Before anyone rolls their eyes, hear me out real quick. Recently, I've been seeing the same recycled articles regarding, "If college majors were XYZ," or "X types of college majors that are pointless." However, at the end of the 4 years, we're all competing for one thing, A JOB. We all practice different majors in order to work in those fields after graduating. It's pretty clear that some majors are more popular than others and some require more credits that may seem "difficult." At the end of the day, it's all about doing what you love. However, I came across an article of a girl, who is a nursing major, bashing other majors because they don't "work as hard as them." Well ladies and gentlemen, it's time to have the talk and this conversation needed to happen somehow. No, this isn't going to be a typical rant like the other articles, but more of a serious reality check.
Let me tell you guys something: No matter what you major in, a job is NOT guaranteed. Pretty soon, all of the work you do in undergrad simply won't matter once you have a real job.
I'll start by saying this. I am not a STEM major, nor would I ever want to be one. I respect what those people do and I do enjoy science, however, there is no way I can enjoy doing it for the rest of my life. Props to those who are in the field. I am currently a Mass Communication and Marketing major at my university and I wouldn't change it. What people don't understand is that Marketing is pretty hard too. Just like STEM majors, we stay up late at night working on essays, PowerPoints, MATH problems, finance and much more. In fact, it's not just my major, but it's also psychology majors, healthcare management majors, other business majors, fine arts majors and more. The reason why I emphasized healthcare management was because a lot of those people in that major that I spoke to were former pre-nursing majors who dropped out, and they're still getting crap for "soft science." Same goes for psychology majors. Even people in the medical/nursing field that I know get paid $60k-120k. Remember,at the end of the day, no matter how long you stayed up those nights, the harsh reality is that a job isn't guaranteed. In fact, those who do get jobs don't always start out in their field or make as much as they expected.
Sure, STEM majors must know all of the drugs, chemicals and anatomy. However, other majors have to know difficult things as well. Internships are a requirement for some majors and sleep clearly isn't included in the major. The expenses with the materials can be hard as well. I know that Art majors have to spend hundreds on supplies. Do you guys see where I'm going here with this?
The sad part is that it isn't about what you know, but rather WHO you know. So please everyone, don't feel bad if you feel as if your major isn't good enough because your salary matters at the end of the day AFTER college. And STEM majors, this isn't meant to target ALL of you guys, but it's directed at most of you who feel as if your major is harder than others. Just put yourself in someone else's shoes because science and math is way different from business, political science or even fine arts.
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