Hey guys so I need your help. I’m a senior in high school and have been trying to decide on a major… But I am having no luck deciding. I have a general idea of my interests… But I have no idea how to put it all together and find the major that is right for me. I’ll explain to you my situation and hopefully you can help me out. So all of my life (my whole childhood basically lol)… I’ve wanted to be a great variety of things, but yet they all kind of have a similar theme. I’ll let you know what each of these things have been:
1.) First, I wanted to be an artist (like preschool and kindergarten level)
2.) Then, around that same time, I changed my mind and wanted to become an astronaut. I’ve always just seen such a fascination in space, and it would be my dream to fly in a spaceship or study cool things like space exploration or another galaxy. (I still would love to do this lol even though I started thinking of other career ideas)
3.) That lasted a long time until I realized that these were a little “out there”, so around my tween years I started wanting to become an architect. I thought it would be awesome to design buildings and structures for people that would be created around me. That my creations would come to life.
4.) Then, I wanted to be an interior designer. I saw myself really enjoying picking out styles and patterns for people’s houses. I was probably in middle school now.
From that time to now, I have wanted to be
5.) A web designer- I have always loved creating websites. I used to use free website creator sites and just create and design websites for the fun of it, trying to find the best style. I could see myself really enjoying this.
6.) An animator- I always used all of these weird websites to create simple animations. I found such joy in this and literally would be spend hours creating them. They were really simple and easy and free to use websites though.
7.) Then for awhile I wanted to be a cartoonist…
That was short lived… I do not know how to draw at all… I know this seems weird after reading all of these, but I actually have never learned to draw. I know that I could still learn and if I practiced hard enough I could become excellent, but every time I would try to start I would just be afraid of failing and tell myself that there’s no use and that I’ll never be at the level that I dream of being at. I actually am going to start learning now, but currently I have no artistic ability.
8.) video game designer- I’ve actually spent a lot of my free time in my childhood making really simple online games. I’ve used websites like gamemaker, challengeyou, and atmosphir. I’ve never coded because I never knew how, which is why I always just made really simple ones. But I LOVE making games. I love the idea of seeing people actually using my cool project
9.) computer science- this is when my idea of computer science came. I thought, “okay, a lot of the things I want to be involve coding. If I become a master coder, than I can do a lot of these things with ease.” Problem is, I don’t actually LIKE coding. At first I tried free websites to learn it, and at first it was exciting and new, but now I just think it’s so boring. I even am currently taking an intro to computer programming class, and again, at first I liked it, but now I can never wait to get out of the class for the day. Also, I’m not the BEST at math. I like math Okayy but I’ve had to work pretty hard to maintain a low B in all of my high school classes… Ik there’s really hard math in a computer science major and I’m afraid that I’m not cut out for it.
9(around the same time as the last one). I started thinking a lot about engineering- I know that I really love the idea of seeing things that I create being built, and I’ve always loved the video game minecraft (which is a game where you freely create your own buildings)… So I thought engineering might be a great major. I also pushed myself more towards engineering because of the great pay. Only thing, I heard that engineering isn’t so much building, and more just working the mechanics and doing the equations for the things being created. I feel like I would enjoy being an architect a lot more than an engineer, but everyone says architecture isn’t a good career to get into and engineering is better. Also again with the math problem…
So I was wondering if you guys could help me out. Problem is, I already applied to most of my colleges as either a computer science/engineering major, but I have a feeling I might be changing it. Also, okay my REAL reasoning behind being a computer science major is I thought if I get my bachelors degree in computer science, then I can go BACK to school for computer graphics and do what I truly want while at the same time having a good stable career option as a backup. Now I’m wondering if it’s worth spending four years studying something I don’t know if I’m truly interested in. I’ve been looking into animation a lot more and I think it would be my dream job. I was also reading that you don’t need strong drawing skills to be a 3D animator, which motivated me even more.
I was looking into some things and digital median seemed like it would be perfect for me! I just don’t know how employment is or anything like that.
What do I do? What would be the best path?