There are so many majors to choose from and sometimes it feels like the one you pick is a prison cell trapping you in and telling you, this is what you chose to do for the rest of your life, no backsies. But that's so untrue! Choosing a major that interests you and reflects your goals is really important, don’t get me wrong, but the devil isn’t going to come and set you on fire if you change your mind.
When choosing what college I wanted to go to, it was very important to me that they offered a major for Special Education because I had my heart set on being a teacher. After my first semester, I felt that being a teacher wasn’t what I wanted to do anymore. I had no idea what I wanted to do if we’re being honest. I was so nervous to tell anyone that I had chosen the wrong major, because even though it was my first semester I still felt like I was behind.
After talking with my advisor, she was in full support of changing my major and reassured me that it was okay. She said that everyone does it and college is about figuring out what you want to do. I switched to Business with a concentration in Marketing and Management and I IMMEDIATELY loved it, for one semester. After quickly realizing how much I hated the math aspect and that I had no motivation to even try and enjoy it, I still decided to stick with it another year. That same fear of being judged for not knowing what I wanted to be haunted me and I was terrified to admit I chose yet another major that I wasn’t too fond of.
At the end of my junior year, I checked my grade report and saw that I failed not one, but two classes. After a few crashouts and a lot of laying in bed regretting my life decisions, I decided I needed to change my major again. I saw my new advisor and told her everything and she told me it was risky to switch halfway through college, but not impossible. Not impossible. Those words gave me hope because I knew that the only thing holding me back was my own ego, so I took the leap and switched to Communications with a concentration in Communication, Culture, and Leadership.
After a year of learning a new major and still figuring it out, I can safely safe I love my major. Do I know what I want to do with it? Absolutely not. But what I do know is that I love it. I love the classes and the professors and the clubs I’ve joined within the department.
So am I telling you to go call up your advisor and demand your major be changed? Maybe. If that’s what’s calling to you right now then, yes. Take the leap and go switch your major and see if something new will spark up that motivation. Luckily, changing my major to something very similar still kept me on track and I’ll still be graduating at the same time, but even if you have to take an extra semester to do something you might love more, go freaking do it. Stop waiting for someone else’s approval or hiding behind that fear of judgement. It’s your life! The only person who can make that change is you. If you aren’t happy, fix it. This experience is about understanding yourself and your passions and if you think you hate something and don’t see how you can spend the rest of your life doing it, then don’t stay. If that means dipping your toes in a few different major pools, then do it.
Whatever you do decide to do, make sure you do it for you. Find something that will make you feel happy and that won't make you fail a few classes because you hate math with a passion. If reading this made you realize that you do actually hate your major and you just needed someone else to verbalize it, than go send that email to your advisor right now and go do something positive for yourself.
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