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    Help me, I need some advice. I'm in year 10 and will be going on to year 11 soon (I'm in Australia) and I'm in a dilemma because I don't know what subjects I should be choosing.

    What happens is, all the year 10 kids have to select courses to do in years 11 and 12 and you're given a sheet to fill in. There are 7 lines on the sheet, and each contains the courses you can consider, of which you can only choose 1 in every line.

    Here are my lines:

    Line 1

    English Advanced

    Line 2

    General Maths

    Line 3

    Visual Arts

    Line 4

    Legal Studies

    Line 5

    Biology/Society & Culture/Business Studies/Modern History

    Line 6

    Business Studies/Economics/Chemistry/Geography

    Line 7

    Extension English




    I'm not entirely sure what I want to do in the future yet, but maybe I want to own a hotel, run a business with someone, design magazines, or a graphic artist of some sort.

    Do you have to be good at Science and Maths to become an adolescent counselor/psychologist?

    My strength lies in the Social Sciences/Humanities and I'm horrible at Natural Science and Mathematics. I might do Biology because my friend suggested I have at least one science course, and I'd most probably do Business Studies in either line.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    have you seen the pro-DHMO group? http://www.armory.com/~crisper/DHMO/

    gosh, what a horrible bunch. how could they support such

    what's wrong with science majors? it's not like we're all science geeks who laugh at nerdy jokes

    btw have you seen these?
    http://www.xs4all.nl/~jcdverha/scijo....html#subindex
    http://disgruntledepiphany.wordpress...science-jokes/
    I really like the (Fe)male one. Clever. And the GCMS one....though I'm more of an NMR fan.


    It's not only the natural science jokes that we get. I realize that I understand most of the math and physics jokes out there. It's depressing.


    Sourplum, I'm not from Australia so I wouldn't really know what to advise you. Perhaps KeongJai can help you out?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LuNaR View Post
    i agree with what u guys are saying, but i dont seem to find anything interesting, at least in terms of education right now im just like taking the intro courses to random majors to see if i like it or not. i do live traveling tho lol, especially ur job bella.

    .....if only i was a bit more buffer and taller like black people, then i can join a sports team
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    Quote Originally Posted by jadebunny9 View Post
    I really like the (Fe)male one. Clever. And the GCMS one....though I'm more of an NMR fan.
    but NMR doesn't break things up, does it? it's been a while. i don't remember too much.

    Quote Originally Posted by SourPlum
    Do you have to be good at Science and Maths to become an adolescent counselor/psychologist?
    i don't know about australia, but in the states, if you want to do pure psychology, you don't need too much of a science basis...though you would probably still need a class or two of it.

    however, my personal opinion...to get in a good university, wouldn't you need well rounded scores? or is it difference in australia?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    but NMR doesn't break things up, does it? it's been a while. i don't remember too much.
    No it doesn't. It's just lovely and convenient because you can use it to figure out any compound that you have, for the most part. Coupling can get a bit annoying though.......and our NMR machine breaks down like mad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    however, my personal opinion...to get in a good university, wouldn't you need well rounded scores? or is it difference in australia?
    They take your top 4 or 5 subjects (whichever gives the best average) but 1 of those subjects need to be arts related (literature, history, arts, etc) and 1 need to be science related (calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry etcetc) and the other 2 or 3 (to make up 4 or 5 total) can be either science or art subjects.

    But certain subjects need to be taken to gain entry into certain university courses. Usually maths of a certain level is the decider. e.g. for engineering you need calculus and applicable maths (statistics), commerce you need applicable maths. Most other courses just need discrete maths.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sourplum View Post
    Help me, I need some advice. I'm in year 10 and will be going on to year 11 soon (I'm in Australia) and I'm in a dilemma because I don't know what subjects I should be choosing.

    What happens is, all the year 10 kids have to select courses to do in years 11 and 12 and you're given a sheet to fill in. There are 7 lines on the sheet, and each contains the courses you can consider, of which you can only choose 1 in every line.

    Here are my lines:

    Line 1

    English Advanced

    Line 2

    General Maths

    Line 3

    Visual Arts

    Line 4

    Legal Studies

    Line 5

    Biology/Society & Culture/Business Studies/Modern History

    Line 6

    Business Studies/Economics/Chemistry/Geography

    Line 7

    Extension English




    I'm not entirely sure what I want to do in the future yet, but maybe I want to own a hotel, run a business with someone, design magazines, or a graphic artist of some sort.

    Do you have to be good at Science and Maths to become an adolescent counselor/psychologist?

