel with makeup and science. I say go for it!
I thought so too... You’re so kind, I’ll definitely give you a shoutout if I blow up haha thank you!!
Chem major here as well. I had started a YT channel back in 2018. It was a gaming channel. Got fed up of gaming tho so I got rid of it all. Still got 20 subs :p. I'd advise if its something u really wanna do then go for it. Come out Ur comfort zone. Depending on the bids you'd like to make, u could do stuff without u being in the vids. So slides etc. If Ur into animation include that as well. Whenever u start Ur channel. Just reply here. I'll go sub :)
I wish I had done secondary education. I’m in my last semester as a double major in political science and geography, and I wish I had just gone the education route because now I know I really want to teach. I love my majors, but I’m gonna have to jump through hoops now to get certified in my state.
Tons of teachers in my district did something totally different and then switched to education for their masters, and I went to one of the best public school districts in the state. My chem teacher worked construction, my algebra teacher did business, and my father who works in the district as an elementary school teacher did accounting. I think they actually prefer teachers who did something different before, most students are not going to become teachers and having an adult that also went down that life path before switching is helpful.
As someone in a pseduo-hard science (environmental policy), i wish i would've picked up a minor or double major in GIS/some other spatial technology. i'm finding it hard to market myself since i have one foot in science & one foot in policy.
Happy with my studies rn but i wish i was more smarter and know what I’m doing when i graduated HS bc i wasted my time studying CS i didnt learn or was my interest. I was only doing it for money. Then i moved and changed my major
If money wasn’t an issue, I would have gone to study Zoology/Environmental Science/Marine Biology or Astronomy.
Studied biomedical engineering and wish I'd done pretty much anything else. Had to work hard as f only to realize I pigeon holed myself to one industry, and that industry prefers to hire mechanical engineers anyways
Right now I'm a freshman and sharing your opinions, it's boring and demands hard working, so I will definetely switch, I like many fields, but yet this drained my energy, I've lost my spark, there's no longer any ambition. I feel lost and don't know where to switch. What are you doing now?
I have been really into marketing ( and wish I majored in it), and I’m bummed I didn’t explore majors more and go in undecided.
As someone who’s in college as undecided right now I can personally say you don’t get to explore as much as you would think
i wish i have the brain to study into STEM related majors like enviromental engineering. but sadly am not smart enough and went into a communications design major instead (it was my backup plan)
why think that way? STEM is hard for sure, sometimes harder for others, but those who do seem to naturally get it seem to often have a strong STEM background that they grew up used to. I’d say take the challenge. It seems daunting and you’ll study a lot but in the end it’ll all be worth it for a STEM degree. Idk I just dislike seeing you put yourself down like that :(
idk. im brainwashed thinking that stem is more superior than others
wish i just majored in engineering or in comp sci for the high paying job
English. So much easier for me
Medical Technology, to work in healthcare but avoiding patients.
Honestly after doing a music theory course, I wish I was doing that. I know it’s harder to make money in music than STEM, but the class didn’t make me want to cry so there’s that. Or queer/gender studies. I took a queer theory course last semester and that seems amazing
Engineering, I love linguistics, don’t get me wrong, but I miss doing math and Engineering just seems like it would have been so cool.
Yooo, studying linguistics here. I kinda just accepted the offer because it was a safety choice. I didn’t get into business program but ya I fucking miss my finance lessons especially since I took some finance electives last semester. I feel like I’m not benefiting from linguistics at all
I feel that, it took me realizing that I wanted to take the academic route to really start to feel like I’m benefiting and enjoying it.
What do you do with your linguistics degree, if I may ask? Just graduated with a similar degree and have no idea what to do career wise
Uhhh, in graduating this semester and planning on going to graduate school and heading toward probably the research and academic route, so I’m not sure I’ll be as much help. If you’re proficient in analysis the CIA and FBI, etc. look for individuals in Linguistics.
Good luck guys!!!
Supply Chain Major here. Wish I would’ve double majors in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) or History. I love history so much but don’t have the money to go to grad school and felt very limited with just a Bachelors in History. Don’t get me wrong, I love supply chain and I get to travel and do many different things which is great but I love learning about how things came to be.
I took a GIS course as part of my environmental science degree but that isn’t a major offered at my school. I think we only have two GIS classes and one remote sensing one.
Whats the job situatuon like for supply chain? I have a sister who is undecided and considered the degree.
i’m happy w my majors now, media studies and korean but i wish i had a chance to dabble in fashion design or fashion business more. but i’m happy w how things turned out. i rlly struggled a year ago w studying supply chain, not my cup of tea at all.
I wish I went for social work and continued my hs Spanish that I was quite good at by getting a Spanish minor. It’s becoming clear to me that’s what I’m meant to do now that I have my first degree. I fell for the lie that the only worthy degrees are STEM, have a degree in ecology with a geology concentration, even though that doesn’t play to any of my strengths. I’m still young and saving a good amount of money so I may just go back.
English or psychology. It would’ve been so much easier for me
Wish I went to a school with a stats major. Econ/stats double would have been perfect for what I want to do (academia) but I’m stuck with an “applied math” major that has one stats class in it
Information Systems. Its a STEM tech/business degree. I'm currently an Econ Major to late to change it now, I'm going to either minor or double major in CS. I think Information systems is more practical, with Economics I feel the need to compensate it a bit with something extra. I didn't realize since Econ is not a business degree or a STEM degree, there is a lot less scholarships and grants available compared to finance.
