The number one question everyone is asked when they are kids is "What do you want to be when you grow up?". Most might say they want to be the President or maybe an astronaut. Oh, how great our imaginations were when we were little. Then high school came up and when someone asked us the same question, many times we said we have no idea or like me, I knew exactly what I wanted to study, well what I thought. Every year in high school they said your next year would be harder in high school, but really it never got any harder. College though, college likes to swallow you whole and knock you down wonder what you are even doing here.

Going in to my college freshman year, I was so excited. I declared my major and could not wait to get pass General Requirements to start my major classes. Until then, I at least tried to take my gen ed's similar to my major. After the Fall semester, college definitely kicked my butt. Bio in college is on steroids compared to bio in high school and why am I taking psych with a teacher who always wears a Hawaiian shirt. It is okay, it is only one semester though right? Well spring comes around for round 2 on you and college is not nearly as much fun as you though it would be.

College: 2, Me: 0. Freshman year has me now questioning my life. It has actually turned me against my own major. Two bio classes and I can not even describe to you what an ion is... Of course telling your academic advisor this does not shock them and they now come up with the words that no one wants to here.... "Have you thought about changing your major?". There is one phone call you do not want to make to your mom telling her that you going to the complete opposite side of the spectrum and declaring a major that you had no idea you had an interest in until your advisor put it in your face.

Then you do some more research and realize, oops, this still is not the major for me. But you know what? That is okay. We need to realize that maybe we should use our freshman year as an experimental year. Take a few classes in different subject areas and find what you like and what you do not. You are barely an adult and have your whole life ahead of you. You enter college and you begin to grow up. You begin to mature. Things you used to like you now can not stand and vise versa. It took me half way through my sophomore year to realize what I wanted to major in. Even after numerous major changes, I am still on track to graduate. If you are miserable in what you are studying or if you are trying to become an accountant but can not even get through College Algebra just take the leap. It is better to hit a few bumps in the road at 20 and graduate and going to work for a job that you love then being 40 and realizing how miserable you are going to a job that you would rather die than going to.