On Thursday, November 9th I went to the Majors and Minors fair with Ben (who has appeared in all three of my blogs now). The reason I went was not to complete this blog but to provide support for a major I was heavily considering already. I wanted to know what major to pursue first before my career choice because I wanted to confirm my interest and I feel my major would lead to my choice in career and not vice versa (hence why I classes this as Career), and the fair did such that. I want to major in statistics and immediate saw the table corresponding for it. I met with Professor Robert Blau, (I believe) a professor in the statistics department. I told him that I was interested in statistics and instantly he asked me, “What is the probability of landing heads on a coin.” And I confidently replied, “one half.” But he said no, it’s either 0 or 1, which makes complete sense and overturned what I already knew about probability. He also gave me another lesson but this time about insider trading. He flipped a coin again and hid the side it landed on to himself. He said, “if it landed on heads, I’ll give you $100, if it landed in tails, you owe me $10.” All I had to choose was which side it had landed on, which was tails, and I chose correctly. Since he knew what it landed on before he asked, it was clear that he wouldn’t deliberately give me $100. I didn’t have to pay him either but he told me that that was insider trading. He finally gave me papers, one that had courses I need to take if I major in statistics, and another that had information on the major and the careers associated with it. I’m still undecided with my minor but it was nice to obtain a list of all the different minors that I will eventually narrow down. The fair as a whole helped me find useful information I was after and it was nice to meet Professor Blau. I encourage other classmates to attended the fair next time it comes about, even if you know what major you want to pursue.
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