You  Know You'll Enjoy Being an English Major:

• loves to read different types of texts
• enjoys analyzing reading material
• has strong writing and speaking skills
• is creative
• likes to work independently

• discuss your ideas
• read literary criticism
• compare different ways of interpreting the same work
• manage your time well so you can complete all the reading and writing you are assigned
• develop your mettle as a scholar by writing 25-page papers
• get practical experience interning, editing or writing for the school newspaper or literary journal, or peer tutoring
• attend readings and participate in other related activities
• consider studying Joyce in Dublin, Shakespeare in Cambridge, or another author in his own country.