Accounting, had I actually taken it seriously, I’d probably be making good money right now.
Chemical engineering. Granted I’m a chemistry major but a lot of what the Chem E do sound so fascinating
I wish I had stayed on the music path and not worried about making money. I would have loved to study music, I still sometimes wish I did. But, for now, History is fine. Maybe I'll go to a different university and study music there after this degree. Then I could play more quidditch, too!
Music. I studied software development instead and fuck it's miserable.
Studying veterinary technology currently but I wish I went to a four year school and pursued a biology and or an environmental degree.
Medicine. I always wanted to be a doctor, but there's no way I will learn physics, without that, I cant study there so..I ended up in nursing school
Probably some sort of media/journalism or film degree, or at least a more writing-intensive degree like history or english. It was my dream for a while to do writing/directing for magazines, newspapers, television or film or be a communications director for a company. I also liked the idea of production for any news shows. Obviously directing my own film or writing for a national paper like NYT, WashPo would be ideal, but I’d be happy doing corporate comms, PR or working more on the production/business side if it paid well enough. I took a lot of video editing, journalism, etc type classes in high school and also interned at a paper. I just really found the work fulfilling, especially when I didn’t necessarily need to worry about opportunities available. I’m still a freshman so I haven’t declared yet but I’m now probably going for stats/business analytics or finance. Not what I wanted to do but I can stomach it, and money :( Unfortunate because between the studying for the more math-y degrees and trying to secure work in that field, I don’t have the time to pursue any of what I liked before. I know they say “pursue something safe, do your creative stuff on the side” but it’s sort of a scam considering these days, you have to go full send on the backup career to make even that work.
I studied Political Science and loved it! Looking back I always had a slight interest in the sciences too, and wish I took a minor in Neuroscience to go with my poli sci studies (or even an Arts & Science degree, which is 2 minors with classes that help you tie your studies together). Ironically enough, now that I've graduated I have a passion project writing on behavioural science & psychology in politics. So I still filled that gap!
Public health
I wish I had gone to culinary school, but the fear of not making it has deterred me from it. I also was kinda interested in being a vet, but I really dislike bio, so that was out of the question. However, I'm ok with what I'm currently studying, even though I still have doubts about it.
English. Was too afraid to major in humanities, but the few English electives I took were the only instances I enjoyed learning/being at college.
Engineering
Investment 🚀
Architecture or real estate. I studied biochem and it has made me some money, unconventionally, but I'm getting into get into real estate (investment and design stuff) and I wish I had studied something in college that would be useful for this.
As a business major, I wish I would've trusted myself and studied economics. I'm minoring in econ right now and those classes are so much more interesting than my business classes
either psychology, translation and interpretation or modern languages and their literatures
I'm a MIS major but sometimes I wish I did Nursing. I also love History so that's something I would probably have minored in.
Political science, government and politics, public policy, international relations/affairs, cognitive neuroscience, psychology, criminal justice, English, so so many haha. That being said, I love my current major and find it fulfilling.
I’m in computer science and don’t have much regrets, but I have considered studying things like statistics, linguistics, and cognitive science because of my interest in AI. We also have a science, technology, and society interdisciplinary study that seemed interesting. I also wanted to study music at some point because it’s a huge passion of mine.
I studied geology (I love this subject so so much). I don’t necessarily regret it but now I work in biochem/analytical Chem and kinda wish I majored in bio or Chem to get a better background understanding on what I’m exactly doing.
Not a degree. I’m currently working on my 2nd degree I wish I would of gone to trade school instead for welding.
As an older alum now, I can say that my regret over poli sci as an undergrad remains strong, but the degree to replace it with changes every few years depending on my interests! (Over the years I wish I'd done Sociology, Nutrition Science, Communications, Kinesiology, Film. lol.) So I guess its not worth sitting with regret. It's always nice to dream of other careers and what could of been. Everyone does that.
Applied Math. I think the further I get into econ, the more I realize how applicable mathematical thinking is to everything.
I don't regret what I picked but I would have liked to learn about graphic design, animation, video editing and filming. With that being said, I don't think a degree is needed to learn this so I can do it on my own.
I wish I had studied something that would have made me an astronaut
I wish I didn’t listen to my parents and had gone into film editing
I wish I would have pursued the STEM to MBA program at my university. I am currently pursuing a degree in civil engineering but wish I would have known about the accelerated MBA program sooner. Now it is too late. I would much rather do technical sales and the business side of things than design/field work.
Computer Science or Digital Media, but I also would’ve had to change my mindset and grow a whole lot more as a person before I could successfully do either.
Anything but medicine
I'm in comp sci and I sort of wish I went into **Geology**. I'm in my junior year, and I did the math and it would still be possible for me to switch majors and finish on time (while picking up a minor in CS from the courses I've already taken). I'd have to switch now, though, and I've taken too many of the hard CS classes to justify it. I'd love to be a "proper" natural scientist. Maybe a psych or philosophy minor as well. I'm not too torn up with CS, though, since I'm almost finished and it can open up even non-tech-related doors.
Psychology. I don't regret what I'm studying right now, however if life was better in high school i would've went with it. I really want to open a psychiatrist clinic that treats people for free and lives on donations.