Double Major

[ohgodohnoiam]

Ok, so I'm a freshman in college. I've been planning on double majoring in business management and political science. Recently though I've been thinking about changing from political science to accounting. I've always enjoyed politics and such, but I'm thinking a degree in acounting might be a lot more useful not only in the business world but also as something to fall back on. Does anyone whose either in college or applied for jobs after college have any advice?

[roxy]

i am only a sophomore but my brother is graduating this year and he is a marketing major but all his friends are accounting majors. they all have really good jobs set up for them when they graduate, my brother has nothing. accountants start off with really good pay but after that your salary is kind of at a stand still without more schooling. there is always a need for accountants, i say go for that rather than the political science but if you are more interested in political science go with that. what is your priority, a job you like or a guranteed job?

by the way i am a double major but in management and communications

[ohgodohnoiam]

i am only a sophomore but my brother is graduating this year and he is a marketing major but all his friends are accounting majors. they all have really good jobs set up for them when they graduate, my brother has nothing. accountants start off with really good pay but after that your salary is kind of at a stand still without more schooling. there is always a need for accountants, i say go for that rather than the political science but if you are more interested in political science go with that. what is your priority, a job you like or a guranteed job?

by the way i am a double major but in management and communications

Thanks for the response. It's just the more classes I take the more I'm starting to think that political science really won't be that useful in the end. Even though I'm more interested in political science, there seems to be too much bias involved for me to really enjoy it. I'm planning on going into business either way, I'm just not sure how having a degree in accounting as opposed to political science might alter my options.

[osunfg]

i am an accounting major. and as much as some people dread it, i a love it. its just a matter of finding a passion and a deeper understanding of what your doing. the job security is amazing too. as for stagnant pay after a bit, that isnt very accurate. you really dont need any extra schooling either, i dont know where you got that. as long as you pass the cpa you are golden. a lot matters on the firm you go to as well. if you end up at a big 4 it will most definetly pay off. the norm is about 10% increase in salary every one to two years depending on performance. its not uncommon to make partner after 10-12 years which will pull in a good 300+ salary.
as for the double major, many of my friends are doing accounting/finance. that never appealed to me much, but i was considering an accounting/managing double. however after some contemplation i decided to just stick with accounting. its definetly a good route to take.

[roxy]

i am an accounting major. and as much as some people dread it, i a love it. its just a matter of finding a passion and a deeper understanding of what your doing. the job security is amazing too. as for stagnant pay after a bit, that isnt very accurate. you really dont need any extra schooling either, i dont know where you got that. as long as you pass the cpa you are golden. a lot matters on the firm you go to as well. if you end up at a big 4 it will most definetly pay off. the norm is about 10% increase in salary every one to two years depending on performance. its not uncommon to make partner after 10-12 years which will pull in a good 300+ salary.
as for the double major, many of my friends are doing accounting/finance. that never appealed to me much, but i was considering an accounting/managing double. however after some contemplation i decided to just stick with accounting. its definetly a good route to take.
i got it straight from my accounting teachers mouth. he works for arthur andersen. i believe what he says

[ohgodohnoiam]

i am an accounting major. and as much as some people dread it, i a love it. its just a matter of finding a passion and a deeper understanding of what your doing. the job security is amazing too. as for stagnant pay after a bit, that isnt very accurate. you really dont need any extra schooling either, i dont know where you got that. as long as you pass the cpa you are golden. a lot matters on the firm you go to as well. if you end up at a big 4 it will most definetly pay off. the norm is about 10% increase in salary every one to two years depending on performance. its not uncommon to make partner after 10-12 years which will pull in a good 300+ salary.
as for the double major, many of my friends are doing accounting/finance. that never appealed to me much, but i was considering an accounting/managing double. however after some contemplation i decided to just stick with accounting. its definetly a good route to take.

I've always been interesting in basic math and money so accounting kind of makes sense. I'm also pretty sure it's a lot less classes compared to double majoring in political science.

[ohgodohnoiam]

Haha, well pay being stagnant at $200,000+ isn't that much of an issue for me.

[aminorthreat55]

My major is financial economics with a concentration in accounting (because we don't actually have accounting as its own degree here) and then I just minored in political science.

[Anton Djamoos]

I'm double majoring in Communications with a concentration in creative writing and Literature. Go me.

[osunfg]

i got it straight from my accounting teachers mouth. he works for arthur andersen. i believe what he says
everyone knows you cant trust arthur anderson! *cough*enron*cough
but its alright, i didnt mean to make it sound like you were making it up, there was nothing against you.

[Shatter590]

Interesting idea on the double major: Make one major your livelihood and the other your passion. This way when you graduate you have something useful and something that helps you sound smart at parties.

I majored in anthropology and religion. The religion was my passion, the anthro was my livelihood. And it's worked out so far for me.

In the end, all that really matters for work is how you come across anyway. Do something that will bolster your knowledge and help you in a social situation.

[DroppedUrPocket]

I know nothing about college, but your username is Cursive (I'm assuming). So, by process of elimination, you win.

[sweet tragedy]

i'm a political science/french major right now, but i'm considering changing the polisci part. both are kind of useless degrees on their own, you know? but i would say since you're majoring in business too, then you would probably be safe with a second major in political science.

[ohgodohnoiam]

I know nothing about college, but your username is Cursive (I'm assuming). So, by process of elimination, you win.

Mmhmm. And thanks to everyone that has posted so far, I've gotten a lot more responses than I expected.

[allstarme24]

Interesting idea on the double major: Make one major your livelihood and the other your passion.

that's kind of what i did. i started with a major in computer science and a minor in math, but ended up making math a major as well. my intentions were always to get a job in something computer related, namely information technology, so the math major didn't have much of a purpose. just something i wanted to do that incidentally looks pretty good on a resume.

just a note though: don't add a major in the middle of your junior year. that's what i did, and it led to a very frustrating and difficult senior year.