<p>how many of you honestly know what you would like to study at cornell? </p>
<p>how many of you are being influenced by family? (i.e. your parents say you must be a doctor...or your grandpa is an ibanker and you will be one too)</p>
<p>how many english majors at heart gave up their passion because it wasnt a practical major? </p>
<p>for me i always dreamed of being an international business type person but then at cornell i started to find that the business world wasnt interesting to me and am now looking into history grad programs...what's your story?</p>
<p>That’s the beauty of Cornell though, you have so many different options and you can chage your mind. I know I want to be somewhere in the business/legal field and I have options ranging from ILR to Econ to AEM to ORIE to Hotel to PAM, its a great feeling to know we have so many opportunities as Cornell students</p>
<p>I guess I wanted to do history before… then I realized while I liked reading history, I really hated actually researching history (first-hand, actual history). So I went with Economics/Computer Science instead.</p>
<p>Don’t be so naive. You start hopping around too much and you’ll have to spend an extra year in school and it ain’t cheap.</p>
<p>Entering students should spend a significant amount of time choosing the proper major. You really do not want to switch majors mid way through. You’ll lose a ton of momentum, friends, and possibly credits. It’ll also be a biznitch to satisfy all the prereqs for your new major.</p>
<p>To future students: It is definitely worthwhile to spend your first semester soul searching. In most cases I think it is still feasible to switch majors even after a couple of semesters. But don’t spend too much time looking around. </p>
<p>I’m a mechanical engineer, and I think I can honestly say that I love what I’m doing. My parents wanted me to do medicine, which I found an interesting and noble path, but I wanted something a bit more creative. Plus, Cornell’s engineering program is amazing! I’m not sure that I’ll end up working in industry for the rest of my life, though, but I feel very fortunate to have found something both intellectually satisfying and practical.</p>
<p>I’m torn between double majoring in math and physics at CAS or going into computer science or trasnferring to engineering to do physics engineering. These options are purely my choices, my parents never tried to limit my potential with a “you must go to med school” or anything like that. I’m hoping to solve this dilemma at the end of my freshman year, and i plan on taking courses that match each of these majors so it’s easy to switch if need be.</p>