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What is/was your college major?
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That's alright
I was just curious if you were in my district but it sounds like you definately aren't. Nothing wrong with keeping info like that private man I do blame you
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what? haha. it's not like every CPS school is located in the South side. There's a bunch of CPS schools located in good neighborhoods.
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Yeppers, for a bit. Nothing big, just a job while I was working on a degree. Nice little school though, not exactly where I was going to end up, but you got to start somewhere.
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Thanks!
Yeah, I'm definitely enjoying it. I was once a Biology major. Definitely wasn't for me. I'm glad I switched to something I really love.
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Most of my family is from the QC area. A couple of my cousins went there.
I had vague plans of going there and staying with my aunt and uncle but life happened and plans changed.
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Alright guys, how long did it take you to decide on your major? Because I've been going back and for with three or four and its bugging me to no end because I can't decide
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No, I never had an interest in public accounting. I've worked for companies both public and private.
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I jumped on Bio too quickly my freshman year of college (I'd been deciding on doing that from my junior year of high school and on but I didn't research enough about it). My best advice to you would be to take your time. You can spend at least your freshman year and maybe your sophomore year also in deciding what you want your major to be. Just be certain it's what you want to do and what you'll be happy with. One of the things that helped me decide mine was attending a fair through a previous school I was attending. Computers, networking, programming.. stuff like that has always been a hobby of mine so it became an easy choice for me to decide to switch to something that was better suited for me. I switched my sophomore year while I was still working on my cores.
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It took me 4 years to pick a major. I'm a 22 year old soon to be junior now. Went through 4 different majors before I found the right one I'm in now. Went to community college for 2 1/2 years with a new major each year. Transferred to a university with a different major, then changed it my second semester to the current one. I'd advise you to seek out academic counselors, that's what I finally did once I got to my university and they helped me pick the one that was right for me and one I was truly interested in and wanted to do for the rest of my life.
That's why community college is great, because it's cheap (grants paid for everything, about $1500 per semester at Lake Land College), and you can sort through all the different possible fields of study without getting into $20,000 debt each year.
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I majored in Business Administration with a concentration in Project Management... meh.
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Never majored in anything. I did a few programs at trade-schools for Mechanical and EE. When I was in the army, I had benefits that let me take whatever classes in my own freetime, so I did EARMYU through Colorado State and clep'ed out of 34 classes in addition just because I could go in and CLEP out of two classes a week. Instead of getting a degree, I have a thick stack of certifications and 130 credit hours. :shrug: Instability at it's finest.
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Why do you think I ended up with a double major, I couldnt' make up my mind.
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Maybe its just grumpy me talking, but I'm not into the college party scene and stuff. I like the wide range of people that attend community college. It makes it feel like a "community."
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I think I'm a little older than a lot of posters here. If I can give any advice it would be this. Don't spend the four years in college doing nothing and then start looking for a job when you graduate.
If you can find something in your field of study while you're working, even if it doesn't pay much, take advantage of that. Even if it's not in your exact field, look for something at a company that's in your field of interest.
If you can have that work experience when you graduate it will do wonders for your career. Just having a few years of experience on your resume will make you more marketable to prospective employers. I've known too many people who spent their college years partying and then couldn't find anything once they graduated because they didn't have any experience.
If you can find something in your field of study while you're working, even if it doesn't pay much, take advantage of that. Even if it's not in your exact field, look for something at a company that's in your field of interest.
If you can have that work experience when you graduate it will do wonders for your career. Just having a few years of experience on your resume will make you more marketable to prospective employers. I've known too many people who spent their college years partying and then couldn't find anything once they graduated because they didn't have any experience.
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The possible one exception to that is Engineering. Buddy of mine is hiring engineer bodies as fast as he can find them.