Trenton Polke on Choosing Your College Major

Trenton Polke understands how hard it can be to determine your course of study when you get to college. Despite the fact that Trenton Polke knew right away that he wanted to work in business later on in life, when he arrived as a freshman at Miami University of Ohio’s Farmer School of Business, he realized that there were many paths down the road of business that he could take. After some deliberation, Trenton Polke eventually decided to major in Finance, with one minor in Marketing and another in Mass Communication.

However, Trenton Polke didn’t get there alone. He admits being indecisive about what he felt like were some of the smallest things: whether to major in Communication or to major in Finance, for example. Trenton Polke has always loved business, but he also really felt as though what he chose to study in college would impact his future. However, Trenton Polke did not lose sight of what he enjoyed—he was also trying to figure out which one of all the possible choices he most wanted to study.

With that experience under his belt, Trenton Polke recommends consulting a number of people, including parents, professors, and upperclassmen who share your interests or intended major. Trenton Polke noticed that in his experience, everyone had something different to say about what they liked or wanted to study, but when it came to Trenton Polke’s course of study, they all had the same answer. Trenton Polke has taken their advice to heart, and shares it here: you should figure out what it is you like to learn about that will benefit you most in the future.

Of course, the advice from upperclassmen was helpful when Trenton Polke was choosing which classes to take, and the connections he made with his professors proved to be invaluable when he was searching for post-college jobs. All in all, Trenton Polke realized that once he figured out what he liked in the world of business, and what he wanted to get out of his college career, the majors in Finance and minors in Marketing and Mass Communication fell into place quite easily.