I got an email entitled “Five Signs You Should Change Your Major.” Sound like you? Perhaps it’s time to consider something other than Pre-Med…
You’re Bored to Tears in Your Current Major Courses
Suppose you’re majoring in chemistry, and every time you go to one of your chemistry classes, you fight to stay alert. Maybe you even dread going to the classes in the first place. Sound familiar? Then give yourself one point.
You’re Doing Poorly in Your Current Major Courses
Try as you might, you just can’t seem to get a handle on the academic work within your current major. You spend hours and hours studying and preparing for exams, but you’re still not getting the results you want. More and more, you’re feeling like you’re beating your head against the wall. Sound like you? Give yourself one point.
You Chose Your Current Major Without Much Thought
As you look back on how you picked your major, you slowly begin to realize you went with it based solely on its earning potential, or because a friend or parent told you to, or because you just sort of drifted into it. Give yourself one point if your major selection process was less than sound.
You Keep Reading/Asking about Other Majors
Do you constantly page through your school’s undergraduate bulletin in search of another major? Have you been talking to professors and other students about their academic programs? Have you studied one particular major so much that you feel like you know it better than some of the students in the department do? If so, give yourself one point.
You Just Can’t Let the Idea Go!
Maybe you’ve been thinking about changing your major for a year. Or maybe you’ve been pondering it for a shorter period of time, but the thought just keeps nagging…and nagging…and nagging at you. The idea just won’t go away, no matter how hard you try to suppress it. Accurate? Give yourself one point.
How did you do? If you gave yourself three points or more, it’s probably time to take the plunge and change your major.