<p>I constantly hear from teachers that it's ok to change my major if I'm not happy with how things are going. My science teacher always tells me (though not in an inflammatory way, but still) that I don't have to have a set-in-stone path for biochem. She attended a special teacher's meeting with Mr. Venter (head of Human Genome Project) through some connections and he said that any science major he can use at his research organization. So that gives me some relief if biochem doesn't work out, but why wouldn't it. I'm always been focused on what I want to do in college and my future. I'm not one of those students you hear about in the NYT about being an English major, being bored, taking a physics class as part of general ed. requirement, and going to graduate school in planetary physics (which happened, in an article my grandpa showed me last week). For me, I'm not going to get to college and suddenly become an English major - just not gonna happen.</p>
<p>Do these things always happen to you guys and gals? Here at CC are some of the most focused students around, always knowing what we want to do academically and careerwise with our lives. All of this stuff kinda freaks me out because it's like it's a method to relieve myself of pressure when things don't work out. It's like saying that if I get bogged down in college (which I will work very hard not to become such) that I should just quit my path and do something else. I'm not that kind of person with my passions. It's not like not finishing a book for english because I don't like it - yes that is stubborn but not career-threatening (at least directly anyway).</p>
<p>How do you guys deal with people telling you the same things? It's almost as if I'm out to prove them wrong, even though I know they are just trying to help me. But I know through hardwork and motivation I will keep on the right track.</p>
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ok, this might not completely count b/c i just graduated high school and am not really changing majors, but for the longest time (since about 3rd grade to beginning of jr year), i was completely convinced about what i wanted to do...medicine
but i took ap us hist my jr year, and that changed much of my life plans...idk if that's what you're talking about, but i think it's ok to change plans partway down the path
rather than showing that you're lazy or too "bogged down" and wanting to quit your path, i think it just shows that you're a really passionate person and have been lucky enough to discover another one of your passions during such a dynamic four years of growth and self-actualization</p>
<p>I'm an honors student and I'm about to be an ART MAJOR, so yes, I've heard a lot of that "you can always change your major" crap.</p>
<p>everyone else wants to learn about business or law or medicine, something all academic (and guaranteeing big money). I get a strong sense of my college plan being frowned upon. whatever, creating art is a skill like anything else, with its own niche, and can be challenging as well.</p>
<p>those little "your plan isn't set in stone" reminders only make me more determined.</p>
<p>I'm Filippino and I'm not sure if it's the same way with other Filippinos but the ultimate goal is to finish college in 4 years (or 5 if it's engineering), get out there and make money. Changing your major is EXTREMELY frowned upon because it somehow implies that if you change it once you will continually change it and somehow never graduate.</p>
<p>So after hearing these sort of things all my life, I don't think it's ok to change your major. And if you absolutely want to, then you should definitely do it within your first two years. Being behind even just one year seems like a lot.</p>
<p>I had been accepted into the University of the Pacific's accelerated PharmD. program last year. 2 years of undergrad, then 3 years of Pharmacy school and at the end you have a PharmD but no B.S.</p>
<p>I decided to enroll at another college as a biochemistry major which I feel gives me more options after graduation -- going to grad school, med school, pharmacy school, maybe even teaching at the lower level...</p>
<p>For anyone not at all certain what they want to major in, I'd recommend choosing a flexible major to study within the field you are interested in so you aren't locked into studying something really specific. Changing your major is always an option, but if the change is drastic (ie physics to english), it can really set you back big time. An unfocused engineering student might end up taking 6 years just to do his undergrad...</p>
<p>Well I have no idea what I want to major in. Seriously, absolutely no idea. So I will definitely be changing my major. I'm thinking of these, though: Spanish, Chemistry, Latin, Biology, Civil Engineering, Physics, and Biopsychology.</p>
<p>Most kids change their majors--alot. That is just a statistical fact from the colleges. The time it gets very dicey about changing your major is when it will take extra time to complete college and funds are limited. You may want to consider just majoring in getting out in that situation, and take courses in a cheaper venue that are in your area of interest. This should be determined on a case by case basis discussing it with your advisor and your parents. But for kids in the lower years at college, it is often too early for them to choose a major. Harvard and some other schools do not even recognize a major choice freshman year because it is meaningless to them with the changes that they know are coming.</p>
<p>Its no big deal if you can your major your first year or two in college, because you are usually just taking prereqs anyways. But be careful if you are in the Jr or Sr year and you want to change your major, this could mean another year or two of school. Futhermore, certain programs such as nursing and arcitechture require freshman year classes which must be taken. In short, people say its ok to change your major, because they are not the ones paying for you to go to college.</p>