I don't know what I'm passionate about and I can't decide on a major.

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<p>For years I wanted to be a doctor. I worked all throughout high school, go top grades, was in all AP/IB classes and I got into some good colleges. Once I got to college; however, I started doing really poorly in my pre med pre reqs. I scored extremely low in my chemistry classes despite studying and actually trying and I mangled my GPA and lost my full scholarship. I was so depressed I didn't know what to do, but I absolutely hated my chem classes and knew I needed to get out. I switched to psychology but I couldn't get into my required classes and I didn't want to waste time waiting, so I switched to political science. I think I want to go to law school, but I don't know for sure. I am taking poli sci classes this semster and while I have been doing ok, I'm not extremely interested or stimulated by the material I am studying in my classes. I have also looked at the scary stats online and I don't think I could find a job if I don't get into law school. Plus, I don't want to go into huge debt if I choose law and then not have a job. I don't know what to do. I'm a junior and I need to pick a major so I can graduate soon. What should I do? I thought about double majoring in business, but I'm not that great at math. I feel so lost and upset.</p>

<p>I have no real hobbies and I feel lost without my goal of medicine. I am severly depressed and I know it, but I REALLY miss my biology classes and want to cry when I walk past the biology building everyday. I'm not musically or artistically inclined as I can't draw, paint or play any instruments. I wouldn't be happy as a journalist because I hate the media. I'm so scared because I have to decide now what I want to do for the rest of my life.</p>

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<p>I really want to comment. First of all, don’t feel the need to absolutely know everything about your future. I’ve been learning this over the past few years. I’m currently 21 and finishing my first degree. I’m switching careers to what I recently discovered I’m passionate about. It has taken me 4 years out of highschool to even know what I’m passionate about, and God knows how many hours of online research and asking around people’s insights of their jobs (the jobs that caught my interest). You don’t need to know now what you want to do for the rest of your life, thats bogus… you’ll never know for sure… I’ve read people change careers several times during their lives. So even if you were for example, a chef, maybe you’d work in a restaurant, later own one, then work in a cruise kitchen or then in a military kitchen and then maybe end up as a chef or manager of a fancy hotel… etc etc. See my point? </p>

<p>First of all, maybe you should have kept on trying in your first major (I’m guessing maybe biology?) and not have quit. Maybe you just got scared when you started doing poorly in some classes. It’s normal. If it’s the major (and career you love) a few bumps in the road are nothing. I really think you should consider trying again, because it really sounds like that was your passion, and your depression is a result of letting go of what you love, of your dream. Really think this through.
Ok. If you decide that you need something else, maybe you should stay close to home, aka what you really wanted. For example, maybe speech pathologist (which I’ve heard good things about), optometrist, nurse, physician assistant (which is everywhere now, very trendy, lots of $$$). Or like me, maybe dietetics (nutrition). You know sciency stuff, but maybe less tough than medicine per se.
Important: Don’t discard a major/career because there is something tough or that you are not great in. You will go to a classroom, the professor will teach and you will take notes and then study. You are not expected to know it all, you are expected to learn. So learn, it’s a process.
Please be positive. It’s not the end of the world. You are young, and you have all the time in the world to figure what you want. Maybe get a job or volunteer. Also, don’t discard careers unless you research them properly, ask around, etc. Maybe you don’t have natural talent for some things, but maybe if you try it and like it…you will be able to develop the skills needed. And don’t hate what’s going on… you make mistakes so you can learn from them.
Also, maybe some websites that might help you:
[CosmoGirl</a>! Guide to Your Career<a href=“you%20can%20check%20several%20of%20his%20articles,%20I%20really%20enjoyed%20them”>/url</a>
<a href=“http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/careers/[/url]”>http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/careers/](<a href=“http://www.martynemko.com/articles/cosmogirl-guide-your-career_id1460]CosmoGirl”>CosmoGirl! Guide to Your Career)</a>
or others…look online.</p>

<p>Or seek help from a counselor. Mine made me do a list of things I love, in general. And those I don’t. And a collage made out of cut outs of things I saw in my life in the next five years. You will start seeing patterns, then work from them.</p>

<p>But please be positive:)</p>

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<p>Med school is not for you. Well you don’t need that much math for Business majors. All you need to know is how to do plus and minus. Can you transfer to Business school btw?</p>

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<p>becoming a doctor in the US is like trying to be an NBA superstar. all I can say is, you had the misfortune of not being British or Chinese since students there can study medicine at the undergraduate level and become MDs in 5-6 years after high school since there’s no “prestige” issue that americans are caught up with. it forces people who are actually interested in medicine (and not in the money associated with medicine) to jump through more hoops to get there.</p>

<p>instead i just suggest you get an electrical engineering degree. if you want to stay as far away as possible from chemistry and biology as possible, nothing is further than EE.</p>

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<p>Here is a link of alternatives you can use a major in Biology to be if that is truly your passion.</p>

<p>[Jobs</a> for Biology Majors](<a href=“http://www.payscale.com/best-colleges/jobs-for-biology-majors.asp]Jobs”>Highest-Paying Jobs For Physical and Life Science Majors | Payscale)</p>

<p>You don’t say what it is that drew you to medicine but if it is patient care, then becoming a nurse then a nurse practitioner is a path that is less intense or even becoming a physician assistant. </p>

<p>Don’t dump the bio if you love it, just remake yourself into using it in a different way.</p>

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<p>Thanks for your input. You really put things into perspective. My parents aren’t the most understanding and are REALLY disappointed in me.</p>

<p>I think I will look into speech pathology. It seems like the perfect balance between pscyhology and biology. Which I love. I just want to be able to find my niche.</p>

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<p>Good luck to you! Sounds like a good option. I know two people who were speech therapists and they became consultants and did private sessions working out of their homes after they had their kids. Made for a flexible career.</p>

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<p>Speech pathology is a great option; it is one of a ton of “allied health” fields that don’t require an MD, where job demand is strong, pay is quite good, and the work is hard but rewarding. Often you have to take a premed style curriculum but you don’t need to get As in all your classes.</p>