10 Reasons to Major in English 📝 

Can we repeat this a little louder for my parents who are sitting in the back.

Getting a BA in English has allowed me to teach abroad in Korea, China, Sweden, and Indonesia. With 10 years of very diverse experience (pre-school, grade school, college, pensioners, online, international schools, etc., etc.) I could get a job teaching anywhere in the world I choose to live. I've worked as a writer for a magazine interviewing famous musicians, and my degree also allowed me to commission as an officer in the Army. I've had a fun life, and many diverse experiences that I would not have had without majoring in English.

1. Develop writing skills 0:38 2. Diverse job opportunities 1:08 3. Edit essays for $ or food 1:53 4. Less memorization 2:15 5. Fewer final exams 2:40 6. Less competitiveness 3:04 7. People give you props 3:42 8. Cheaper books 4:11 9. Study abroad 4:36 10. Famous & successful English majors 5:06

English majors are underrated! I encourage more people to do them! Especially with the amount you can do with them!

As you are an English major your speaking skills are perfect. Anyone who doesn't much understand English can also understand you

People should major in whatever they want :) the key is networking and doing something you love. Who cares if people say they are "useless."

I recently graduated with a BA in English, and I agree that it is absolutely worth it. However, I would strongly encourage any students who are English majors/considering English as a degree path to go one step further to make it a beneficial experience. Get involved in campus organizations where you can use your writing and communication skills (lit journal, newspaper, etc.) and get an internship (or a few). For English majors (even more than for some other majors, I would argue), it is important to explore career paths and figure out what you like doing because there are so many options available. Additionally, the skills you gain through putting yourself out there and trying new things are quite important when it comes to job-seeking. Yes, the classes themselves give you the foundation you need to succeed, but it is up to you to take advantage of the resources you are given. Don't be scared to try new things (you are capable of more than you ever dreamed!) and be prepared to invest extra time into extracurricular activities/work opportunities.

I was an English major. I now work for a large technology firm as a consultant. On the side I still pursue personal writing projects and love reading. You can do anything.

English majors!! 👊👊

i have no idea why im watching this video as a math major but i could honestly listen to you speak about anything, so i guess that english major has definitely done its part

I decide to go back to college and do another degree. I’m major in English - literature and law to become a lawyer. As a person with English as second language I have been discriminated and bullied for my English. Well now I guess is time to overcome that

Omg, I'm an English major. Woohoo for English majors ♡

English degrees are also great for actors! understanding how to analyze text and understand interpretation vs intention. It has helped me so much and I’m applying to schools that have great theatre and english programs.

I was trying so hard to major in Science... but it was NOT my thing. I changed my major to English and I love it! This video was great information. Thank you. Can’t wait to get my masters in English.

Yes. Absolutely love college classes even though I used to dread going to secondary school. It's different when you learn what you like. I totally agree about jobs. As a creative writing student, people keep asking "Oh, so you're going to write a book?" Yes I can, but I can also do the jobs you stated, we can also work anywhere because almost every company needs a writer. Be it for mass emails, newsletters, a website or a brochure! I'm so glad I chose to take a writing course.

this is a sign! I don't have a single doubt about majoring in English, but my relatives, mostly, do. they think that taking up Education or Accountancy will give me more opportunities. I don't mean to belittle their opinion because I know that they only want what's best for me but I really believe that taking an English major will make me more competent and will help me widen my vision and such. I hope that when I'd go back to this comment after 4 or 5 years, I'd be the person that I've dreamt to be today. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!

You bring back the reason why I choose to major in English. Thank you

I’m a junior in high school and the fact that I have pressure already to figure out what I want in my future such as colleges and majors boggles my mind because of my lack of confidence in what I really want to be. I truly have a strong desire of writing plus reading books. Books is my escape to everything in reality, my happy place lol. This video brought me a lot of reassurance to pursue with an English major considering a lot of individuals undermine the impact a major as this one can be beneficial in the long run. Thank you so much!!!❤️

I'm in my last semester of my English degree and all of this video yess! Even with the difference of me being British not American, I completely agree with this video. I love hearing other English majors talk about their degree!

