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I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I almost think it's more important to pick a career and then back track into a major, even one you don't like, than it is to pick a major you are interested in. I was a history major for like a month, and then I decided I needed something practical. I majored in business administration. Outside of statistics and probability (which I geeked out over) I didn't find my classes fascinating, and I made sure to take interesting electives on the side. However, now that I'm out of college (between two-three years out), I am in a job I love more than anything (and I truly mean love) that pays enough for me to live comfortably in an area that is fairly expensive.
In my experience from a class that graduated into the worst economy in some time, all my friends who had business, economics, and engineering majors are employed in jobs they enjoy that pay well. My buddies who knew they wanted to go to law school or med school from day one (and chose good "feeder" majors) are there and doing well. Those who chose majors that may have tickled them academically but with no immediate practical application are working at jobs like hostessing and coaching sports (and that's only after long periods of unemployment). And these are smart, personable guys who graduated from a school that is currently top 25 in the nation.
The point is that I think the days of going to college for purely academic purposes are over. I think you need to be incredibly careful that there is an immediate practical application for your major. It doesn't have to be the career you spend your entire life in, but it does have to be something that can support you for the first three to four years until you get enough work experience that your major becomes irrelevant.
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