What if Im a history and a computer science major!?!?
Well, you’d spontaneously combust.
oh crap… KAPOW… Monkey walks in room, types this, and hits the ‘post’ button.
Wow. I’m even wearing a flannel shirt.
My reason for my major choice? I dropped out of physics after hitting a brick wall with the math, and history didn’t require a thesis. I still enjoy both of them, though.
Freshman EE: I am smarter than my friends. I love Algebra
Sophmore EE: I am still smarter than my friends. I love Calc. Where did my life go? Only 3 more years left.
Junior EE: Holy Shit! This shit is hard. What have I gotten myself into. I should’ve chosen IS like my friends. I hate DE. 2 long years left.
Senior EE: Life sucks. EE sucks. How am I gonna make it thru this last year. Why did I choose this major. I should’nt have gone to college. One year of this shit left.
Graduation day EE: Wow. That wasn’t so hard. I think I’ll get started on my Masters this fall.
My now wife and I both graduated in 1995. I think that there are a couple of other Tulane dopers too (Scylla? maybe). Small world, huh?
Blackknight, your theory sounds good, but I knew a guy who was a CS major, Theater minor. How does he fit in?
Sure is! Sorry for the small hijack 
The Journalism one is spot-on. I’m working on my masters now, and just this week one of my profs said, “I have confidence in you all. You’ll all do excellent in your field . . . of course, you’ll probably still starve for a year or two after this program . . .”
Hmm, very interesting.
I can think of three possible explanations:
- He is insane.
- Like all male CS majors, he chose a minor that would let him be around women. (CS major, English minor here. )
- Like all male Theatre minors, he wanted a major that would let him be in a nearly 100% male environment.
Either that, or he’s bipolar. His down / quiet / introspective moments are spent in CS classes, and his high / bold / outgoing moments are spent in Theatre classes.
Then again, I’m not a Psych major, so I’m not qualified to say that. 
What about PolSci/Gov’t, or a MALE Women’s Studies Minor!
I’m disappointed that there isn’t a Philosophy explanation…ho about this:
Philosophy: I’m going to Law or Graduate school (eventually…) but for now I’ll wait tables.
I’m disappointed that there isn’t a Philosophy explanation…ho about this:
Philosophy: I’m going to Law or Graduate school (eventually…) but for now I’ll wait tables.
Political Science: I’m not certain what I want to do…I don’t like math, I have no artistic talent…and someday I may want to be a lawyer.
German: Well I got A’s in high school I have to take it for two years anyway…what’s two more. Then I’ll have a double major! Besides that German undergrad instructor is hot.
My advice to my coworker’s college age kids. “Go to college, learn a skill.”
Male Women’s Studies Minor: God-DAMN those women are hot! If I can show myself to be a sensitive male, I’ll score!
Health Information Management (aka medical records administration): I’m boring, and I like pushing paper.
Robin
Preferably both…
Computer Science: I’m a Libertarian because I want the government to leave me alone. I’m an athiest because I want imaginary sky pixies to leave me alone. I’m a hacker because I want you to leave me alone. Now, leave me to my caffienated peppermints or I shall regale you with the story of how I finally got my Brainfuck primality tester to work.
<stares at Derleth in wonder>
Did you really?
Now, go implement it in Rube. 
I’m secretly hoping that one of these women can tell that I’m a bad, bad boy who needs discipline. Then she will tie me up, gag me and spank me until I…
Umm. cough Ummm. Actually, I have always supported women’s rights, and felt that I should learn more about the plight of women. Really!
Balance: No, I’m not that wizardly yet. I’m still trying to figure out how to make a program that will zero-out core even if it hits an already-zeroed cell. The best I’ve been able to come up with are this one [>], which stops the first time it hits a zeroed cell, and this one [[->+<]>], which is either an infinite loop or a quick way to a coredump, depending on how your interpreter or compiler implements the core.
Japanese Major, German Minor, who went back to school to study computer programming – you name it, I can talk to it!
CJ
(Just call me “C3PO”!)