2008 Woodie Awards
Choosing your career path
Rachelle Cooper, Staff Writer
Issue date: 3/8/06 Section: Student Life
As if going college wasn't hard enough. They want you to make even more decisions about your life. At eighteen you are expected to know what you want to do for the rest of your life, or at least have a pretty good idea.
Choosing a major can be a daunting task, and for many college students it can be a little bit scary. When going about the process of trying to discover your ideal career path don't panic, it's only the rest of your life. The truth is that most college students change their minds at least once when trying to find something that they like.
Many students even after they have found something they like are driven in another direction. After a few years what they thought they wanted is not what they want anymore and sometimes it's a little late in the game. There are things you can do to still get experience in what you're interested in.
Taking up a minor is a good way to go you will get more experience and get to do what you want. Most minors are just a little over one semester.
In the process of trying to discover your path there are so many things to keep in mind and things to help you make the right decision for you. Take a look at your strengths and weaknesses to help narrow down an area that that will fit you. Focus on the things that you are interested in and see which majors have the most to offer you. A good resource you have is the college course catalogue, flip through it. Read the descriptions of classes for some majors you are interested in to give you a better idea of what you will be learning find that classes that interest you the most then go for it.
"I thought I knew what I wanted to do and after taking some of the classes I realized that I hated all of them." said SSU alumni Jeff Vangene.
Take a look at majors that are impacted, you will have a better chance of getting in the earlier you start. If you have an interest in something you know will be hard to get into go for it as soon as you can, you might not have the same chance in a year or two.
Even when you have finally made a decision or known all along there still might be questions. Many college students are in majors that they do like and just don't know what to do with them.
"I'm a Spanish major and I love it I know it will be useful but I don't know what I am going to end up doing with it." says Kim Roth.
There are many resources around campus to help you, you can also take to the internet there are a number of sites that show all of the popular majors and what job opportunities there are with in them. Princetonreview.com is a great place to go and they even have a career quiz to use the things you like as well as your personality to help guide you in a direction.
Even after students graduate from college they end up changing their careers several time though out their lives. There is no major in college that can cover all of that.
Choosing a major can be a daunting task, and for many college students it can be a little bit scary. When going about the process of trying to discover your ideal career path don't panic, it's only the rest of your life. The truth is that most college students change their minds at least once when trying to find something that they like.
Many students even after they have found something they like are driven in another direction. After a few years what they thought they wanted is not what they want anymore and sometimes it's a little late in the game. There are things you can do to still get experience in what you're interested in.
Taking up a minor is a good way to go you will get more experience and get to do what you want. Most minors are just a little over one semester.
In the process of trying to discover your path there are so many things to keep in mind and things to help you make the right decision for you. Take a look at your strengths and weaknesses to help narrow down an area that that will fit you. Focus on the things that you are interested in and see which majors have the most to offer you. A good resource you have is the college course catalogue, flip through it. Read the descriptions of classes for some majors you are interested in to give you a better idea of what you will be learning find that classes that interest you the most then go for it.
"I thought I knew what I wanted to do and after taking some of the classes I realized that I hated all of them." said SSU alumni Jeff Vangene.
Take a look at majors that are impacted, you will have a better chance of getting in the earlier you start. If you have an interest in something you know will be hard to get into go for it as soon as you can, you might not have the same chance in a year or two.
Even when you have finally made a decision or known all along there still might be questions. Many college students are in majors that they do like and just don't know what to do with them.
"I'm a Spanish major and I love it I know it will be useful but I don't know what I am going to end up doing with it." says Kim Roth.
There are many resources around campus to help you, you can also take to the internet there are a number of sites that show all of the popular majors and what job opportunities there are with in them. Princetonreview.com is a great place to go and they even have a career quiz to use the things you like as well as your personality to help guide you in a direction.
Even after students graduate from college they end up changing their careers several time though out their lives. There is no major in college that can cover all of that.