I'm hoping to do English and History. Not as useful for a career as physics, but it'll pull me through. If I even get past lower sixth, that is. My R.E. exam didn't go so well, at least I don't think so. I'll just have to worry and wait, I guess.
As someone with a B.A. in history, let me just say....fly, you fool, fly!
Unless you plan on supporting yourself with your pub trivia wins, in which case, carry on.
Well...yes, but it includes English! Two degrees in one! Must count fir something.
Combining one mostly useless degree with another mostly useless degree doesn't yield an exceptionally useful degree.
That said, if you don't mind spending the first 10 years or so after college working whatever you can find for crap pay, then I
would advise it (non-sarcastically) if those are the disciplines that actually interest you. Most employers (other than science/engineering type jobs) don't really give a shit what your degree is in, just that you HAVE one. After that, the experience you racked up in that 10 years is going to be far more important than your degree, which will be hopelessly outdated and irrelevant by then anyways.
And you're more likely to successfully graduate university if you're actually studying something you're interested in.
Look at me, I double-majored in history and archaeology. And then promptly wound up working helpdesk for 10 years. Went back to grad school, got a Master's in International Studies....and went back to helpdesk for four more years. Then applied for a project manager job on a "oh why the hell not" whim, got it, and here I am now.
The subject matter of my education has pretty much zero input into my work life. But the *skills* of note-taking, organization, critical thought, attention to detail, logic, etc. are very much part of my work life.
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