What MyMajors does

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• What MyMajors does
• Assists you to identify potential majors to
  consider
• Helps alert you to factors that go into selecting
  a major
• Provides information on the nature of specific
  majors
• Offers an advisement report for discussion with
  your parents or counselor

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• How does MyMajors do this?
• Conducts a 10-minute interview modeled on that of
  an advisor
• Recommends 5 majors appropriate for you to
  consider from among 104 majors
• Provides further help
• Understanding what a major is
• What a major might entail
• Why one might wish to major in it
• Courses involved
• Etc.

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• Lots of Information on
• College planning
• Majors
• FAQs

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• Generate or see a sample advisement report
• Find an independent counselor
• Request a copy of College Outlooks Counselors
  Guide

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Returning users need not reenter all input the
2nd time
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Help screens on every Page explain why
this Information is asked for.
After you have entered, you will be asked for
basic information.
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Note the progress bar. The interview is
completed In less than 15 minutes.
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• Your grades in
• Required courses
• Electives
• imply which majors
• you will do well in.

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How much you enjoyed your courses implies what
majors you will enjoy.
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The choices you make suggest which majors you
might like.
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How you spend your free time suggests which
majors you might like.
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Which disciplines seem to hold your interest,
perhaps as a major?
Click on up to five fields you think you might
like to try.
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• Would you like
• to include the
• recommendations of
• Parents?
• Counselors?
• Friends?

People who know you and think you have the
personality or skills to succeed in a
major often have good insights.
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Eliminate as many major as you are sure you
dont want. Dont over-do it. Be reasonably
selective.
Dont know? Here is information about all the
majors.
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Three screens like this. Click on the help links
for an explanation of the question.
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A sample help screen.
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Randomized recommendations link to
major descriptions. Click on them to see
this information.

• Print out the screen or the
• Advisement Report to discuss
• with your parents, your counselor,
• or college representatives. A great
• Advisement Report shows
• The top ten recommendations in
• rank order
• All your input in an easily read
• Format.

Give us feedback
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A sample major information page. Note the kinds
of information that are available.
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Each major information page has links to our
featured institutions home page and majors.
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Please help us evaluate and improve the
effectiveness of MyMajors.
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Let someone else know if you found MyMajors
helpful.
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Some Thoughts to Consider

• Dont reject a major because its nothing but
• Do you really understand the major?
• Do you know how many options it opens for you?
• For example, a computer science major need not be
  programming. It can lead to careers in training,
  technical documentation, and consulting.

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• Do you understand what the major is?
• Some majors include multiple specializations
• For example, Health Sciences includes pre-med,
  pre-vet, pre-dental
• Check out the major information page for a
  complete explanation

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• Just because you never heard of it, doesnt mean
  that it wont be good for you to consider
• For example, metallurgy and materials science is
  very similar to chemistry and chemical
  engineering and nursing requires many of the same
  courses that pre-med does.
• Review the major information page for complete
  information.

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• Have you made up your mind already and the
  suggestions you received didnt include the major
  you selected?
• If you are strongly interested in a different
  major, you may well be able to succeed in this
  major
• MyMajors makes the best effort it can to find a
  major appropriate for your background and
  interests
• Be sure that you are not over-estimating your
  likelihood of success completing the major you
  have in mind

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• Are you thinking about an undergraduate major?
• Many students have a career in mind that is not
  an undergraduate major.
• For example, becoming a physician, a lawyer, a
  pharmacist, or a counselor requires a graduate
  degree.
• Get more information about each career you are
  thinking about to see whether a particular
  undergraduate major is required or recommended.
• You can go on for a graduate program from many
  undergraduate programs.

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• Dont be misled by the media
• Professions that you are interested in today, but
  that are not attractive, may well be in great
  demand by the time you finish college.
• Most professions are misrepresented in the media.
• There are not many people who are profilers. None
  are symbologists, and most lawyers and criminal
  justice personnel have more hard work to
  accomplish than is obvious from television.

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• You may need to narrow down the choices if you
  have too many majors in mind.
• Many majors have tight sequences of required
  courses and pre-requisites, so a delay may cause
  you to spend an extra semester or year in
  college.
• There are significant financial costs for
  unnecessary delays (i.e., additional tuition,
  books, living, lost wages).

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Now, Let MyMajors Help You Find a Major!