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Interesting Majors

There are (6.022)10^23 different majors available here. Seriously!

Majors are a bit like Bertie Bott's 'Every Flavor Beans'. They mean every flavor ... There's spinach, liver and tripe ... There are the conventional majors like Biology, Math or English. And there are the unconventional majors.

The unconventional majors are of roughly two kinds. The first is the kind that is heard of once in a while. Such majors include underwater basket weaving, bottle sciences and Hammer Studies. People take these majors roughly once in a blue moon (which actually means once every two-and-a-half-years) and do really brilliant research for their UROP's. One student, a few years ago, studied Cud-Chewing and experimented with regurgitatory digestive methods for various animals including mice, ducks, grasshoppers and beavers. Sadly, not all his experiments were successful, although he did create the first ever dancing mouse during an erroneous trial.

The other kind of major is the one that has never been heard of before. Blackboard design, Alliteration studies and Techniques of Stationery Usage are some possible majors. These haven't been studied as yet, despite the millions of students clamoring for new majors. We hope some aspiring young minds will take pity on the erasers and sharpeners of the world and will develop new guidelines so that people all over the world can get a better and richer experience from their stationery. All uber-nerds are welcome to put their hands into the vat of beans and pick their icosa-major.

Witchcraft is an interesting major that pops up, once in every five years. This major includes compulsory IAP visits to Hogwarts in Scotland and a trip to Salem, Massachusetts(not the hometown of one of our beloved bloggers) for historical significance. We highly recommend that you get yourself tested for magic before you apply. Don't even try the Imperius curse on your interviewer - you'll be in for a nasty shock.

We at the hack team plan to stick with conventional majors. But who knows, anything could happen! Until then, a minor in Hacking Studies doesn't sound too bad does it?

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