What to study in college?

I've gotten asked a few times now: What should I study IN college if I want to be a writer?

I'm hardly the authority on choosing what to study in college, since I got degrees in English and Philosophy. I don't know if you've noticed, but there aren't any jobs that pay big money for papers on Jane Austen or Emmanuel Kant. Also, I was a terrible student in school and wrote said papers on Austen and Kant the day before they were due.

Suffice it to say: Take all this with a grain of salt, and if your