How should I choose a college major for graduate school?
Ask youre university about double majoring. You focus on film but continue with the math degree in case film does not work out or you lose your passion for it. Stem beats arts almost every time when it comes to job openings
Do you need a major to graduate?
Somewhere along the line you should have spoken with your academic advisor at least a few times. He/she would have helped you make sure you were on schedule with all the classes required for a major, rather than taking all those useless electives. [I say "useless" because that many credit hours of classes that won't count for a major when you have almost enough credit hours to graduate is a waste of money.] Arrange to speak with an academic advisor right away, before you sign up for classes for next semester. It's going to take you more than four years to finish your degree and having to take several lab courses per semester is going to be a heavy load, if you want to major in one of the sciences. Perhaps you're close enough in one of the other areas to add a few classes and have enough credits for a major.... Good luck!
What major should I choose?
Depends on the subjects your good at and the subject you find interesting. If I were you I would go for option number 1, but it really does depend. If you do a subject you love to study I would recommend that one, the thing is that (with me) I don't like to really study a subject I hate and find boring but if it'f interesting to me (for example I like History). Good Luck.
What major should I choose to take in graduate school, physics or nuclear engineering?
If you are absolutely certain that you will go to grad school in the other discipline, I would suggest undergrad in physics then NE in grad school. Physics will give you a very strong background in math and strong problem solving skills in general. You will definitely not look bad compared to other graduate students who did both undergrad and grad in NE. On the other hand, I don't know how easy it would be to go from an undergrad in NE to a graduate degree in physics. You might have to take additional courses depending on the school and program, and you might have a hard time getting in the physics mind set, where cows are spherical and infinite surfaces are a thing. Some US engineer even have a hard time switching to SI units (which blows my physicist mind). HOWEVER, you need to be absolutely certain you are going to go in grad school. If you think you will do, but it's not set in stone, pick the major you will simply enjoy the most. A bachelor in physics is just a lot of hard work, especially if you don't enjoy it. And not everyone likes the "hands-on" "project oriented" approach of engineering, so don't go through an undergraduate program that you don't absolutely love just in the hope of switching major in grad school. And if you end up not going into grad school, an engineering degree might lead to more interesting jobs than a physics degree...
What major should I choose if I want to be a data scientist?
Generally, I would say the best two majors areStatistics - Application and data analysis focusComputer science - Machine learning focusOther good majors that put you in the right problem-solving mindset AND have research problems that can prepare you well for data science arePhysics / Astrophysics - data and computation focusAny social science - very heavy data analysis + quantitative focusApplied math - heavy computation focus, taking statistics courses on the sideOther majors that put you in the right mindset and attract the data-science kind of people are:MathematicsAny other quantitative STEM fieldBasically, anything that involves understanding large amounts of data using data analysis, statistical inference, and programming.Within each of those majors, you should be following a track / course-load that have joint data + programming focus.My general advice is find the classes you want to take and then find the major that fits those classes best. The major that fits best will vary by school. For specific classes, I would recommend my answer to What classes should I take if I want to become a data scientist?Generally, here are some helpful skills and some fields that would help you build those skillsModeling - Statistics, Machine LearningExperiments - StatisticsCoding - Computer ScienceQuantitative problem solving - Math, Physics, Applied MathDealing with large datasets - Experimental physics, Astronomy, Bioinformatics, etc.Using data to understand people - Social science (with strong mathematical / computational bent) including Economics, Psychology, Political Science, etc.
What college major should a student choose if she likes debate very much?
It really depends on what you like about debate.If you're a diehard policy debater I'd have to recommend political science or sor thing related. If you like government policy and how it affects you this should be a no brainer.Past that there is pre-law. That's what many people who do speech an debate end up doing. It's not a bad way to go and of course there's law school afterwards. There's also philosophy degrees which some students take and try for law school.Lastly if you love the logical side of debate, consider a math major. Math is based highly on logic and this can work well together. Also being a public speaker can help distinguish you quickly from your peers in this field.There's also communications, or and degree in something like teaching with a focus on English. There's other degree which focus more on your public speaking skills developed from speech and debate.No matter what major you end up choosing, good luck to you!
If you want to go to graduate school in biophysics, should you major in physics or biology?
I would not suggest you to do Biology/Chemistry or even Biochemistry if you are to do your future research in Biophysics.I am currently(or to be) a graduate student in Biophysics and Computational Biology who did his undergrad in Chemistry which was not the best of decisions, The problem with core Chemistry/Biology/Biochemistry degree in most of the traditional schools is that all the courses have a very little "interdisciplinary" touch in them meaning that you will be mostly doing courses in organic synthesis/pure biology which is useful only if you are going to primarily do research in them, hence you will be wasting a lot of time(which I never did: P) memorizing not so useful stuff.NOTE: It is not that they are not useful.You definitely need them if you are do research in these more traditional science but it's just that you hardly require them in newer fields like Systems Biology,Biophysics etc. etc.The new scientific fields like Biophysics/ Bioinformatics/System Biology are extremely interdisciplinary and Biology/Chemistry required in them isn't high at all ,something which you can pick up very quickly.Biophysics is 50%Physics+ 25%(Biology-Chemistry)+25%(Maths--Computational) . So doing Physics is probably the best decision for Biophysics but a more general advice would be do to *MATHS*Everything in this world is nothing but applied mathematics and if somebody has a nice background in Mathematics, he/she can should not have any problem in adjusting to any field.But for Biophysics : Physics>Maths>Chemistry(because advanced Chemistry levels in any university will have lot of Spectroscopy and Computational courses which are very useful for Biophysics) > Biology
I don't know what major to study. What should I do?
Schools offer hundreds of choices and the tough job is here to choose one. College major is one thing on which you have to spend your entire life. Some people changed their careers to something which is not related to their college major. So before you choose your major you should consider some important factor. Some students choose majors depending on their dream job. So if you have any kind of dream job then you can choose major according to that, but that before see the syllabus of those course and talk to other students. Make sure you can do coursework require for the career.You can think of which career make you earn much money and you can stay in comfort. You can choose major depending on your passion. So if you love any subject matter you can choose that as major to study.If you have no idea what you want to study then just chill. Many schools don’t require students to declare a major till sophomore year and they will give you four semesters to decide. Choose ones that interest you. Talk to other people like professors, counselor, students etc or you can join ask people from A social network for college admissions! . You can do a job off campus depend on your dream. Exploring your interests will help you find your best fit major.
What undergraduate major should I pursue if I want to get into a graduate program for nanotechnology?
Most of the graduate programs in nanotechnology always expect the students to have a strong foundation in basic Math, physics, chemistry and biology. Nanotechnology is an very interdisciplinary field and finds its applications in everything ranging from drug designing to aerospace applications. It would be good to take a look at the student profile of the alumnus of the particular university and decide which one caters you. In my experience Physics, and material science students benefit more out of the courses. The rest take a lot of time to get into the groove but have also excelled later.Cheers!!!