re: Need help Choosing Major

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Im currently a film major

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after being a petroleum engineering major for 3 years

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My GPA was god awful

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change to human resources or wildlife ecology

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Is this a serious thread?

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I heard the job market was terrible, very low pay and work conditions and super long hours.

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You just found out the movie industry job market is tough to get into?

Damn dude.

My dad, who works in the oilfield, says never, ever do that. He's seen too many kids with that plan never go back to school because it's hard to give up that baller money and go back to being a poor student

N-speed, I know no one wants to graduate with major debt, but if your parents have been paying, then couldn't you take out student loans for just one year? I mean it's not impossible to go to college without your parents' assistance. I don't speak from personal experience. But I know people who worked two jobs and paid for school so they wouldn't have loans

Seriously, film major? That's a no brainer no. Eco whatever? I don't know what that is. HR? Meh. At my office when I was still in Shreveport the secretary had an HR degree. I made more money than her and had a better job with only one year of college. Stick it out and get a good degree where you can find a job that pays well and is in demand

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I mentioned assistant director because it's one of the only departments with a linear career path.

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This is true.

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It's going to be a lot harder for him to just burst into one of the other departments without serious connections and maybe a major film school degree from NYU, USC, or the like.

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This is also true. However most of the people I know in other departments are kin to someone, or they're old as frick and I don't know their story.

Most ADs I know went to a good film school, but everything I saw/see is purely anecdotal and I have very limited experience

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That, or have reliable weed contacts to keep crew constantly supplied.

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people outside of the industry will think you're j/k with this.

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Wasn't trying for a rating. Its serious advice. If he were my kid, that's what he would be doing. At least has a shot at an office job.

LSU specific: LINK

Its basically a degree with three minors instead of one major. Engineering and Film are obviously two. I'd add Human Resources and get out of school. He can get an office job and go back for a master's later.

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wasn't rating you ... rating the troll of the op ... anyone with half a brain shouldn't look at a film major as an automatic ticket to a job ... and i do mean anyone with half a brain ...

Nope, no kidding around. I've seen it first hand.

Weed connections >>>>>> film degree.

Welding

Your best bet is as another poster stated is to go talk to a counselor and have them look at your degree. Many upper level classes can be put toward another degree as elective. As long as you take all your basic courses (Freshman and Soph year) you can essentially get any degree in 2 years even if you erased all the upper level elective hours you could use. You should be able to get a degree starting from scratch in a year (including summer school) using your basics already+applied electives.This would entail 18-21 hours/semester which I'm not sure that your capable of if your OP is true and you actually attempted school while you were there.

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The answer is: finish you film degree and become a college graduate.

Get an entry level job doing anything for little pay.

Do job search after 5 months and brag about how you're a future project manager currently working in the film industry but looking for better benefits. THAT is when you decide on a career.

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This is the best option.

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GreatLakesTiger24

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Would you recommend to just get a worthwhile degree and not do film?

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Paige

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what was your degree in ?