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RimJobber
Posts: 3313 - Karma: 10,058
Whats everyone going to college majoring in?
I'm in Mining Engineering with a minor in Metallurgy or Geology.
Dec 18 2012 12:05AM
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Darth.Maul
Posts: 2472 - Karma: 652
Chemical Engineering for me
Dec 18 2012 4:48PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
I'll probably just end up majoring in english in college caus that is the only subject I like or can handle in these days of senioritis during high school... Going into college with an open mind tho.
Dec 18 2012 4:51PM
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Sinuous
Posts: 439 - Karma: 82
Where my petroleum Engineers at?!
Dec 18 2012 4:52PM
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Deezy
Posts: 4580 - Karma: 1,004
Im in my first year of Engineering. Not sure what discipline for next year... thinking mechanical.
Dec 18 2012 4:53PM
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Bumblesteeze
Posts: 3092 - Karma: 748
Economics
Dec 18 2012 4:54PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
haha irony
Dec 18 2012 4:59PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
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Dec 18 2012 5:01PM
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Lt-Aldo-Raine
Posts: 2309 - Karma: 120
Building Construction
Dec 18 2012 5:04PM
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panojibber.
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 683
Do it, if you are actually interested.
I'm an english major and I would take my major over engineering or science or business any day, I might not make as much money but I value the things I've learned in English so much (all the power to you guys in business/science/whatever though).
"English majors are the conscience of society" don't know who said it but I think it holds true.
Dec 18 2012 5:05PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
Cause hobbits don't speak well, often using slang an such in the Shire
Dec 18 2012 5:05PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
its just funny that, as someone who potentially wants to be an english major, you spell using abbreviations and such. not hating at all, it's just funny.
Dec 18 2012 5:12PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
Ahh master Spinoza so they say, but I am no block-headed bracegirdle from hardbottle.
Dec 18 2012 5:13PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
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Dec 18 2012 5:14PM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
That being said, I am majoring in petroleum engineering
Dec 18 2012 5:14PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
I'm not a super strict grammar nazi and this is also a forum not a formal essay.
Dec 18 2012 5:21PM
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paige.
Posts: 1932 - Karma: 924
Double major in ecology and biological anthropology. Either looking at ecology or primatology for grad school.
Dec 18 2012 5:25PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
i know...i'm not a grammar nazi either. like i said, i'm not hating. do you remember that? it's just ironic is all.
Dec 18 2012 5:28PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
Posts: 1014 - Karma: 439
Econimcs, finance if i get in the business program which i most likely will. Although iv worked in a cubicle for about a total of 16 hours and I want to die, and i dont want to do that for years to come.
Dec 18 2012 5:33PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
Also, there's lot more to being an English major than just proper spelling an grammar. Those things are just as important in any major that requires writing
Dec 18 2012 5:35PM
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riddsicle
Posts: 684 - Karma: 264
Psychology major
possible business minor
Dec 18 2012 5:38PM
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malonius_funk
Posts: 2249 - Karma: 1,500
Kinesiology
Dec 18 2012 5:41PM
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Bogs
Posts: 4296 - Karma: 1,361
true. you have to be able to read, too.
Dec 18 2012 6:00PM
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snowdon
Posts: 2480 - Karma: 391
If I could do college over, I'd want to do business major with an environmental science minor.
Dec 18 2012 6:04PM
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miroz
Posts: 10333 - Karma: 3,945
Hell yeah! What year are you?
Dec 18 2012 6:05PM
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LS.
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 858
food industry management
Dec 18 2012 6:07PM
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yourthemannowdog
Posts: 4541 - Karma: 313
Philosophy and General Mathematics. Somewhere down the road I will study math for secondary education.
Dec 18 2012 6:14PM
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Jib-Ninja
Posts: 2819 - Karma: 20
Is this like Dietics?? I was thinking becoming a Dietitian but not sure yet.

