Deciding a student’smajor: passion or paycheck?

PASSION, page 3 in the major or field that they studied in college. Students who graduate with good communication and critical thinking skills can apply those proficiencies to any career that supports their passions. Amajor is not the end all to a career path.”

McCormick said, “I began my undergraduate career as a prearchitecture major. I realized after about a semester that I didn’t want to draft any more bolts or machine parts. Instead, I realized that my favorite class was literature. That was the class that I spent the most amount of my time on, that I read the most for, and that I was most intellectually engaged in. I had no idea what I was going to do with a degree in literature but I figured that would work itself out later. Even my dad, who must have thought I was a little crazy, told me, ‘the future will take care of itself.’It has.”

According to The New York Times, “Trudy Steinfeld, director of career services at New York University, tells students that majors should be less about preparing for one career and more about preparing for many options, and probably several careers, over a lifetime. She