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Theres no easy answer.  Only advice I can say is pick the hardest possible major you think you are interested in....if you change your mind, you can always swap out to an easier one with no hassle at all.  On the otherhand swapping from a liberal arts major to say....engineering or architecture , is a *much* bigger deal.  Depending on the school, even could be impossible.

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Well I would say pick 10 majors you think you might enjoy, then ask people who may have done those before and see what they thought it was like. Shorten the list down to the top 4, people say were good and you have interest in. Then reseach a bit about the major whats the study, what do you get to do and so forth.

Or just go eny meny miny mo of 5 or so you like : D

Idk try eveything you can think of but pick something you will enjoy definetly otherwise you might only do it for a week or so.

When I first read the topic I thought it said Choosing a Mayor and i was confused with what you were saying and how that was connected to the topic, I didnt realise what it actually said until I read it 5 times over

dont go into social work lol my wife is there and without a higher degree you will be broke :P
engineering is sposed to be coming back into the mainstream so electrical or mechanical maybe?

Sorry to ask but english is not my 1st language... Whats a Major?

Do you mean a Major a dude who cleans your house pick you up at work with your Mercedez? and drive you back home and makes you dinner? If thats it then its cool!

Oceanographer
Research Engineering
Stellar Physicist
Nuclear Medicine
Neurology

well, you are a poster child for  the "thinker" personality type. See this for some links to career advice.
http://www.ipersonic.com/type/AT.html

I too am a thinker and the best advice I can give you is that you probably don't have to worry about being successful at college, it will be easy for you most likely.
You should pick something, and if its like engineering or something technical, you might as well get a math minor as well. You will have taken most the classes for that anyway.
But on a personal level, (speaking from my own expeience) you should work on changing the types of conversations you have in your own head. If you are too technical and anylitical (spelling bad sry), then you need to start making jokes with yourself. Work on adding humor to your internal conversations. Life will be soooo much more fun if you slightly alter your thoughts.

And get this book, not a similar one, you must get this book. "Make Women Laugh" by Martin Merrill.

Maybe that helps, maybe not, depends on what you want.
:)

That is where your first 4 years gives you a chance to see what you want to major and minor in.  Just dont let anyone talk you into a terminal Masters.  That would make you very unhappy. You may well get more than one PhD in your lifetime because you are a bright person with an inquiring mind.

you dont need to go into college right away knowing your major there are some general prerequisites you will have to do no matter what you end up choosing.  you say you like sciences well take a class of the ones you enjoyed most in school get your english requisites and math going and see where life takes you. a extremely neutral field is business degree though it is not as exciting persay as some of the others listed here no matter where you work it is a business making a business degree pretty universal.

art is also a requisite and a fun class to take. im a college student for computer repair and i have taken pottery class because i enjoy art myself. it counts for my digree even sure its an elective but you need those too credits are credits. but as a field in general art is harder to get by in. yes, dont put down dreams just because you cant get rich in them but realize that money IS or should be a factor in things. for instance for me i is a computer repair minor a buisness major, so many people are flooding the tech fields making it harder for jobs to come by particularly in this economy.

i think ive prattled on long enough if you would like i can go further but via message =-)

I say do something with what you can become a "theoratical scientist" all you have to do is come up with idea's... they can be the most utter bullshit in the world but that doesn't matter as its just a theory... i think it gets paid pretty good as well..

What everyone else is saying..... and more! <3

Thanks guys, wonder if i can take a class for each of those and se which i enjoy the most..

I'd like to offer my $0.02.

Consider chemical engineering. It is a strong BS to start with and you can earn it in 4 years. Some schools stretch it to 5 though. A ChemE degree can be a starting point for many professions, most of which require higher degrees anyways (more and more people are staying in school or going back to school because of a sucky job market so more and more jobs are requiring higher education). With a BS in ChemE you can go on to patent law, the medical field, and bio-related field, petrochems (including plastics [The Graduate, anyone?]), pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, the list goes on.

I also say this because I'm a ChemE and would love to share my experiences with you. Let me know what schools you were considering.

What Path said about picking the hardest major you can was good advice too. I wanted to be a music teacher for high school kids. If I started in music I would not have ever got into engineering, but now that I'm and engineer it would not be very difficult for me to get back into music.

Did you take any AP classes or tests? Whats your SAT? you can PM me, I'd love to continue the conversation. (or MSN messenger)

Oh thanks for anwering me.

Zond what about studying for Governor or part from the Senate.

''Zondervan for Governor'' <---lol

If you get into the army they make you learn a lot of things =/

You could go for some sort of rights movement... Zondy for Ghandi! :D