When you start college there is this pressure to choose a major and choose it soon. A fear sets in that if you don't choose right, you'll end up in the wrong classes and never be able to catch up. There are those who seem to know exactly what they want from the moment they step foot onto campus; then there is the rest of us. Floating between classes wondering if what you are doing is something you can see yourself working with in twenty years time.

The problem with choosing a major is the uncertainty. There will always doubt in your mind as you take your fourth psychology class and wonder "is this right for me?"

I didn't come to college expecting to be a theatre major. I had studied a lot of biology and psychology in high school and thought the sciences would be the major for me. However, I somehow enrolled in a theatre class, my advisor was a theatre professor, and my freshman seminar was about theatre and comedy. I knew when I had signed up for them over the summer that theatre was something I liked doing as a hobby. My high school didn't have a theatre program or theatre classes, we had a once a week drama club and we would put on one show a year. Needless to say, I was naïve about the world of theatre and could no way see myself doing anything more than those few classes.

But, I couldn't enroll into the psychology classes I wanted. Those sacred classes filled up in seconds and my thoughts turned to me always playing catch up. I had this feeling that Psychology was something I had to do, something my parents wanted me to do, something that could get me a good job after school.

Plans change though. Second semester freshman year I enrolled in more theatre classes and said that "next year, I'll do psychology."

Sophomore year I still hadn't declared a major. Honestly, if it wasn't required to be a declared psych major to take some of the classes, I'll probably wouldn't have declared until Junior year.

Sophomore year was a year of revelations for me. I took two more acting classes, took tech theatre, and split my time with psychology and theatre. I was becoming more involved in the theatre department and started to realize that I was actually pretty good at what I was doing. Classes didn't always feel like a chore; some of them began to be fun, something to look forward to. Psychology took a backseat in my life.

I remember the day I told my parents I didn't want to be a psych major. They were really supportive, though some of my family did raise some eyebrows.

There seems to be this unnecessary stigma around Art and English majors. Students feel the need to take the science and math classes because we are told that those are the degrees that get us to high paying jobs. If you major in art or English, you'll probably end up being a barista or bagging groceries while you wait for your big break.

When I went abroad, I was worried I was making another mistake. I was going to London to study theatre, but was I doing the right thing. I have had many doubts about being a theatre major since I declared my major, but going to London helped to affirm that I had made the right choice. Being able to do what I love doing, creating and collaborating with my friends and peers, and seeing the results of the hard work is indescribable. It is one of the best feelings in the world to me.

So, no, I have no idea what I am doing after college. Eventually I will probably go to grad school to get my MFA. I'm hoping to find work in the industry after school, maybe through an internship or with a lot of wishing and hoping. But I'm not going to give up doing what I love because of the fear of being broke or not being able to find a job. I firmly believe that if you love what you are doing, put in the time and effort, you will get the results you want. As Jason Nesmith said in the great movie Galaxy Quest : "Never give up. Never surrender."