Thank you so much for giving us this list. I will major in English as well but I've been questioning this decision constantly. I think you really helped me to be more confident and proud of my major. Thank you thank you thank you

This is so inspiring thank you so much Kristine 💕 I’ve been procasting with my major choices but you help me out! I think I must have faith in what I choose. I would love to study in England, too. Once again thank you kchoi!

I just graduated with a BA in English and a minor in Biology. I plan on becoming a PA, but I'll never forget how fun it was to major in English. Great video! :))

This video really helped me I'm trying to decide my major :) Thank you for sharing your story!

i totally agree with what you said. I was hating writing when i was young, then i rarely write. Then now i really have trouble with it, my major is in Finance and i can see how important is writing and communicating in my career. It takes me lots of effort to improve these skills now

I am nervous about majoring in english this year, because well I am a biology graduate and people keeps telling me to major in biology/ any science related subjects only but I love english and wrting. Its a one time thing in life so I think I would follow my interest

Im also an English major student. So glad that I found your video!! Hopefully i can continue my study abroad and London been on my list!! Thank u kchoi for sharing your experience(:

Thank you so much! This was so great hearing! I honestly needed to here this. I am currently in grade 10 and hoping to take uni classes to prepare me for university to study English. After my 4 years, I would love to go to teachers college to become a teacher. You taught me so many interesting things in this video, I am still nervous about university, but not as much now after hearing you tell us this. Thank you!

I know this video is from a while ago, but everything you’ve said is so encouraging! I just graduated high school and am planning to attend UMich next year as an English major, perhaps double majoring with secondary education as well. I’ve always loved English, but until this year, I never considered it as something I could really devote myself to because of the typical AP student pressure. While some people demean English, I think that as long as you pursue your passions, you’ll find fulfillment. And I certainly can’t wait.

thank you so much for this! currently a senior in high school and i’m seriously considering majoring in english. this helped me so much!!

This is so inspiring. I’ve been procastinating with my majoy decision and have made a wrong one. So I am now have to start from the begining. Thank you so much Kristine for this video! Oh I would love to study English major in England too. That’d be so nice.

I just switched to English and you make me so confident in my decision ❤️ I felt so out of place in nursing as english had always been my passion and where my skills lay

Thank you for giving me hope ! This video is so reassuring 💓

This makes me proud to be an English major graduate

Thank you very much! This was indeed of great help . You have boosted my energy and gave me some inspiration . I agree with everything you said Keep up the good work

I an so glad you made this video. Its exactly what I needed to ease my fears about majoring in english

loved this thank you so much! i was really nervous about studying english in uni

I am a 1st year college student taking up Bachelor of Arts in English Language. Thank you for your words of inspiration😊

I had been graduated for a year majored in English, and I could say I learn more when I graduated than during in college. Great thing I see your channel because I had been feeling frustrated and doubted if i continue, but you help me to go on. Englishpiration Ms Choi!

I'm soo glad I found this channel . this was very useful . thank you so much

Thank you! for creating this content. I was confused these 2 courses which closed to my heart . Now it helps me to understand better what to choose.

I start this Fall! Majoring in English! Thank you for the inspiration (',

thankyou so much!! i appreciate this much i really needed this push. (also you're really pretty!)

I loved majoring in Communication (BS Development Communication) bec we had oral exams. I felt like those kinds of assessments are more meaningful and more holistic. I felt like I really learned and embodied the lessons, not just memorize and get it over it. In terms of jobs, I found that it was relatively easier to find work as an english/communications graduate bec there are so many employers (from advertising firms to the government) who can use someone who writes or generally communicates well. I'm currently working in the research/development field and I have come to truly love technical writing and how productive it is. 💕

Wow! This video blew me away. You are so great at speaking and explaining things clearly. Thank you for this video! It was very helpful.

I'm currently starting my second year of college and I've been thinking a lot of switching my Sociology major to English. I'm so happy I stumbled upon this video, I think I might go through with the switch. I'm very scared for what the future holds but you gave me some hope. Thank you!

Thank you for this video I have been so confused and this really helped me out! I definitely will be majoring in English!

I'm in Communication and I feel like the field and job market is pretty similar to English. Except instead of writing, we make a lot of speeches...

Thanks for your Vidoe Miss. I will pursue taking Major in Englis next semester. Iloveyou! God Bless!!

I do love English majoring. Thank you for telling that I am right to choose this as my major.

