Re: (8) welcome to my lifee
It certainly seems like you’ve experienced significant setbacks in terms of time in your attempts to find that ideal major for yourself. Like others have already said, there’s nothing wrong with trying out a few options early in your undergraduate years, but if the trend continues well beyond your sophomore year, then it can get a little worrisome and you need to get more serious about it.
Personally, I think that beyond a certain point, the choice of a major involves a commitment that you should be ready to make. Some students are just not ready to do so and end up falling too far behind. It really doesn’t have to be all that difficult though…
You can talk to professors and students in the academic programs that you’re interested in… sit in during a few classes for courses that are representative of that program. Again, I can’t stress this enough… talk to students first to find out which courses they find the most interesting and which courses are harder to get through… you need to have an expansive basis for making your decision. You need to answer this question:
Do the courses that interest you more outweigh the ones that don’t… are the courses you like good enough to keep you engaged in the program over the duration of the program – i.e. are there opportunities to extend your experience through advanced courses in the same domain – etc.
From my own experience, I can tell you that there may be 1 out of 5 courses that you would find really engaging and you might just have to live with the other 4. This is not to say that you’ll hate the other 4, but it would take a little more motivation and commitment to get through them. In the end, an undergraduate degree is meant to instill this ability in you to accept challenges and tolerate while not losing your focus and continue to enjoy the parts that interest you. Your time post graduation in the workforce is not going to be much different.
Hopefully by taking these simple steps, you can critically evaluate your reasons, or lack thereof… in choosing the major that you are considering.
wow i wish i could do that in h.s. ---
my networking skills r disgusting. lol --- but definitely ill start looking into that :) thanks!