What To Do If You Can’t Decide On A Major
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What To Do If You Can’t Decide On A Major?

When the time for choosing your college major and the college you want to enroll in, many high school graduates are excited because it means a new beginning for them and their future career path. However, for some people, this is also the most stressful period in their life till then, because they are undecided about the career path they want to take in the future.

Choosing a major that you want to study is nowhere near easy. Some people are not interested in anything well enough to give it a thought before studying at it. On the other hand, many people are undecided because they enjoy learning about different things and they’re good at them.

Whatever the reason is, we’ve got you! We wrote this detailed article to help you take the necessary steps to decide your career path, which also means choosing the major that will allow you to manifest your decision in the future, granted you graduate from the college you head into.

The first and most important thing we need to say is that for people who don’t know what they want to study, it’s best to choose a major that is more general. However, even the broad and general majors can make students face difficulties in making decisions.

That said, without further ado, let’s see what you can do if you can’t decide on a major.

Things That Will Help You Decide On A Major

There are certain things that you can do to help yourself when choosing a major. Below, we’ll list those things and hopefully, they will help you.

1. Think About What You’re Good At

You may think about this like you’re not good at anything, but there must be a field where you’re successful. Is it sports? Reading? Math? Science? Or something else? You can talk to other people about things that you can do, and also consult your teachers who will identify your strengths.

Another thing that you can do is make a list of your favorite subjects and think about what you could be doing with those degrees. For example, if you’re good at mathematics, tinkering, and some practical, mechanical subjects, you could be good for engineering. Is there an instrument that you’re good at? Make sure to list all those things about talking to people who could know how to help you identify your strengths.

2. Think About Your Hobbies

“Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius.

No matter how hard this is to believe, some hobbies can be turned into a profit and even a full-time job. Think about bloggers who loved to write and decided to monetize your content or gamers who became e-sport professionals or video game streamers. It’s important that you’re good at your hobbies and that there’s a degree that could help you monetize that. Again, it’d be good to talk about your hobbies to your teachers, parents, and even your advisor.

3. Talk To People In The Field You’re Deciding On

If you can’t decide between different majors, maybe it’d be a good decision to talk to people who are either studying at the said majors or have graduated from it and work in the career field that you’re interested in.

That can include people from your surroundings, as well as friends and family. Additionally, if you have difficulties finding people working in the fields you’re interested in, you could research companies online and forums like Quora and Reddit where a lot of people probably share your passion and can help you make your decision.

4. Reach Out To Your Advisor

Your high school advisor can be a great asset to helping you find your passion and decide on what you want to do. Many high schools assign you one as soon as you enroll as a freshman, so they have all the fresh information about your curriculum and extracurricular activities.

Thanks to their experience and knowledge, they can easily help you find your passion and realize your dreams in the career path you once were undecided about.

Note: It’d probably be a good idea to visit your advisor before joining a college with general subjects. Make the list as advised in the previous steps and visit your advisor to help you make the right decision.

5. Join A Career Center

Career centers are a good way to work in different disciplines before you can decide on what you want to study. Participating in extra-curricular activities is one thing that will help you get better at choosing the major you want to study.

However, you can work at different part-time jobs for students that will help you find the career path that you want to follow in the future. After that, choosing the major that will help you work in the field you visualized will be much easier to do.

6. Try Some Gen-Eds First

A lot of people think that joining college, taking general education classes, and then choosing the major is risky, and impractical. However, to some people, it can be extremely useful. There are a lot of general education courses you can take, while you’re getting to know the campus and understanding what all it offers.

The general education classes can take anywhere from 2 to 3 semesters to complete, which is the first year at college and half a year more. Sometimes, taking a general education class is all you need before you discover a hidden passion for something you want to do in the future.

You can consider taking the general education classes as some type of a trial year at university or college, and that will help you move on and choose what interests you.

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General Majors For Students Who Can’t Decide

If you’re still facing difficulties after reading our advice, or you don’t have enough time to decide, there are two possibilities that you can do.

  1. First is what we already mentioned. You can join a college with a general freshman year and discover what interests you while studying the general education classes. Remember, it’s not about the major at first, you can play and try around with the general education, while also developing yourself as an individual
  2. You can study a more general major that will give you a broader window into the world. However, it’s important to choose a major that is the closest to your interests.

Let’s take a look at general majors you could be interested in.

Business

A business major is great for people who are undecided on whether they should be working some financial or management job in the future.

Business is also great because it gives people an option to work for a successful company that is a big player in a certain field, or be their bosses and kickstart their business from the start.

Business is a broad major that is nowhere near dying, so there is a great number of options for people who are looking for a job opportunity in a broad specter of fields. Still, be careful, the market is easily saturated as many people can’t decide on a major pursue business.

It gives a large selection of careers like an entrepreneur, financial analyst, business consultant, project manager, sales manager, operations specialist, accountant, and many more.

Computer Science

Computer science is great for people who can’t decide on what they want to do, but they’re interested in tech. Computer scientists are everywhere, in business, in healthcare, in gaming, in graphic design, in marketing, and many other fields.

Contrary to the popular belief, computer science isn’t only about sitting in front of the laptop, programming, and hacking NASA. There’s much more to it, and computer scientists have expertise in a variety of fields. After all, not every computer scientist will work coding.

Computer scientists are specialized to do many things like becoming computer technicians, system administrators, IT consultants, project managers, SCRUM masters, project consultants, programmers, web developers, game designers, game developers, data scientists, data engineers, and more.

Also Read: 10 Highest Paying Computer Science Jobs

Economics

Economics and business are quite similar, except that economics is more focused on the financial aspect of businesses except for the regular technical stuff. It oversees things like government policy, law, finances, public relations, human resources, and more.

Economics is also similar to a law degree because it looks into the legal matters of owning a business and reviews various policies that make one business possible to exist.

Careers that involve economics include economic consultants, actuaries, credit analysts, financial analysts, market research analysts, and more.

Engineering

Engineering is a practical application of science, or at least, many people say so. Engineers make the technical aspect of our world spin and help us utilize various functionalities of modern tech. The best part about the engineering major is that many types of engineers often work together and learn from each other, opening doors to many career paths.

Careers can either be tied to general engineerings like software engineering, bioengineering, electro engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, and others, or engineering management which looks into managing the teams of engineers.

English & Literature

English and literature may seem boring to people who are not into writing and reading, but those who enjoy these disciplines can also enjoy the numerous career paths that come with graduating from them. English literature is also about understanding history, details, having a good sense of speech, and debating skills.

The careers are numerous but can include writing, copywriting, editorial work, legal work, researching, and much more.

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