What is Your Major?

In Frank Forencich’s new book, he was talking about how when you were in college meeting someone you did not know, the icebreaker inevitably was: What is your major? He found it was good to say pre-something, that way you never had to commit and you could on something that made you sound really smart. So from now on when someone asks me what I majored in college instead of Social Science with an emphasis in Latin American History I am going to answer that my major was pre–something. When they ask pre-what? I am going to answer, not sure what yet, but I think I will audit this time around and next time go for the grade. The other option is to take it pass/fail but that is too committed.