Undergrad uni degrees. Boring one or fun one?

I must be crazy, but I didn't find most business classes boring. It must have been the professors. Just be warned that there really isn't an "easy" major. All majors require a good amount of studying and dedication. Unless you're a political science or communications major.

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Originally Posted by Calculusaurus

This is a question you can only answer yourself.

I'm getting a degree in physics, and there aren't tons and tons of physics jobs out there.

But guess what? I like physics, so I'm majoring in it. That's what school is about for me. It's about learning, not some tool you use so that you can find a job later on.

It never occured to you that people also major in business, engineering, architecture because maybe they enjoy the subject? Maybe they wish to you know, expand their knowledge in those areas.

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I also like challenges. The fact that I will have to go to grad school for any hope of a decent job is exciting. Grad school is just another way to challenge my mind--so it's good in my book.

Nowadays, it's recommended that most undergrads also attend grad school. People majoring in business usually have to go to grad school if they wish to pursue further into their careers. Yes, and business students never use their brains. Yes.

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Some people like to go the path of least resistence in life. These people tend to get "normal" degrees like business or computer science--that is, degrees where there's a clear, obvious job market for. These people don't like making big, life-changing decisions. They like the world set out for them.

What the fuck? You're implying that physics majors has so obscure enlightening job ready for them? You think just because you're a business major or computer science major, a job is guaranteed? Where the hell have you been? You've never seen people who go to a dozen interviews, join various clubs, network, go to grad school, and such just to get a job? There's so much more required of students to do then you know, just study.

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A lot of these people go for pre-med degrees. They think, "Oooh, I want to be a doctor." They realize that there is a clear job--doctor--waiting for them once they graduate, and it makes lots of money to boot. Many of these students change their minds once they realize that the academic pre-med route is... wait for it... challenging!

Hmm I guess you sort of forgot why these people go to college in the first place. They wanted to become doctors to maybe help people. Sure, many do drop out of the pre-med program, but many also persist on, spending hours and hours studying, trying to pass their MCATS and get into grad school. Every major is challenging in its own ways. You may say, "oh but business majors have it so easy though! All they do is memorize some theories (ie supply and demand curve, supply goes up, price goes down) and stuff." Has it occurred to you that those theories, like many of your physics theories, are just the basic concepts, and that it requires a hell of a lot of more work and computations when applied to real life?

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So ask yourself, why are you going to college?

If you are going for a degree to land you an easy job, then realize that and choose accordingly.

If you are going to college to learn and live passionately through your academic career, then realize that and choose accordingly.

God. Don't give me that bullshit. I think most people, including people who are majoring in business, computer science, etc, go to college because they have a passion for what they learn.

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I'd rather live courageously and passionately than living with a fear of what degree offers more employability.

I recommend having that mindset, but I can't choose for you. Some people really like the false comfort of employability.

Live courageously and passionately. Hah! So you're saying that someone like an accountant doesn't live courageously and passionately? Accountants whose ethics are constantly tested? Accountants who are moral enough to not cheat on tax returns, or audits, or financial statements? Accountants who know the loop holes to cheat the system and make millions for themselves, yet don't because it's not the ethical thing? Accountants who spend their careers trying to stop such things like Enron or WorldCom from happening again?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Well you came off really arrogant on your first post, as if just because you're a physics major, you're living your life to the fullest, while other majors (engineering, computer science, business, doctors) don't. I originally thought you were trying to say that if employment was one of your reasons for picking your major, despite the fact that you have a passion for it, you were some phony or something.

I see where I misread your post.


But XSO, please do yourself a favor and don't become a business major if you know you're going to hate it. What you can do is take a general business class (though they tend to be very watered down and you won't learn much), and see if you like it or not.

Employment tends to be determined a lot on networking too. So if you have a vast network, you don't necessarily have to be a business student to land a good job. There are many non-business students who start up successful companies or end up as CEOs and such. So start networking. A reason why there are many business students besides the money is that it gives them flexibility the quickest. Business is a very broad category. Good business schools prepares its students so they can branch off into any industry they want like entertainment, sports, graphics design, etc.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.