When you get to college, everyone acts like you are supposed to have your life figured out. Most people know exactly what they want to do, taking classes for a major they have wanted since they were seven years old. That was not the case for me. I thought I knew what I wanted to do upon entering college, but as the semesters went on, I found I was interested in way more than just one thing. I am currently a junior in college and am not graduating next year. Because I have changed my mind so many times, I will be staying an extra year. There is nothing wrong with staying five years and the fact that people look down on you because of it is ridiculous.
Throughout my college career, I have had a total of four majors, finally settling on a double major with an emphasis and a minor second-semester junior year. However, deciding on your future path so late in the game has its challenges. When all of your friends are preparing for graduation and you know you still have more time. You wish you could have senioritis with them, but you are still a couple of stages behind them.
The worst part about changing your major halfway through college is not that it may take you some extra time, it is that people always feel the need to comment on it. When you complain about your major, which everyone does, you get comments like, "What’s your major again? I can't keep track." Or the always classic, "So what is your major today?" Just because it took me a little bit longer to make up my mind doesn't give anyone the right to mock me for my decisions. Sure, I have tried everything from business to botany and loved them all, but what I choose to study and when I decide to study is no one's business but my own.
So if you are one of those who has changed your major late, keep on going. I know it can be tough, but I’m glad you have finally found something worth sticking with. And if you have had your life figured out for years, that is wonderful, but please don’t make those of us who haven’t feel like less of a student because we just didn’t know what made us happy.