I'm going to take english honours and this gave me a whole lot of confidence to proceed with the idea. Thankyou.

Thankkk uuu , I live in iran at the moment and studying English translation but i wanna change it to english literature and if I’m lucky enough get out of here and go to London. Thank u sooo much , u were the best one to explain it ❤️

Thank you, I have been thinking about majoring in English. Your video is inspiring ❤

I'm going to Berkeley now for Sociology! Your videos have been really helpful because I am looking into consulting as a career and I never knew what that looked like.

Im BSED-Major in English and I'm Proud of it! I want to teach my Future a Good Skill in speaking English with no Wrong Grammar!💚

I’m about to be a senior in college but I just switched from biology to English with a concentration in writing, rhetoric, and literacy. My grades were awful as a bio major and I wasn’t happy or even looking forward to my future career, but after some soul searching I realized English has always been one of my favorite/stronger subjects. Thankfully I’ll only be graduating a semester later than before but I’m not sure of which route I want to go with it (leaning towards PR or law), but I’m more excited than ever about the future and ready to figure it out.

I really like the point that writing makes a person speak & read more, and then really help him/her to learn a language. The hardest part for me when I speak is how to make my sentence sound more logically and easily to be understood. I was told to just practice more by speaking English every day. But deeply I realized that it doesn’t help that much if I don’t really think through how to make my sentence more structured before I speak. I will definitely write more going forward.

Watching this right now truely inspiring! thanks!

I watch this appreciating how good your english sounds and how comprehensible and structured everything you say. I instantly turned my volume up just to have the full experience. Your speaking skill is sooo smooth I want to swallow every words!

I'm glad to have seen this in my feed. Go English Major!

ur pronounciation is so good that I can listen well even though I am foreign, who hasn’t fluent English skills and your speech speed is fast. thank you for information and I subscribed to you because of your pronounciation that will make me take better English listening skills while watching your vedios❤️

Love this! English major and now applying to law school for an Intellectual Property, Contracts and Digital/Tech JD.

Your video made me happy, I think I’ve finally decided on my major. :’)

I’m not majoring in English, but in Chinese (of which people have more misconceptions and prejudices about). But thank you for reminding me why I chose this path, especially when the going gets tough 💛

You are amazing! You helped me a lot❤🌼Thank you💖💖

Thanks for this vid.I'm also stusying in Wnglish major too. I have been thinking about what you said, and finally I can figure out my answer.

I'm also an English major just finished my first year!! I might end up being a teacher with it but I was surprised that there were a lot more options when it comes to careers for an English major

Your video made me happy, I think I’ve finally decided on my major. love from ph

I watched this a year or two ago and wish I had enough confidence to have stuck with an English major. I'm currently sulking over the time spent struggling and bullshitting my way into a nursing program just to drop out a few days ago 🙃. It is a blessing to have seen this video again, I feel more assured of my decision, and I hope I can get the courage to go back to school soon and start over.

thank you for this. i really want to major in english, but i was debating on whether or not doing it. after i watched your video, i’m definitely majoring in english now

Thank you! I'm really quite indecesive in what would I take in college, however now, I'm pretty much decided of choosing this major esp when you mentioned England! My dream destination, as a "bookish person" I absolutely want to physically endure what I mentally and emotionally experienced being in this kind of places through novels... imagine breathing the air that your favourite author used to inhale and exhale before, that's awesome!!...😅

Thank you for the video, I found it useful as I'm considering my major

Thanks for sharing your thoughts❤❤ it helps me alot I think I should go with English literature

I’m an English major! Excited for my last two years

Thank you for the informative video on 10 reasons to major in English. I will use this to guide my decision making in choosing a path.

I am majoring in English too! Feel really encouraged after watching this thanks xx Btw I really love your videos and you are my fav RU-vidr now

Thank you so much for this video! I am at the end of my freshman year as an English major and since my school caters heavily toward STEM majors, I often feel like I chose the wrong thing and how I will be "poor" (thanks to an engineering major during orientation) in the future. I'm still battling it especially for when I graduate from school, but this video makes me feel a lot better have have a lot more hope!

I'm so happy i took English literature as my major in university soon I'll be graduating, i might gonna do master of arts in English literature as well.