    My strength lies in the Social Sciences/Humanities and I'm horrible at Natural Science and Mathematics. I might do Biology because my friend suggested I have at least one science course, and I'd most probably do Business Studies in either line.
    To graduate from high school you still need to pass english and maths so you can't go without. If you want to go into business you'll need to do applicable maths (the statistics one) to get into commerce.
    If you want to do psychology then I guess you can choose anything. Just make sure you done the minimum maths and english subjects to graduate high school.

    If you've got a general idea what you want to do then look up what subjects are prerequisites and choose them. If you do applicable maths and choose anything else it should be good enough for most uni courses. Only engineering gets picky with specific high school science and maths subjects.

    Most of the time you do 1 semester units that cover 2 years of high school subject content anyway. E.g. intro to economics covered year 11 and year 12 economics, mathematics 101 covered year 12 calculus. I'm sure it's the same for other similar courses.

    ps: talk to your teacher. They've given advice to so many students before you so they'll probably know best.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    but NMR doesn't break things up, does it? it's been a while. i don't remember too much.


    i don't know about australia, but in the states, if you want to do pure psychology, you don't need too much of a science basis...though you would probably still need a class or two of it.

    however, my personal opinion...to get in a good university, wouldn't you need well rounded scores? or is it difference in australia?
    In year 11, you have what's called a "preliminary year" in which you'll have to choose 12 UNITS. Most courses are 2 UNITS, although extension courses are worth 1 UNIT i.e Extension Maths, Extension English. You cannot count EXT. English and Advanced/Standard English as two separate subjects; the same goes for the Advanced and Extension Maths courses.

    In year 12, you must complete a minimum of 10 UNITS, and 4 SUBJECTS (e.g Maths, English, Biology, Economics) so if you previously did something like Visual ARTS, which is 2 UNITS you can drop it to give you 10 UNITS.

    In year 11 and 12, there is no limit on how many UNITS you can do, but some schools may have restrictions.

    The Exams you do in High School for the course, combined with the marks you get for tasks, give you a RAW MARK, then, depending on how well every student in the STATE performs in that course, your final mark will be 'scaled' - go up, or down.

    After you get your SCALED marks for every course, your UAI is determined.

    UAI = University Admissions Index

    The UAI is not a mark, but a rank.

    So say you chose Maths Advanced, English 3 UNITS (including Advanced and Extension), Biology and Physics, and Geography. That's 5 SUBJECTS and 11 UNITS. Only your best 10 UNITS get counted towards the calculation of your UAI, so if Biology was your worst course, only 1/2 of the UNITS will be included. The University Admissions Commission is a body that calculates your UAI. If you score 90 (SCALED MARK) in all the mentioned courses, you will get a UAI of roughly +90.

    The universities use your UAI to decide whether they want you in their UNI COURSE or not. Most of the time, if you satisfy the minimum UAI requirement, you will get into your desired course.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KeongJai View Post
    They take your top 4 or 5 subjects (whichever gives the best average) but 1 of those subjects need to be arts related (literature, history, arts, etc) and 1 need to be science related (calculus, statistics, physics, chemistry etcetc) and the other 2 or 3 (to make up 4 or 5 total) can be either science or art subjects.
    KeongJai, what state are you in? In NSW, according to the information we got, they count your best 10 UNITS of the courses you choose, but at least 2 UNITS of English will be counted in. They didn't tell us they counted Science in as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sourplum View Post
    KeongJai, what state are you in? In NSW, according to the information we got, they count your best 10 UNITS of the courses you choose, but at least 2 UNITS of English will be counted in. They didn't tell us they counted Science in as well.
    WA. Should be about right from what you said since you said most subjects are worth 2 units. 5 subjects/10 units probably right. Oh yeah I forgot to mention the english subject is compulsory counted too. But english literature can count as your arts and english subject (like a 2 bird with 1 stone scenariao).

    Talk to your teacher. Things have probably changed since I was in high school also.

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    Even the easiest thing in life is hard if you don't try. You have to keep on trying, Lunnie.

    Your parents have been trying so hard to raise and help you. Why couldn't you help yourself? Just have faith in yourself and nuture a positive attitude. Eventually, you will overcome everything.
    lunnie i really need to change my name lol

    but yea i agree with u i'll try to try harder
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    You people make me feel like my sig line is even more accurate than I thought!

    I have two university degrees. My occupation has nothing to do with what I studied, but I like my job and I earn sufficient salary to live fairly comfortably.

