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galen  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: October 1, 2014

I got 3 hours of sleep last night, and I feel fantastic. The 2.5 cups of coffee I had this morning probably didn't hurt.

Also I don't know what to do with my life. I'm thinking I want to major in Poli Sci, Philosophy, and/or Music, but idk which ones. I think if I majored in Poli Sci I'd want to go into Internet policy (maybe after grad school). And obviously with music I want to play drums for a living. Philosophy I just want because I like philosophy (so that might be a minor). How does one decide?





lil  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

galen - go to a university that doesn't make you declare a major for two years. Take as much of everything as you can until you fall in love with something. You are only 12. You don't need to decide yet.

OK maybe 14.

or 15. or just turned 16. I don't know, maybe 16.5.

galen  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

15 :)

OftenBen  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Don't do philosophy. Get it as a minor maybe, but not a major unless you're planning on law school/med school and even then there are better options.

Get a major in something that will get you paid, minor in something you love.

user-inactivated  ·  3887 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't feel that there is a good way to decide prior to diving in. I did it via process of elimination. Unless you're doing STEM, it doesn't matter so much for the first two years of college anyway. That's your best opportunity to narrow it down.