Your video actually made my day 💕

I didn’t know it was easy to study abroad in England with an English degree I will be studying English in the fall so now you definitely have me excited to look into that!

i rarely comment but i just wanted to let you know that this really helped me. thank you!!!

Hi Kchoi Many thanks for your excellent explanations on the importance of studying English and major in English....

Your oral is pretty good and so fluent. Admire!!!

Thank you so much for this. It somehow lessen my doubt in getting English major right now.

well .. i am about to start my college and your video has motivated me to pursue a degree in english literature... thanks a lot .. i appreciate your efforts and admire your speaking skills.... stay safe ...

Mrs Choi, well done for your major in english. Good luck to you in what ever future career or careers that you may have. Whether you stay in consulting, or do something different. Perhaps a good career for you could be to work in translation, as to translate novels or technical material from an asian language into english or visa versa is a very difficult undertaking which very few people can do properly. I once asked a Chinese Canadian man how difficult it was to learn english and he said 'easy to learn but difficult to be really good'. This is very true as some estimates put the total number of english words at over 2 million. The most of any language in the world. With so many different idioms and metaphors and words with 2 or 3 or 4 different meanings, mastering english is incredibly difficult. You are very articulate in your videos and this is a very useful skill for any career path.

I'm planning to be a major in english. Your vlog makes me more motivated to study english.

Thanks a lot l’m also a saudi girl studying english level three and that was a great video💗👌

Could you do a video talking about what skills/experience might fit well with an English major? Or possibly even what internships to look for or minors/certificates that compliment English? Thanks:)

I enjoyed the video. Those are good reasons to major in English. I have two bachelor's degrees. Recently, I went back to school to earn a Great Books certificate. The program consists of taking at least 16 semester units of literature classes. Reading the classics has been my hobby for a long time so I decided to enroll in the program.

Thank you for sharing some tips about the English Major, after seeing your video I was been motivated to pursue that course because I'm now a 12th grader and 2 months left I'll proceeding to my next journey which is the college life, yet it is hard to study right now because of our situation in this midst of Pandemic. Your video was really helpful especially to us who've been taking the English Major, Your video was nice yet I'm good in English but my grammar wasn't enough and I want to enhance more my English skills and English vocabulary.☺️♥️ Again thank you for motivating me!😇

My best friend from my MBA program got her bachelor degree in English major as well. I have always wondered why she did that but now props to you, I learned why! Maybe because of the 10th reason (lol)? And the problem is she got that pet peeve of seeing others using wrong grammar or like wrong position of commas or periods, so I always text her very formally unlike other friends. And since I’m a foreigner (Vietnamese, maybe you remember me from your English vs American pt. 3 video?), it always gets me sweating texting her haha

Your major defined it's worthiness depends on your view about it. I think all majors have their own pros and cons and you're the one who will put how much your major will worth in the future. I'm engineering student btw but my sister is also an english major. So I love and respected all the english major!

Hey!! In currently studying in med school third year. Will be graduating in another two and a half years. Either ways im planning on majoring in English after med school and then probably get a masters in it too. It's odd. I'll probably become an English teacher or publisher who is also a doctor 😂. Your video was super useful ❤️

Wow, you are such a fine babe! Also great advice and reasons to keep me motivated while pursuing an English major. I hope I don't regret it if I don't get into med school.

I really hope I'll pass my majorship exam. Thanks for this! Have watched it countless time already. >.

I found out about your channel recently when I'm searching for English major advices. I wasn't sure if I should go for English major because I have an Asian mom who's like 'what can you do with English major you can't find jobs in the future can't get paid alot' something like that. After watching this video, I'm 100% sure I'm taking this major, because I just wanna go for what I love, not for some courses that people always telling you to take for a 'brighter future'. I really appreciate your advices and now I'm obsessed with all your videos! Thank you!

I'm a 4th-year English major focusing my studies on Indigenous Literature. I'm so thankful for this opportunity!

Thanks for the info, loved it.

Thank you so much for sharing I am also a BSED ENGLISH2 student I am also looking some tips to follow thanks God blessed 😘😘

This will be my first year at university, english major. I'm really excited, this video was really good and I'm even more excited. I'm hungarian , so english major will be extra challenging, but that's one of my goals: be better at english. I was always interested in learning languages, so I'm really happy that I got into the university. 😁