    My opinion is that you should study what you enjoy learning about, and get a degree in something you love. What you end up doing for a living may ultimately have nothing to do with your educational background.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sourplum View Post
    Do you have to be good at Science and Maths to become an adolescent counselor/psychologist?

    My strength lies in the Social Sciences/Humanities and I'm horrible at Natural Science and Mathematics. I might do Biology because my friend suggested I have at least one science course, and I'd most probably do Business Studies in either line.
    I don't know how things work in Australia.
    But in North America, if you want to be a counselor or psychologist, you'll need to go to graduate school for psychology or related fields. For that, you definitely will need statistics, which is related to mathematics.
    I realize this is probably way too early for you to consider, but depending on the type of psychology you want to study, you'll also need to know some level of biology and neuroscience.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ren Ying Ying View Post
    i don't know about australia, but in the states, if you want to do pure psychology, you don't need too much of a science basis...though you would probably still need a class or two of it.
    You don't need sciences like physics or chemistry, true. But for some areas of psychology, a good basis in the biological sciences like neurosicence and physiology is needed.
    Because I'm somewhere in between,
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    technically, you could become a psychologist with just a bachelor's degree. it'll sure increase your chances of getting employment if you have higher degrees, but it's not absolutely required. to be a psychiatrist, however, you need to have a medical degree.

    or you can just skip all that and be a "life coach."
    nytimes: Every hr you have 10 minutes where you’re not doing anything productive at work, & you can’t look at porn. So you make a comment & fulfill this desire to show yourself off as a smarty-pants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pemberly View Post
    technically, you could become a psychologist with just a bachelor's degree. it'll sure increase your chances of getting employment if you have higher degrees, but it's not absolutely required. to be a psychiatrist, however, you need to have a medical degree.

    or you can just skip all that and be a "life coach."
    Uhmm, no, a clinical psychologist (i.e. one that sees patients) also requires a Ph.D. and a Psy.D. At least, that's how things are according to the American Psychological Association. A clinical psychologist often has to have very specialized training to deal with the patients, and a simple bachelor will not be sufficient.

    I think you can become a social worker or counselor with just a bachelor, but I've never heard or seen any clinical psychologists without a Ph.D.
    Because I'm somewhere in between,
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    Quote Originally Posted by shadow8899 View Post
    Double major in History and Economics. I now work as an engineer.
    business economics or political economics...

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    Ah I've been feeling nostalgic about the high school days. And it's been 4 years since then! Gah...time really flies. I keep hearing stories about how people change their majors, etc. But I stuck through hehe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaded WenEr View Post
    Uhmm, no, a clinical psychologist (i.e. one that sees patients) also requires a Ph.D. and a Psy.D. At least, that's how things are according to the American Psychological Association. A clinical psychologist often has to have very specialized training to deal with the patients, and a simple bachelor will not be sufficient.

    I think you can become a social worker or counselor with just a bachelor, but I've never heard or seen any clinical psychologists without a Ph.D.
    idk. but that's what my psychology teacher told me. maybe he was exaggerating to make everyone feel better.

    have you noticed how there are so many psychology majors in college, but so few of them actually go into psychology?
    nytimes: Every hr you have 10 minutes where you’re not doing anything productive at work, & you can’t look at porn. So you make a comment & fulfill this desire to show yourself off as a smarty-pants.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pemberly View Post
    have you noticed how there are so many psychology majors in college, but so few of them actually go into psychology?
    they go into marketing and HR

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    according to the dept of labor ...

    In the Federal Government, candidates having at least 24 semester hours in psychology and one course in statistics qualify for entry-level positions. However, competition for these jobs is keen because this is one of the few ways in which one can work as a psychologist without an advanced degree.
    haha, so only the gov't will employ these undereducated psychologists. wow, this says a lot.
    nytimes: Every hr you have 10 minutes where you’re not doing anything productive at work, & you can’t look at porn. So you make a comment & fulfill this desire to show yourself off as a smarty-pants.

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    I have noticed that. I know at my university, psychology has some of the largest drop rates. Apparently, after first year, about 500-1000 students enroll in psychology, but that number drops by about a half with each year that passes.

    The thing is, with psychology, it's hard to get a job afterwards if you don't plan your paths right. At least, it's hard to get a job within the field. You either have graduate school, which is very hard to get into; or you can try professional schools, some of which are still hard to get into. Not that many people want to become social workers or counselors and you can't really get a decent job without at least a Masters.
    Because I'm somewhere in between,
    My love and my agony.

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