Mid-College Crisis. Help...

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<p>I'm about to finish up my sophomore year at Iowa State University, where I am double majoring in Animal Science and Dairy Science with a pre-vet option. My plans, starting way before I entered college, was to go into the large animal veterinary practice. </p>

<p>Well now I'm having a mid-college crisis. This far into my college career, I know my chances of getting into vet school are pretty slim. Aside from that, I'm not all that interested in the additional 4 years of huge expenses and the lack of a life due to constant studying and a huge workload that a vet student has. As an undergrad, the stress of achieving a C average in difficult science courses is stressful enough. I already have to re-take two intro chem courses and probably an anatomy course, because I received a C- in Chem 177, I dropped chem 178 due to a failing midterm grade. The rest of my classes are A's and B's. At the rate I am going with chemistry, Organic is going to KILL me. </p>

<p>I am loosing interest in the livestock field. My backup plan was to do something in the field of Dairy Cattle Genetics and Breeding, but I don't' want to spend the rest of my life cooped up in some lab doing the same day to day boring tasks. </p>

<p>I have decided that I'd rather spend the rest of my life outdoors, working with wildlife, but I don't know of any careers in this field. I keep telling myself to stick to the safer route of keeping my Animal Science and Dairy Science degrees, because of the high placement rate and availability of steady careers that pay well. </p>

<p>All in all, I am also sick of science. It drains me mentally. Even if I decide to switch to a wildlife biology degree, I will still have to take difficult science courses, even though the grades will be less demanding than they are now as a pre-vet student.</p>

<p>I just don't know. I am mentally exhausted with no one to talk to. My adviser is of no help. As a first generation college student, I have a ton of family pressure to do something great with my career. I don't know what to do with my life. </p>

<p>Sorry if this was one giant ramble. I've been studying for finals all day and I can't even see straight anymore haha</p>

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<p>Change your major immediately!!! Unless you want to regret for the rest of your life! Most Science majors are garbage anyway. </p>

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<p>So do your family and yourself a huge favor and major in something lucrative like business. Be rich, and set an example. If this happens the future generations your family in turn will be pressured to major in business, how awesome is that?</p>

<p>If you can’t transfer to business school major in Economics and/or Math and get a Sales & Trading job!</p>

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<p>What subjects do you like?</p>

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<p>There is no reason to major in science even if you like it and are good at it. Since you don’t like it, it is a no-brainer switch to a business major.</p>

<p>The good majors are engineering (probably not for you), nursing (also probably not), computer science, accounting, and economics.</p>

<p>Science majors are only useful for going to a professional school.</p>

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<p>Applied math, statistics, and computer science have generally good job and career prospects.</p>

<p>Physics also, if you are willing to consider and take a few courses to prepare for finance jobs, some types of engineering jobs, computer software jobs, and the like which absorb the excess physics graduates who are surplus to the available physics jobs.</p>

<p>Chemistry and biology tend to have the poorest job and career prospects, probably due to far greater numbers of graduates relative to the jobs available and less math (better math skills being important to being able to transition to alternative types of employment that pay well).</p>

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<p>I don’t know, I’m taking intro chem right now and it’s hurting my brain. Not that the math used is hard, it’s that it’s tedious and just generally annoying.</p>

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<p>Check out this link. Scroll all the way down to read some options. One thing I thought of that is kinda out there is to go into an area of law that deals with wildlife but it is on this list.</p>

<p>[Animal-Related</a> Careers](<a href=“http://www.anapsid.org/resources/jobs.html]Animal-Related”>Animal-Related Careers)</p>