What do you
want
That question seems to pop
up suddenly. As a freshman,
you are told you have a lot of
time to choose your major, and
to stick with general studies. As
a sophomore, you are too busy
deciding on five majors to stick
with one. Then as a junior, you
have to declare a major and get
some sort of direction toward a
career. But as a senior, reality
sets in when you have to begin
interviewing WHAT ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH YOUR
LIFE? 9
When students look for
jobs, there are several things
they take into consideration.
One is salary It would be nice if
people could live on love and
laughter, but that is not the way
the world works. Making
money is a main concern of
college graduates.
Starting salary among
different majors is as varied as
the majors themselves.
According to a 1985-1986
survey published by the Career
Planning and Placement Center
at Texas A&M. the best place to
be has been in the College of
Enginering. The average
starting salary for chemical
engineering graduates with a
bachelor of science degree last
year was $2,523 per month, or
$30,276 a year Close behind
were aerospace engineers, civil
engineers and electrical
engineers. Compare that to the
average starting salary of a
graduate with a BS in
marketing; $1 578 per month
or $18,936 a year was all that
person was going to make in a
year
So, everybody should be
engineers. Well, maybe not.
Although important, salary is
only one consideration of the
quality of a job.
john R. Gudelman Jr.,
associate director for