I'm from Britfagistan, so we don't have any of this majors tomfoolery.
Did English and Writing for my degree. I had a place to go to California and study screenwriting, but I decided I didn't really want to move overseas for two plus years and the film business is nigh-on impossible to break into. I didn't fancy waiting tables with no other marketable skills while waiting for my big break, so I went off to retrain as a lawyer instead, which is what I do now. It's actually a total blast.
If you think I missed out on an amazing opportunity by not doing screenwriting, one of my friends at law school had turned down the job of head writer for World of Warcraft with a six figure salary (I shit you not) to study law instead. The super depressing part is that out of my friendship group, he's the only one who hasn't managed to find a job in the legal sector.