<p>I have nowhere to go for help and this forum seems like the best candidate. I'm currently graduating from a community college with a associates in business administration. The upcoming September, I'm starting in a 4 year college pursuing a bachelors in world finance. For the past few weeks, I've came to realize, I have no interest in world finance nor any other majors. World finance doesn't even seem like the major for me nor does business, considering I'm a girl, it'll be hard for me to land a job in finance. I'm really coming close to a point to changing my major to liberal arts. What should I do? This is such a major dilemma for me lately..</p>
<p>Thinking of major in liberal arts???</p>
<p>That’s is a problem.</p>
<p>yeah it’s not like you can go to law school with a liberal arts degree</p>
<p>Adobegirl, what do you want to do in life? Not a specific career or anything but what do you want to do? Get filthy rich? Change the world? Help others?</p>
<p>I do like giving advice to others. However, reading some posts here about the psychology major. I’m afraid I will not get a job in psychology without a phd. I don’t need to be filthy rich but I wouldn’t mind, who would? I just want a major/career I can be happy with, I’m so torn.</p>
<p>Well a plain old BS in psychology is hard to find employment with, partly because there are just so many people with one. With a master’s you could probably find a job as a counselor or therapist, but to be a psychiatrist you have to go to medical school. One must be a psychiatrist to be able to prescribe medications.</p>
<p>I’m sure most people on here are happy to help but we don’t know what kind of things you’d be happy doing. For instance I’m planning on majoring in information systems. Why? I’m good with computers, I enjoy working with them and I enjoy working with people. I’m also pretty good at “dumbing things down” for others, which is a lot of what IS majors do haha. I was interested in a few other things but after taking some introductory courses in them, I realized they just wern’t quite for me. At least not on their own.</p>
<p>This may sound crazy but I love aircraft. I love anything that has to do with airplanes. I want to be a flight attendant however the constant traveling will not let me settle down for a family…</p>
<p>Nah I love aircraft too. I used to want to be a pilot in the Air Force but my ****e vision has kinda restricted that, and it’s damn near impossible to become a pilot for a major airline without either military piloting experience or a lot of years flying for regional / cargo lines. Plus it costs a lot to learn how to fly. The USAF would have made it ‘free’ but alas. I don’t know if you think you’re cut out for the military, but that is one pretty attractive option for a lot of people. It’s gotten quite competitive to become an officer in the Air Force thanks to the recession, but it’s still possible. You might not be a pilot but you could still work in some aviation-related capacity. They tend to prefer science/math-based degrees, however.</p>
<p>You could get your degree and try going for an Air Traffic Control position, I’m not sure how competitive it is to get a job with the FAA. It is a very stressful job though, keep that in mind. You’ll wanna do some research on what they test you on in the FAA exam.</p>
<p>[How</a> To Become an Air Traffic Controller](<a href=“http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ahr/jobs_careers/occupations/atc/path2/]How”>http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ahr/jobs_careers/occupations/atc/path2/)</p>
<p>There are also a lot of office/managerial type jobs for all the airlines and airports, of course. Some of those jobs might require specific degrees, others might only require that you have any degree. As for being a flight attendant, you could talk to current ones about how scheduling and seniority work. I know in a lot of those types of jobs, the more seniority you have the easier your scheduling is.</p>
<p>You can do aviation management.</p>
<p>Hi adobegirl,</p>
<p>If your college has a “career center”/“career counseling center” (or something like that), you might be able to stop by there and get some advice. Perhaps they will recommend to take an aptitude test of some sort to point you in the right direction.</p>
<p>Good luck!
- Soarer</p>
<p>Have you considered the human resources/industrial psychology/organizational development end of business or marketing? Of course, it doesn’t pay like finance, and more women pursue those areas. I’m thinking you might want a 45 degree adjustment vs. a 180 degree turn. . .</p>
<p>Rio Braveo, you actually could very easily go to law school with a degree in liberal arts. Just saying…</p>
<p>It was sarcasm ;)</p>
<p>I would second Soarer’s advice. You shouldn’t be depressed – you can do anything you want. You just need to figure out what you want.</p>