Comments on: Switching Majors or Careers http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/switching-majors-or-careers/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:55:42 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve @ Start-Up http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/switching-majors-or-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Steve @ Start-Up Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:25:55 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=652#comment-1969 If you do plan on switching majors completely, to the point where not many classes transfer for your new major, I would recommend going the junior college route. Make sure you know that you have a real interest in that major before finishing it off. That's a lot of wasted money to stick it out at a university, especially if financial aid was only available for your first 4 years. If you do plan on switching majors completely, to the point where not many classes transfer for your new major, I would recommend going the junior college route. Make sure you know that you have a real interest in that major before finishing it off. That’s a lot of wasted money to stick it out at a university, especially if financial aid was only available for your first 4 years.

]]> By: Studenomist http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/switching-majors-or-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-1964 Studenomist Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:32:12 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=652#comment-1964 @MyLifeROI A double major is a great idea and I could definitely see it leading to many job opportunities after college. Thank you for your continued discussion and support of Studenomics! @Stephanie PTY Thank you for bringing up the idea of the Masters program because to be honest it completely slipped my mind. That's actually an amazing idea because you are so much better off in most cases completing college if you are almost done and then applying to a different Masters program. In fact I'm sure we have all met someone in our life that has a MBA but a completely irrelevant undergraduate degree. @MyLifeROI A double major is a great idea and I could definitely see it leading to many job opportunities after college. Thank you for your continued discussion and support of Studenomics!

@Stephanie PTY Thank you for bringing up the idea of the Masters program because to be honest it completely slipped my mind. That’s actually an amazing idea because you are so much better off in most cases completing college if you are almost done and then applying to a different Masters program. In fact I’m sure we have all met someone in our life that has a MBA but a completely irrelevant undergraduate degree.

]]> By: Stephanie PTY http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/switching-majors-or-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-1963 Stephanie PTY Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:17:39 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=652#comment-1963 Yeah, I switched majors... sort of. It was during my junior year, and what I did was switch to a multidisciplinary studies major, which allowed me to add business studies in as a second concentration to my existing major. Not quite the same as double-majoring, but close. Also, it allowed me to get a B.S. instead of a B.F.A., which some people say is worth more! I think if you're in your senior year, the best thing may be to finish up your Bachelor's and then consider pursuing a Masters program in whatever the other thing is. A lot of people have Bachelor's and Master's in completely different things, and it might be the way to go if you have a change of heart, for whatever reason, at the last minute. Yeah, I switched majors… sort of. It was during my junior year, and what I did was switch to a multidisciplinary studies major, which allowed me to add business studies in as a second concentration to my existing major. Not quite the same as double-majoring, but close. Also, it allowed me to get a B.S. instead of a B.F.A., which some people say is worth more!

I think if you’re in your senior year, the best thing may be to finish up your Bachelor’s and then consider pursuing a Masters program in whatever the other thing is. A lot of people have Bachelor’s and Master’s in completely different things, and it might be the way to go if you have a change of heart, for whatever reason, at the last minute.

]]> By: MyLifeROI http://studenomics.com/outside-the-box-thinking/switching-majors-or-careers/comment-page-1/#comment-1959 MyLifeROI Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:46:34 +0000 http://studenomics.com/?p=652#comment-1959 I think my main issue was that the seniors I knew who switched majors were doing and going to another major they weren't sure about. And the fact that they probably could have just done 1-2 more classes and gotten a double major. Why not? (in my mind) But I definitely agree that people should evaluate their major choice very carefully! And then continuously re-assess if it was a good choice. I think my main issue was that the seniors I knew who switched majors were doing and going to another major they weren’t sure about.

And the fact that they probably could have just done 1-2 more classes and gotten a double major. Why not? (in my mind)

But I definitely agree that people should evaluate their major choice very carefully! And then continuously re-assess if it was a good choice.

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