Best and worst college majors?
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Anything in business, engineering, or the sciences is great. If you go the humanities route, just be sure to balance class time with internships and independent research, both of which will make you more marketable.  A humanities major also gives you more flexibility in your career path. Worst major? Something you absolutely hate or aren't good at--you'll eventually regret it.\n\nThe Princeton Review.com listed these starting salaries for their most popular majors: \nElectrical Engineering $51,372\nAccounting $41,110\nEconomics/Finance $40,906\nBusiness Administration/Management $38,188\nMarketing $35,321\nPolitical Science $32,999\nEnglish $31,169\nBiology $29,750\nPsychology $27,791\nJournalism $27,646\n\nYou may want to check out the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which tells you about different professions, education needed, salary, and job outlook. Go to http://www.bls.gov/oco\n\nAlso check out the source links I cited.
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Pick what you think is an average college, go to their website and see.  Here is NCSU\n\nhttp://www.ncsu.edu/majors-careers/do_with_major_in/searchresults.php?type=all
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This site lists the best colleges and universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Reports magazine. There are several categories:\n\nNational universities (these offer doctoral programs and are nationally known)\nMaster's universities (these are categorized according to the region of the U.S. they are located in)\nLiberal Arts Colleges\nComprehensive Colleges (these offer more majors such as Nursing that lead to a specialized career than the liberal arts colleges)\nBusiness Programs\nEngineering Programs\n\nJust because an institution is not listed does not mean that it is not a good college or university, but these are the ones that are the most stable financially, have the best faculty, are ranked highest by their peer institutions, etc.
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Depends on what you want to major in, what kind of career you want, and what size school you want to go to. Most of the earlier suggestions were for larger state schools. If this is what you want, great. But there are lots of fine small colleges that will give you a very different educational experience. Small classes, exciting residence life, and great interaction with real professors. Consider:\n\nPomona College\nHarvey Mudd (if you are interested in engineering or technology)\nClaremont McKenna College
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It depends on how you are defining useless. I majored in philosophy. Now from a perspective of getting paid to be a philosopher (besides teaching it) you could call it useless. However, if you look at the skills acquired from the major it has been invaluable. The ability to formulate logical arguments, attack another's position, critically analyze ideas, etc. comes up daily both professionally and in my personal life. A history major develops the ability to efficiently do research (doesn't have to be limited to history could be used for anything). A English major learns how to communicate effectively through written word. All majors have underlying skills that will be useful in life. Most people miss out on this and solely focus on getting an 'A' on their paper rather than learning the skills that will result in the 'A'. \n\nSo in a way it doesn't matter what major you choose unless you want to be something specific like a doctor or engineer. But just because there are no direct jobs related to the major does not mean that the major is usless.
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Depends on what interests you, but I'll assume you're wondering what majors are most employable after graduation. Based on quite a few years since my own graduation (and given my particular interests and talents), I should have majored in economics or mathematics or geology - if my goal were simply employment.  But in fact I'm happy to have taken anthropology and political science and history and film.\n\nPlease capitalize your sentences in future posts. Thank you.
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I hated math.  I'm really religous.  I liked the idea of teaching.  I love history.  I tried Elementary Ed loved the idea, still do but I'm afraid to say it didn't feel right.  I tried History major, Got F's.  I took some classes on the Bible, Got D's.  Then I tried Engineering.  Got A's.  I'm now a Assembly Process Engineer.  Go for all of them, you're probably good at what you hate!
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Well, if you mean which one is the best overall (not best for you) then i'd have to say Aerospace Engineering. Aerospace is the hardest degree to earn imao and covers so many areas of study in engineering that most Aerospace Engineers become "systems engineers" because of their broad base of information. Systems engineers control and oversee groups of people working on a project and ensure that everyone's ideas and subsystems create the desired product. Therefore these people are usually management level of some sort.\n\nSecondly, the job demand for Aerospace engineers has shot out the roof lately, with large government contracts being created at Lockheed Martin, Boeing's latest return to market domination, and the immenent retire of many aging Aerospace Engineers the market is great for any undergrad in Aerospace. Lastly it pays really well and you get to call yourself a rocket scientist.
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My top 3 are:\nJFK\nLincoln\nFDR\n\nMy worst 3 are the same as yours.
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That depends on what you're majoring in, but I would say NYU is not a bad bet.
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Best at what?  Scholarly research?  Formation?  Location?  Collegial spirit?  Involvement with the world?  Check with your vocations director.
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In the US, the most popular college majors are, in order, Business, Psychology, Elementary Education, Biology, Nursing, Education, English, Communications, Computer Science, and Political Science.\n\nIn my opinion (which is supported by research), these majors are the most popular choices because today, students are most anxious about employment after college, and overwhelmingly tend to choose majors that they think will help them get the best-paying and most stable employment after they graduate.  (Unfortunately, they may not be correct in this thinking.)\n\nThis is a new trend.  In the 1960s and 1970s, the most popular majors were English, Philosophy, and History.  Students back then chose majors which they believed would help them to think about, write about, and evaluate the world in which they lived.  They understood that college majors were designed to teach students about various ways of thinking and evaluating evidence, and were not necessarily directly tied to future fields of employment.\n\nThere is a trend today, however, toward gearing majors more and more directly toward specific employment after graduation.  For example, departments of business, engineering, and computer science have grown exponentially to meet this generation's expectations.  In addition, community colleges and trade schools have seen much growth over the past decade, reflecting this generation's desire for employment-driven education.\n\nThis may be more information than you asked for, but your question is an excellent one, and is of great interest to me because I teach at the university level.
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Wow, she's depressing.  I've actually loved a lot of the college classes I took.  I've got one now that I hate, but you can't win 'em all, right?  Actually, college classes are usually a lot MORE interesting than what I got in high school.  I can't speak about Chemistry much (I've managed to avoid it most of my life), but I've found that most subjects in college just go deeper into areas I didn't know existed, and I got to find out lots of neat things.  I suspect you'll find you like some of what you find in college, and not so much in others.  But if you like Chemistry, give it a try.  A lot of how much you like a subject in college depends a lot on how good the people teaching it are.  You can always change your major if you don't like the professors or something.  As long as you've decided for sure by the beginning of your 3rd year, you are probably not going to lose much time.
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Here are two sites that have the information that you want. Remember, though, that there will be lots of job titles listed for each major, so it isn't a "one-on-one" list.\n\nWhat Can I Do with a Major In:\nhttp://www.career.fsu.edu/ccis/matchmajor/matchmenu.html\n\nWhat Can I Do with This Degree?\nhttp://careers.wcu.edu/majors.asp\n\nMajor to Career Converter:\nhttp://content.monstertrak.monster.com/tools/careerconverter/
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i think that's dependant upon what you are looking to study. i would compare the rankings in the quality of each for the major you are considering and then base your opinion from that.
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English\n\nBtw...Comm. College isn't a joke...You are for saying that.
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i'm a chem major.. it's n ot as bad as people make it seem to be. although there are the hard courses like analytical and physical chem.. the others aren't bad.. the labs are long for since it takes time for reactions to occur but its fun.. even though i'm majoring in chem i still had to take physics and that probably the worse classes i had.. in my opinion.. so if you like sciences and all that stuff i would really recommend chemistry over physics anytime... good luck..