Used to want to do Kinesiology but im not really sure what kind of job I would get....
Dec 18 2012 7:33PM
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Black.Bird
Posts: 2566 - Karma: 684
Geology
Dec 18 2012 7:38PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
Architecture
Dec 18 2012 7:39PM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
I'm well aware.
Dec 18 2012 7:53PM
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Idahoskier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 86
All majors require writing. The most important things I've learned in college regard clearly expressing your ideas


Dec 19 2012 2:22AM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
Posts: 4220 - Karma: 122
clearly expressing my ideas is the easiest part of english, i had that figured out by my second year. the most important thing i've learned is how to think and formulate ideas worth expressing
Dec 19 2012 2:54AM
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alexat955
Posts: 2732 - Karma: 112
see expressing my ideas is the hardest part of english for me. coming up with good ideas is second to that though. i guess thats why im not in a major that requires writing though haha
Dec 19 2012 2:56AM
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uosdwiSrjewoH
Posts: 4220 - Karma: 122
my business roommates have the same issue. they're constantly worried about essay format and phrasing the like, which i don't even think about anymore. but then again, i can't subtract.
Dec 19 2012 3:05AM
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PaintedHearts
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 127
Natural Resource Management while also getting certified in Wildlife Biology
Dec 19 2012 3:12AM
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ILLinoisance
Posts: 3527 - Karma: 5,398
Business Administration major with concentration in Marketing. Interesting shit, huh?
Dec 19 2012 3:13AM
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Idahoskier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 86
I agree that is something worth learning. I've been dealing with communicating technical information based on scientific topics, specifically geologic subjects. It can be difficult presenting evidence of tectonic plate reconstruction during the Eocene geologic period but somebodies gotta do it
Dec 19 2012 3:50AM
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erikK
Posts: 3245 - Karma: 2,329
anyone else in geophysics?
Dec 19 2012 4:00AM
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ILLinoisance
Posts: 3527 - Karma: 5,398
That's how most of the business majors are at my school. In my BUS-100 class, we had a group project including a 10,000 word report due at the end of the semester. We broke up the workload between 3 members. Proofreading the other two people's writing was unbearable.

Writing is just something business majors tend to fail it.
Dec 19 2012 4:02AM
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Idahoskier420
Posts: 719 - Karma: 86
im straight up geoscience but for some reason all the cool snow and ice related classes are under geophysics
Dec 19 2012 4:13AM
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Williamn
Posts: 40 - Karma: 190
Engineering physics, but might switch to electrical though.
Dec 19 2012 4:38AM
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.MASSHOLE.
Posts: 7491 - Karma: 11,554
Business majors are a dime a dozen. Need that graduate education to get the jobs you want.

Hence me staying away from it, going Economics major w/ accounting minor to prep for grad school in something.....

As you can tell, I have thought the first part through, but not the second. Still have 2.5 more years
Dec 19 2012 9:29AM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
master's in accounting
Dec 19 2012 9:46AM
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CMYK
Posts: 1101 - Karma: 336
English major, fuck all the haters.
Dec 19 2012 11:00AM
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EmperorKuzco
Posts: 6660 - Karma: 254
Yes.
Dec 19 2012 11:06AM
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Blake.P
Posts: 9894 - Karma: 3,585
Jus finishing up a semester of environmental design, don't like it though. Going undeclared into next semester then declaring something related to environmental studies or biology
Dec 19 2012 11:15AM
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 11,026
Major: Communications
Minors: Tourism/Destination Management, Writing Studies
Dec 19 2012 11:28AM
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2_fadez
Posts: 7780 - Karma: 4,183
Well someone's gotta recommend what kind of coffee I should order
Dec 19 2012 11:59AM
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panojibber.
Posts: 1041 - Karma: 683
I'd take my culturally advanced understanding of steamed beverages over your bourgeoisie creature comforts any day. At least I didn't sell out.

;-)
Dec 19 2012 12:00PM
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ski_powpow
Posts: 1247 - Karma: 1,200
Finance and statistics, everyone hates a banker, but damn it pays well.
Dec 19 2012 12:06PM
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