JUNIOR HAVING IDENTITY CRISIS Is an Economics major boring? vs. Public Health

I'm a third year student at a northeast US college. I've been a Public Health major (BA) for all this time, even as I transitioned from pre-med to finance. I am working at a hedge fund this summer and feel like I am pretty sure of my path. Since I only have three semesters of college left, I have to rejig my schedule just a bit in order to get an Economics major, since I've taken so many econ classes already. However, pursuing this major means I have to give up my Public Health major because there are so many requirements for that major in senior year. There is no Public Health minor.

I know this is not a huge deal since my future jobs will likely be based on my job experience out of college, not really my major.

HOWEVER, I think that recruiters/people who task you with things/people in general can build quite shallow connections of interest/ability based on their past experiences. Maybe people will believe I have an greater ability/interest/authority in healthcare-related projects that I otherwise would be passed over for. Maybe I will look unique because 90% of people beside me are Economics majors.

On the other hand, I enjoy Economics classes much more and will be able to take a variety of them as my schedule frees up if I drop Public Health. I've worked 5 semesters for this major, but it's a sunk cost.

Based on all of this, is the differentiation worth the hassle? Should I just be like everyone else in this career and do Econ?

BA in Public Health, minor in Economics
vs.
BA in Economics, minor in Financial Economics

 

I guess if I had the Economics major I wouldn't care too much about whether I got the Financial Economics minor. Economics is generally pretty liberal arts, but courses in the Financial Economics minor are more applied and geared towards careers in investing. "Since I'm taking them anyways, might as well get the minor" is my attitude towards that.

 

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