There is no better time than senior year than to sit back and reflect on the four years that you are currently in the process of completing. It is the time when you truly begin to think about what you want to do with your life once you graduate (it’s scary, I know).

School has been piling up in the midst of midterms, and sometimes it feels difficult to take a second to catch my breath. Sometimes, it feels like my mind is running a million miles per minute, simply trying to keep up with the multitude of exams and essays that have been thrown at me like rapid fire.

With all of this reflection, it is easy to compare yourself to not only those who are in your classes and share the same curriculum as you, but to those around you that are studying many different subjects. The thought “why can’t I be smart enough to be a stem major?” is something that has crossed my mind more times than I am proud to admit.

It took me a long time to come to realize that people share different skills. For some, solving a formula or understanding biology and chemistry comes easier than something along the lines of understanding the specific details of the media industry.

Writing a 20-page paper is a skill, one that I have learned and one that I have become comfortable with. Studying key terms and applying them to a multitude of subjects as opposed to applying a concept of a mathematical or scientific formula is also a skill that others may not find as easy.

There have been many times in my life where people have told me, “I have no idea how you can just write three essays in a week like it’s nothing.”

I think that there is such a strong stigma around Communications majors. I have received looks of judgment by many people at this university when asked what I am studying, which I personally find disappointing.

I am proud of what I am studying, and quite frankly, there is a misunderstanding of how much of an impact Communications majors have on society and people’s everyday lives.

There are a million and one routes that can be taken as a Communications major. Advertising, marketing, and public relations are just a few. A large portion of Communications majors have made a huge impact in the world of broadcasting, journalism, books, marketing, and advertising. That is to only name a few. I have always looked at the major as a freedom to try out as many industries as I want and see where I best fit.

The misunderstanding of the Communications major being “the easiest major on campus” needs to be dropped. Not only does it devalue that work that is put in by Communications students, but it is simply not true.

We work just as hard as every other student on campus, we just work hard on different subjects.