Uncertain!

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So this is my very first thread, although I read quite a lot of this website.
I am currently a Junior in the IB Program with no certain career path.
Everything I learn and hear about interests me to the point that I want to pursue it even further; I don't have a favorite subject.
Initially I had the dream to become an architect, fueled by my love for all the aesthetics and math found behind it. Then realizing my love for words and public speaking, law caught my attention along with international relations.</p>

<p>I don't want to mark 'Undecided' on my college application, but that is what I truly am.</p>

<p>Is anyone else having this problem?</p>

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<p>Hahaa HRoark i see where your architectural passions come from</p>

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<p>Lol, I actually just read it recently.
It was recommended due to my passion :p</p>

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<p>Oh, I’m horrible at career planning. I can easily see myself going into neuroscience or law or peace / conflict resolution studies or something artsy, like creative writing or theatre. ;p</p>

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<p>Undecided’s a tough thing to put on an application, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing if that’s what you truly are.</p>

<p>The architecture comment reminds me of my ToK days. :confused: (Full IB c/o '09 woot woot!)</p>

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<p>I definitely see where you’re coming from, architecture has also been one of my passions but everyone has told me to fall back from it since I’m a girl.
I’m also an IB Student!
TOK is definitely a wild ride.</p>

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<p>ayn rand sucks, at least her fiction,
and mark whichever you can look passionate about in your ECs/essays</p>

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<p>Honestly it doesn’t matter what you mark. There is something like a 90% chance that you will switch it at least once before you graduate.</p>

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<p>When in doubt of what major to put on your app, put “Women’s Studies.”</p>

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<p>I’m undecided too, but for the opposite reason as you; instead of finding interest in everything, I find everything boring.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t put Undecided… a friend of mine only got into 2 of his 10 or so colleges because he put Undecided on about 8 of them and Engineering for the two he did get into, which were Penn State and CWRU. He had the scores and stuff for Johns Hopkins, but his decision to put Undecided hurt his chances by a lot.</p>

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<p>The only time that your major matters a great deal is if you’re applying to a specific school of a college such as to their Architecture, Journalism, or Engineering school.</p>

<p>Otherwise, it just doesn’t matter, and it’s perfectly fine to put down “undecided.” Colleges know that most students change majors at least twice during their undergrad years.</p>

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<p>Lol Loon. Very funny! :P</p>

<p>Actually what you put down as your decided major won’t hurt you. It can only hurt you if there’s huge competiton for that major in the application pool. Putting down undecided won’t have any negative influences as admissions knows that many people don’t quite know yet when applying. That’s why hey generally schedule students the core courses the first two years so that they can think on things and explore electives a bit.;)</p>

<p>~ Theos Rizos</p>

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<p>Yeah, I have this problem. I’d like to recommend however finding something that you’ve always been good at, but yet, never noticed. For example, I’ve always been doing well in science, even back in middle school when I didn’t care for my education I had an A in science. I didn’t notice this until this year. And although I’m choosing my career based on money (therefore I’m becoming a lawyer), you might not be as shallow as me.</p>