Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer
Everyone believes their major will give them the best opportunities, so why are we judgemental about which majors are deemed “useless?”
First of all, there is no such thing as a “useless” major.
Doing something you’re passionate about is rewarding in the long run, despite what many people say.
Anyone with a not-so-fast money-making major knows the awkwardness of telling someone your major and getting those odd looks. What’s worse? The comments.
“What are you going to do with that?”
When I tell people that I’m an English major, they automatically assume that I would be a librarian or an English teacher because that’s all I can do—which isn’t true at all.
There are a lot of things I want to do like writing and journalism, but I could branch out to do more. Paralegals, copywriters and translators are some of the other jobs I can pursue with an English degree.
My story is just one example of making what people call a useless major useful, but there are plenty of other majors that students may feel discouraged to pursue.
Majors like journalism, theatre, communications, creative writing and any of the fine and visual arts also get scrutinized because students are worried about job security and how much money they’ll make.
It’s awful because it places the value of a major on whether or not you’re getting 6 figures after graduation.
Your major doesn’t define what the rest of your career would look like.
The only time I would think that a major is useless is when a student chooses a major before they know what they want their career to be or they don’t know how to use it to their advantage.
If there’s a major that you are passionate about or you’re very confident in what you want to do post-grad, go for it. It also doesn’t hurt to add a minor or a couple of certificates to your undergrad to expand your repertoire.
Don’t let people tell you that your major is useless. The major you choose has meaning and you have the power to take your major into whatever career path you choose.
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