<p>How common is it for a person to change their major in college?</p>
<p>If one does change their major, how often do they end up changing it?</p>
<p>What made you decide on your current major?</p>
<p>if you’re Korean, you should probably consult with your parents first if you want to change majors. Asian parents tend to be anal about this.</p>
<p>I guess it was obvious that I was Korean, huh? xD</p>
<p>My parents were actually the ones to mention that I may end up switching out majors in college, and told me not to choose a school that has only a strong _______ program. Seems like my dad regretted studying mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>It’s really common. A lot of times it happens before you even officially declare a major; you just start taking classes and realize you don’t like them that much so you move over to something else. If your school ONLY has a strong ___ program, then it’s probably not a good choice because if you change your mind, you’re kind of screwed. Just make sure your school has a lot of options.</p>
<p>Fairly common. A lot of people come in not knowing what they’ll major in, and those that think they know often change. I don’t know a percent to give you, but it’s a lot of people.</p>
<p>Usually I think people will change only once. Generally the first time in is either something your parents wanted you to do, or something you wanted to do for the money, or something like that. Then people figure out what they really want to do, and the switch to that.</p>
<p>Fairly common.</p>
<p>You just have to be aware that some majors require sequences of prerequisites, so changing into them late can delay graduation.</p>
<p>Also, at some schools, some majors are at full capacity, so you may have to apply to change into them.</p>
<p>If you are somewhat undecided, then you need to consider whether the school you choose has worthy degree programs in all of your possible majors.</p>
<p>I think it’s pretty common for college students to change their “official” major at least once, but I think more than two official changes is pretty uncommon. (It may be more common to change your mind unofficially about your major - a major you may not have registered, but took a class in and decided wasn’t for you.)</p>
<p>My first official major in college was sociology (before that, I had considered majoring in political science but changed my mind a few days before I submitted the form). I intended upon law school and sociology seemed like as good a major as any to enter law school, plus I was really interested in studying people and people’s behavior. I took the intro to sociology for majors course, and although I liked the course material I wasn’t sure that I wanted to do sociology. It wasn’t “sciency” enough for me, so the next semester, I took intro to psychology for majors. I loved it and so I changed my official major to that. Then I decided to become a research psychologist instead of a lawyer, so I’m getting my PhD in public health + psychology now.</p>
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<p>At schools or divisions where students enter undeclared and are only expected to declare an official major in second or third year, changes might not be that frequent after declaring (and might not be easy to do, since by then it may be rather late to change major without delaying graduation). But students may (privately) change their intended major several times in the first two years while they are undeclared.</p>
<p>It’s not a big deal but make sure you do it early or change to a major without a lot of requirements (unless you want to stay in school for a while). I was lucky enough to switch to CS junior year and still graduate on time.</p>