*Side note* This picture has nothing to do with me changing my Major, but I really like it so I included it. Here we go
LIKE many other college students, I went into college as an undecided student. I had applied to colleges as a Sports and Exercise Science major, but after an almost failed anatomy class, and physical therapy for my knee, I decided that going to school for that major would be a mistake. I made a last minute decision to switch from Sports and Exercise science, to Pre-Major, which is my schools "undecided" program. This was a good choice, but not the one that i'm writing this post about.
All throughout my Freshman year I kept thinking about the psychology class I took my senior year of college. It was only half a semester, but I really enjoyed it. I've always been fascinated with the human mind, and I have a special interest in serial killers and personality disorders. So, after my winter quarter of my sophomore year, I changed my major to Criminal Justice, with a focus in Forensic Phycology. I wanted to do forensic profiling, but then as I took more classes and learned more, I decided that I wanted to do something in the juvenile justice system. Kids shouldn't be in cages. I was set on this for a while.
Winter quarter of my sophomore my rough. I was taking only criminal justice classes, I was not getting along with my roommate, the weather was affecting my mood, I was basically just fried from the quarter. I was also failing my statistics class. I hate Failing Things. I know that no one likes failing things, but I HATE failing things. It makes me scared and unsure of myself. I had a little bit of a break down. I was crying on the phone with my mom, talking to friends about it, weighing pros and cons...it was dramatic. The end result was that I changed my major from Criminal Justice, to Communications. Two of the most different majors you could have. I know this sounds a little like "things got hard so i quit". And in a way that's what happened. But there was more than that. It wasn't just hard, it was uninteresting. There was so much more to that major that I wasn't interested in. Also, a criminal justice major is not one that you could apply to different fields. You pretty much only have one life track, and I wanted options.
The point of this story is not to share that i've technically changed my major three times, or to say that you should quit things that are hard, but really just to say that i've been there too. Going through this change, I had to really think about who I was and what I wanted. I was only 19-20, and suddenly I was thinking about where I wanted to be when I was 30. It was nerve wracking. I learned, though, that it's okay to make a change. It's okay to shake up your life a bit. It's okay to start over.
If you ever have any questions about college, or are going through the same thing, please feel free to email me
