Typical Reactions to 11 Different College Majors
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Typical Reactions to 11 Different College Majors

Some people really have no filter.

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Typical Reactions to 11 Different College Majors
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Colleges and universities around the world offer a myriad of subjects to study. There are so many different fields of study that it is very easy to meet people with majors that you probably have never even heard about. A bit of advice, though, don't be derogatory toward anyone's choice of study. Below are a list of comments that anonymous individuals in various areas of study have actually gotten when informing people of their major.

1. Journalism

"I would major in journalism but I want to get a job."

"So, I'll see you on Fox News one day?"

"So... what are you going to do with a Journalism degree?"

"Do you want to be on TV or write for a newspaper?"

"I hope you don't become another fake news person."

2. Education

"So, you're okay with not making money?"

"At least all of your classes are easy."

"I can't be around kids that long."

"Those who can't do, teach."

3. Criminal Justice Majors

"There's a difference between Criminology and Criminal Justice?"

"Oh, so you want to be a cop?"

"I can't picture you with a gun."

"Oh! So, you want to go to law school?"

"What are you going to do with that?"

Or, just beginning to ask so many legal questions.

4. Computer Science

"Oh, you're going to get a job for sure."

"How do you do that? I can barely use my iPhone."

"Isn't that, like, really hard?"

"You don't look like it."

"Good luck with that."

"You don't see a lot of those."

"You're just in it for the money."

5. Business Majors

"Ew, is that in the business school?" (Submitted by a Marketing student)

"So, you're going to make commercials and stuff?"

"Weird, you look like you'd be a teacher."

6. English

"That's not real."

"That's so much writing."

"Oh, so you want to be an English teacher?"

7. Public Health

"Wait... you're not Pre-Med?"

"You're going to make SO MUCH MONEY!"

"You're just doing this for the money, right?"

"Research? Why are you doing that?"

8. Sports Management

"So you want to be like Jerry Maguire?"

"Show me the money!"

"What the hell is that?"

9. Kinesiology

"What's kinesiology?"

"What are you going to do with that?"

"Oh, that's just because you're an athlete."

10. Public Relations

"Oh, PR, like that show Scandal?"

"Hm, you want to lie to people?"

"What's PR?"

11. Engineering

"That means you're a super genius, right?"

"Since you're so smart, can you help me solve this problem?"

"Nuclear engineer? So, like atomic bombs and nuclear weapons?"

(Above three submitted by a Nuclear Engineering student)

"So, you're going to be rich?"


All of these comments were submitted by actual, but anonymous, university students across the country that have experienced these reactions to their majors. Everyone has their strengths, but that doesn't mean that everyone has the same niche. The old saying still stands: "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all."

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