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re: If you could go back and choose a different college major, would you?

Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:32 pm to
Posted by PetreauxCat
TX
Member since May 2009
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Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:32 pm to
No... Pete grad
Posted by N2cars
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Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
72452 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:33 pm to
I'm a physical therapist. I honestly think I would've either become a physician (non surgeon) or just gone into construction as I've become much more interested in building and carpentry since I entered my 30s. Pie in the sky would've went into zoology as I worked at audubon when I was a kid and wanted to pursue this but they don't make a damn thing.

I'm actually going to get a general contractors license in about 6 months.
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 8:37 pm
Posted by BoomerJam
Lumpkin Street
Member since Sep 2010
1102 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:37 pm to
Definitely happy where I'm at in life, but I would have majored in ecology, horticulture or environmental science. They were always my favorite classes in undergrad.
Posted by McCaigBro69
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Member since Oct 2014
45350 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:41 pm to
I majored in broadcast journalism and work in the sports media now and that's pretty great but I took for granted all the weekends I had off. I only have off weird days now and I never get to make it back home for Baylor football games.

It's cool getting to go to a lot of the DFW sports events, but sometimes I wish I could just watch college football on saturday and get trashed with my friends.
Posted by SEC. 593
Chicago
Member since Aug 2012
4416 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:43 pm to
I majored in Biochem. Love what I do, but every once in awhile I wish for something more easy going.

I'd love to be a botanist or an electrician.
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26993 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:44 pm to
I'm an engineer in the oilfield. I always thought the medical field would of been a better career. Wish I had given it more thought. There is always sick people. No up and down cycles with that career.
Posted by Starchild
Member since May 2010
13550 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:44 pm to
I'd absolutely do engineering
Posted by King Slender
Member since Apr 2016
107 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:45 pm to
I definitely would've picked culinary. Unfortunately they didn't offer it back then.
Posted by Aux Arc
SW Missouri
Member since Oct 2011
2184 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:47 pm to
The grass is not always greener. I see many who I was envious of, with more money who are unhappy people. But if you're going to spend the money for college, get a degree that has value. otherwise, don't bother.
Posted by ShortyRob
Member since Oct 2008
82116 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:50 pm to
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If you could go back and choose a different college major, would you?



Yes. I would go back and get an engineering degree.
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72800 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 8:57 pm to
I did mechanical engineering. Only thing I would change would be putting more effort into it, and maybe some time in the service immediately post-graduation.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43031 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:00 pm to
shite yeah man. Companies are hiring welders right out of school for $35+/hr now. I met this chick welder that was making $42/hr at her first job and all she did was go to welding school
quote:

I'd go to college forever
Been there, done that. It's a stupid idea
This post was edited on 4/12/16 at 9:02 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
Here
Member since Jan 2011
72800 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:03 pm to
Part of me wanted to do trade school.

If I HAD to change my major from mechanical, I would have done chemical.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:07 pm to
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Currently majoring in meteorology. Too far along to switch. If I could I'd switch to math education


Funny because if I could go back, I'd do meteorology.
Posted by KamaCausey_LSU
Member since Apr 2013
17843 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:08 pm to
Would have never started out in Chemical Engineering.
Posted by DonChowder
Sonoma County
Member since Dec 2012
9249 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:09 pm to
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No... Pete grad
Same. Love the world of drilling.
Posted by white perch
the bright, happy side of hell
Member since Apr 2012
7698 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:11 pm to
also, that River Monster guy. where they hell was that job posted on the bio hall job board?!?!?!?!?!?

that wouldve been straight up bad arse

Posted by Captain Lafitte
Barataria Bay
Member since Nov 2012
6543 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:11 pm to
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Theres degrees at some universities for this.
Yep, had a person in my Geography class that was getting a degree for Park Management.
Posted by chrome_daddy
LA (Lower Ashvegas)
Member since May 2004
2632 posts
Posted on 4/12/16 at 9:15 pm to
I certainly can't complain...Computer Science has served me well.

I do sometimes think an Industrial Engineering degree would have been a better fit for me...interfacing to the real world with controls and sensors. My buddy gets to design and build some cool stuff for light industrial applications.
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