I can't decide what to study for University?

[motega]

These are my interests:
Psychology
Economics
Accounting
Chemistry
Computer Science

I was thinking I could do a double major in Chemistry and Economics and a minor in Computer Science

or I could do a Double Major in Computer Science and Economics and a minor in Chemistry

These are my thoughts:
- Since computer programming is a field that is always changing, what I learn now, will probably be useless 50 - 60 years from now
- Chemistry is useless unless you want to be a chemist, an engineer or a doctor and I am only interested in chemistry if I go to law school so that I can do toxic exposure law suits
- Accounting and Economics are so similar that it doesn't make sense to do a double major in both. I think even doing a major in one and minor in another is too much saturation of the same material. The two tend to overlap anyway
- I have really bad marks in psychology because my first to years of college I would just smoke weed and party all day... so if I study psychology, it is unlikely I will be able to pursue a masters with it...
- When I write my resume I can say
a) I had 85% in economics
b) I had 95% in accounting
c) I had 96% in compter science
--> But I will never be able to say "I had 96% in psychology" because I was lazy and slacked off in my first two years. I would rather not even mention that I took psychology when I write my resume.

- I can get really high marks in English though.... like high 90's so I think I should study that... but I also got 3 C's from skipping all my classes in my second year of English so I won't be able to get a high GPA in English either.

What should I take? Here are my ideas
- I would like a job as an analyst or a job working in hedge funds
- I would like a MBA in business administration and possibly manage a company later on
- I would like a career in chemistry and law such as medical malpractice law suits, pharmaceutical law, toxic exposure law suits, industrial law etc.... all of which involve a knowledge in chemistry. This is a very big interest for me
- I might want to work in corporate or entertainment law, but I want to avoid defending guilty people and the only way to do that is to defend clients who are so wealthy that either party is unlikely to victimize the other or I can avoid doing litigation all together by focusing strictly on structuring the laws that make up each company etc...
- I would also think that a job as a psychologist would be very easy for me to obtain because most schools only look at your last 2 years of psychology and I'm able to get A's in psychology without even trying: I did it in my first year of collage but I don't want to deal with people who have bad breath. However I could use psychology in the field of advertising, in the field of marketing and in many other fields too.

[smid]

Computer programming changes very rapidly as new systems are developed. What you learn today will be worthless (other than the principles, which never change) in less than 20 years.

Chemistry covers many, many areas of interest, all the way from working with ancient artifacts (papyrus, for example) to the development of textiles (thread, dyes, fabrics) just among some of the fields.

Don't lump economics and accounting together. They are a little like sociology and psychology - related, but different fields. They may share many of the same classes and fields of study, but economics really is about the larger picture of impact on society while accounting deals with the nuts and bolts of keeping records. The advantage is that you can apply the same class toward degrees in both, something to think about.

Resumes are not about grades, but degrees in certain fields. Your resume is not your class transcript. Plus, you can always retake the pertinent classes, if you need to.

As to what you should take, you obviously have a lot of choices before you. The real question is what would you like to do the most? You've already started to weigh the pros and cons -- complete the balance sheets (pros and cons) for each vocation you have an interest in.

Finally, I would suggest a quick read of "What Color is Your Parachute?" -- it should be available in most libraries and is most helpful when attempting to determine a future vocation.

The choice rests with you. You have plenty going for you and should do well in a lot of different fields.