<p>Okay so I am completely and utterly at a loss. I haven't the slightest idea as to what career I will pursue. Growing up I had my heart set on becoming a geologist, then that dream shifted to psychology, and now everything is blank. I feel like everyone around me already knows what they will major in and what career they will become, and then there is me. I don't have any favorite subject or specialized notion as to what I should do. Are any of you experiencing this feeling or have previously experienced it?? </p>
<p>What grade are you in? Are you interested in any particular colleges? What are your favorite classes at school?
In elementary school I wanted to be a veterinarian, and then a writer.</p>
<p>For most of middle school I wanted to do something with psychology. (Psychology is a ridiculously popular major, and I think it’s intrinsically interesting to most people because it deals with the human mind.) In eighth grade I decided I wanted to be a dietitian, and that lasted until tenth grade, when I decided I wanted to be a math professor. I was briefly looking at engineering because I like math and people said I would like engineering too, but I did a chemical engineering mentorship and I didn’t like it very much. </p>
<p>I graduated from high school two weeks ago. I still have a pipe dream of getting a Ph.D. in math, but I realized my main goal is to teach math, so I’m planning to go through a teacher licensure program in addition to my math major so I can be certified to teach in public schools if I can’t get a job at the college level. But maybe I’ll end up doing something completely different anyway. </p>
<p>My experience is that you tend to like subjects more when you go deeper into them. It’s sort of surprising to me that I’ve stayed interested in math for two years, but I took a lot of math classes in my senior year and that helped me stay connected to it. I definitely wouldn’t say I have a “passion” for math, at least not at this point, but I believe that passion is something that develops and grows over time. Your “passion” isn’t already built into your psyche. Within reason, you get to decide what it will be. Don’t feel like you have to to major in something just because you’re interested in it—you will have lots of opportunities to study whatever you want. I have several academic interests outside of my intended major.
Some of them think they know, but most college students change their major at least once. How soon you’ll have to declare a major depends on what college you go to and what major you end up in, but in many cases you won’t have to know until your sophomore or junior year of college (though waiting a long time can make it harder to graduate in four years). </p>
<p>@halcyonheather Let me start off with saying thank you. Not to sound cheesy, but now I realize that I am not alone in this. But to answer your questions, I am a rising junior, my dream school is Penn (Amherst and Swarthmore are also high on my list), and I guess I am into psychology. You are completely right about being interested because it is about the human mind. I have a small fascination with the complexity of the mind, but unfortunately so does everyone else. Now that I really think about it, maybe I should explore the field of psychiatrics… It is an interesting career, but the whole medical school factor may make things difficult. I am so confused and I just don’t know where I am going with this.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in psychology, you may be interested in some sort of scientific research. I used to want to go into neuroscience, but recently I’ve felt drawn to biological research, because for one, the complexity of life, like the complexity of the mind, is fascinating. There are a lot of fields that, the more you look into them, the more interesting they become. I think it would be amazing to be part of the scientific community and contribute to the growing knowledge of the universe. If you think you might be into that sort of thing, it’s worth looking into different fields.</p>
<p>fortunately my parents give me a lot of variety in what i want to be</p>
<p>1) doctor
2) programmer</p>