Second Doubts about Language Major

College Majors
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<p>I am an undergrad freshman. I have a full scholarship to a certain college, and on top of that a partial scholarship to join a program that requires me to double major in Chinese and another major of my choice. It also provides a lot of internship and study abroad opportunities. I also have outside scholarships that amount to about $8000 and will apply to more while in college.</p>

<p>So here's my story: I took Chinese in high school, hated it, but thought that this program would make me like it. So I gave it a shot, and, although I think the teaching methods were more effective than my high school's, I realized that I still hate Chinese.</p>

<p>My other major will most likely be art. I really want to be a digital artist when I grow up. But I know that the field is competitive and that learning Chinese will give me a leg up in the job market, which is why I'm afraid of dropping out of this program.</p>

<p>I just hate Chinese so so so much and I'm getting really stressed out thinking about continuing the program. I have a back-up plan in mind: continue with art, attend a pre-business program, minor in computer science and go to grad school. I'm just not sure which path is better: continue with the Chinese program or go with my backup plan?</p>

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<p>If you hate Chinese, you should not major in Chinese. It is very difficult for young people when they think they should do something because of the money, job potential, or some other thing like: this is what mom/dad/grandma wants. </p>

<p>It is still early enough to make changes. It is hard to say no to the scholarship. It is not worth doing something that will have a negative impact on what you want to do.Language study is so time intensive. Good luck.</p>

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<p>I realized that I should have named the title “Second Thoughts” instead of “Second Doubts.” Whoops.</p>

<p>Anyway, most of the people I talked to said that they think it would be best for me to drop Chinese. I was having a huge debate in my head about it, but in the long run I think it will be better off for me to pursue things I know I am more interested in and will likely excel in. I’m having such a hard time in Chinese!</p>

<p>Thanks for the input!</p>

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<p>Agreed. You should drop Chinese. Chinese will not help you in the digital art market. Knowing Chinese might help you if, say you wanted to work as a business consultant or a manager at a company or something along those lines, but obviously these are not your intended careers.</p>