Five Ways to Decide on a Major

You Know This Is What You Were Born To Studyappointment with your academic adviser to talk over
This way is undoubtedly the easiest. It seems likethe question of what you should major in. Your
some people are born with a passion or anthropologyadviser can look at your high school transcript, talk to
or architecture. Maybe they are, maybe they're not,you about what you love and hate to study, and
but by the time they are college freshmen they havewhat you might like to do for work. To make this
a fully formed idea of what makes them passionatemeeting even more productive, you can think about
when they study it. If you are one these luckythese things beforehand. As a result of your talk with
people, you don't need to read any further.your academic adviser, you should have a list of
You Know This Is What You Were Born To Do Forsubject areas for consideration. And where, you
Workmight ask, do you go from there?
You are similar to people in the previous category,You Talked To Faculty Members
but while they seem predestined to study in a certainFind the subjects on the list you made with your
field, you have always known that you wanted to beacademic adviser and email the department heads in
a sports agent, for example, or a political operative.the various departments you've identified. Ask that
People like you also have a pretty easy time ofperson if you could drop by and talk about what it
picking a major. What you should to do to decide onwould be like to major in that area. A department
yours is to look up the biographies of people whohead's job (part of it, anyway) is to administer all of
have the jobs you would like to have and find outthe majors in the program, so that person will be
what they studied. If one of these people happensable to give you a good idea about whether or not
to be an alum of your school, you should email themyou and his or her subject are a good match.
and ask them how they got to be where they are.You Heard An Exciting Rumor In The Dorm
You Met With Your Academic AdviserKeep your ears open to what your peers are
If you're not sure, the first thing you should realize isstudying. Talk to people about what they're taking
that you're not alone. There are a bunch of people inand whether or not they like it. You might end up
your class who also don't know what to major in,with a major you'd have never dreamed you'd
first of all. Secondly, none of you are alone becausepursue, but one that will keep you fascinated for
all of you have academic advisers. Make anyour college career and beyond.