<p>Hello all. This is my first time using this website.
I'm desperate for people to help me get through the situation i'm in right now.
I'm a junior who majors in business. I had an awesome college life...
friends supporting me, good grades,good relationship with professors...
my life was fantastic...
But, now I'm failing my courses...( like three of them...)</p>
<p>I lost interest in my major...
I have witnessed what people could do to you..what jealousy could do to other people..
and frankly speaking, i'm not sure if I could take the pressure anymore.
I'm constantly competing and being compared and criticized by others...</p>
<p>I worked my butt off in high school to get into this school but now,
I hate it so much...it makes me sick..
This semester has been a disaster...</p>
<p>I want to change my major..I love creating music and sound effects.
I'm thinking about majoring in audio engineering/technology...</p>
<p>First, see whether it’s a major you can just switch to or one you’d have to meet certain requirements for … and whether you are able to meet those requirements. For example, you might need a certain GPA, and if you’re failing 3 classes this semester your GPA is probably about to drop.</p>
<p>If I were you I’d go find the list of requirements for the new major, check to see which of them have prerequisites, and then try to figure out how I could take them all, completing prerequisites before starting the courses that require them, between now and when I planned to graduate. All that information should be available on your school’s website.</p>
<p>The risk there, of course, is that I might not realize that a particular class was only offered once a year or once every two years, or I might not know that two classes I thought I could take during the same semester were always offered in the same time slot and always conflicted. Those pieces of information aren’t always available on a school’s website. So even if I thought I could do it, I’d still make an appointment with an advisor in the department I wanted to switch to before concluding that it would work.</p>
<p>So you might just want to call the department for an appointment, and then take a sheet of paper with all the classes you’ve taken so far and the ones you’re taking now and the grades you’ve earned or expect to earn in them with you.</p>
<p>My friends daughter changed majors after her junior year also. She was able to do it though she needed an extra year to graduate. Speak with you advisor ASAP.</p>
<p>Unless you’re walking up to the stage to receive your degree :/</p>
<p>Yeah, it may be true that never is too late - but there is a certain point where it only makes sense to just complete what you started; as was the case with me. If you’re only a small amount of classes away from finishing - you may want to just stick it out…
But sounds like you’re not; so either decide to change now or “forever hold your peace” lol…</p>
<p>I think its time for some Cost Benefit Analysis! Haha sorry for the business joke, but really I think a lot depends on your financial situation. If you can afford the time and money that you might need for another year than you should do it. But if you are on a tight budget it probably won’t be worth piling up more debt. You can always graduate and go back for another degree later.</p>
<p>While I think it would be great to pursue your creative interests, I would look at where you are in your business degree. Could you do a double major if you went to summer school? Certainly your knowledge of business would be an asset in the music industry. I do not think either of these have to be exclusive of one another. I finished college in 4 years with a double major and a minor. It wasn’t easy but it can be done.</p>