Things Obscure Majors Are Sick of Hearing

 

Your biology major might be hard, and your business major will supposedly guarantee you a job, but there is something special that comes with a major no one’s ever heard of. Whether it’s philosophy or creative writing, here’s a few things all of us obscure majors are sick of hearing: 

 

1. Wait, is that a major? What do you want me to say to this? Do you honestly think I’m going to reply “no, I was just kidding.” Yes, it’s a major. 

 

2. That isn’t a major. I mean, I’m pretty sure it is. Since it’s my major. And I’m taking classes in it right now. But you’re obviously an expert. (Believe it or not, I have been told this before. To my face.)

 

3. What are you going to do with that? A select few people ask this because they’re curious. A lot more people ask this because it sounds nicer than “good luck getting a job.” Unfortunately, we know how to read between the lines.

 

4. Do you know Jane who graduated two years before you started here but was also a Creative Writing major? Just because there’s few of us doesn’t mean we all know each other, especially if we were never even at the school at the same time. 

 

5. Wait, so like, what do you do? Honestly, most of our majors are exactly how they sound. In Creative Writing we write creatively. I’m pretty sure philosophy majors study philosophy. It’s not rocket science (unless, of course, your major is rocket science. In which case, science on).