Decisions

Everyone knows you go to college to focus. What you focus on, be it school, boys/girls or TV, is beside the point. College classes are different than high school. Of course there are requirements, but there are options for how to fulfill them. Each choice has an impact on probably the scariest part of college…

The Major

Getting a degree in something is the main goal of higher education. It’s a frightening process to choose. Research says the average person changes their major anywhere between 4 and 7 times. I’ve changed mine once and it was terrifying.

When I started USU I was planning my path to be a high school English teacher. Deep down I really wanted to be a writer, but I knew I couldn’t make a mortgage doing that. So I picked the practical route and decided to teach. I’d done a teaching internship in high school and didn’t love it, but I was pretty sure it was because of the situation I was in. I was more like a TA than an intern there. Between fall and spring semester of my freshman year I decided I really didn’t want to teach. All I could think about was writing. Someone suggested I talk to the JCOM (Journalism and Communication) peeps and see what I could figure out.

I met with the department head my first week back and instantly felt like I was home. I chose the PR path and haven’t looked back. The farther I get into the program, the more I feel like I made the right decision. I LOVE what I am studying and as I look at potential jobs I can see myself doing them and liking it.

It doesn’t matter what you like to do or what you choose to study. People will always have opinions about things and will share them even when you don’t ask. The only thing that matters is that you LOVE what you’re doing. The major you pick will one day turn into a job. There is nothing worse than hating your job. So pick what you want and enjoy it!

If you’d like to read some of my fiction please visit my Figment page at http://figment.com/users/249830-Rachael-Wabel