So, what's your major?

One of the great things about college is that everyone receives a standard issue pick-up line to use whenever you'd like--"What's your major?"  I'm not saying it's a good line.  But it's a line, and it's an opener that won't offend anybody.  Sometimes you just need a good opener.

But you don't necessarily need an answer to that question when you're applying to college.

Obviously, when you’re considering a college, you need to think about what you want to study.  But keep one thing in mind—the average college student changes his or her major twice while they are in college.  If you don’t know what you want to study, don’t panic—it’s normal.  You’ll just want to make sure that you pick a school that can accommodate students who don’t know what they want to study. 

If you think you are interested in business, it obviously wouldn’t make sense for you to apply to eight colleges that don’t offer a business major.  But we recommend that you don’t focus all of your college match efforts on the availability or reported strength of a major.  After all, if you elect to attend a college because it has a strong business program, and you decide after the first semester that you no longer want to be a business major, you might regret your choice of college.   

Here’s a tip.  Let's say you think you might want to be a business major.  Visit the websites of a few schools that interest you and read about their business programs.  Print up a list of the required courses you’ll have to take as a business major, along with the descriptions of what is taught in each course.  If you say to yourself, “Calculus?  Finance? Accounting?  Statistics?  I thought I was going to be learning how to do marketing and advertising!” then you know that this particular business program might not be for you. 

Comments

[captive insurance company]

Come on now, no one actually uses that line. Sure, it might come up in a normal conversation, but no one opens up with that! Its just funny to joke about it, that's all. ;)