<p>Currently, I am a high school junior who is hopelessly confused about a future major and career choice. I understand that I have a lot of time to make decisions about my major and future, however, I'm a horrible decision maker and want to put a lot of thought into this decision. I figure, the earlier the better, right? </p>
<p>Anyway, for as long as I can remember I wanted to be a doctor. However, lately I've been having serious doubts. I'm starting to think that my premature career decision was fueled by the Indian stereotype and pressure from relatives and aquaintances that held doctors in such high regard. I never paused to consider my interests and the huge variety of potential occupations. </p>
<p>After giving it some major though, I've realized that my interests lie in English and history. Granted I've always done fairly well in all subjects, however, I seem to enjoy English, history, the humanities, etc. much more than I do math or science. This year I took AP cources in Chemistry and Biology, an honors course in British Literature and an AP course in government and an AP cource in Calculus BC. I find that I look forward to Brit lit and either dread or feel apathetic towards chemistry, biology and calculus. Also, I've realized that my extracurricular activities suggest that I'm more inclined towards the arts and humanities. I participate in forensics public speaking (involves the analysis of current events, writing and speech), model united nations, orchestra and dance. I've generally avoided things like science olympiad and math club. I now recognize that I really never felt a passion for the sciences. I was never as excited about chem labs as I was about reading a new book. </p>
<p>Frankly, I'm hopelessly confused. After recently attending a model un conference, I spoke with college students whose majors were generally along the lines of international relations. Also, after posting a thread about my ECs on the parents forum I found that all of my activities have a common tie in global health. I'm not sure if I'm totally ready to abandon the medicine idea, especially because I've been set on it for so long. I love history and intenational politics. I'm involved in an organization called buildOn which raises global awareness and fundraises to build schools in third world countries and working with it is so incredibly rewarding. Basically my interests lie in English, health/medicine, international relations/global politics, history and education (particularly bringing education to less fortunate countires, that sort of thing)</p>
<p>I'm requesting any kind of advice/carreer options/words of wisdom that anyone has to offer. I've posted on the parents forum in the past and everyone on here seems to be really knowledgable and helpful, so I figured this was my best bet. Thank you to everyone that took the time to read this obnoxiously long post. Any advice is much appreciated!</p>