Choosing a Major

Much of your decision will be based on which school you go to and what you want to do. Some majors are directly related to specific careers. For example, if you hope to work as a doctor, regardless of your major, you will need to take pre-med courses and you'll most likely pick one of the sciences as your major.

If you hope to be an English teacher at the high school or college level, the logical major to choose is English. Sounds obvious for those career choices, but there are many careers that don't require specific majors or courses.

If you don't have a specific career goal in mind, it might be best to choose a major that is interesting to you at this time in your life. By choosing what truly interests you, you will grow intellectually and, hopefully, excel academically.

Changing Your Mind

Keep in mind that if you decide later that you truly, deeply, madly, want to work at some profession completely unrelated to your major, you still can. You might have to go back to school and take the core courses you need, but you still can pursue your dream.