A college major is an extremely tough thing to think about if you keep telling yourself that it will determine your entire future. If you choose to be an engineering major, your life will definitely be different than if you choose to be an English major, and that's the difficult part of choosing what to major in.

In college, you often meet people who have planned out their entire college career. They know which classes they're going to take, when they'll take them, and they've memorized every single detail of their major requirements and when they have to fulfill them. They are intimidating people, and they often give me copious amounts of anxiety; however, that doesn't mean that they don't give other students the same amount of anxiety for not having their lives fully planned out. Many college students are still confused about what they're studying and don't have solid plans for the rest of college. It's not always easy to tell what you're interested in enough to live with it for the rest of your life. It's not as easy as these perfect students make it seem.

College is a time of personal development and maturation, but it is often not viewed as such by the students who are actually in college. They see it as the road to a piece of paper that will determine their entire life. Yet more often than not, that is not the case. People who don't know what they want in college can still change what they want to do later on in their life. Graduate and professional schools often don't require specific majors, so unless someone is truly passionate about economics or Italian, the major they choose won't necessarily determine their future career.

I am currently a rising third year student with an undeclared major. I am still not entirely set on what I want to study, and I have panicked about it almost every day since the beginning of my second semester of my second year. But over time, many people have made me realize that my major is not something I should be so anxious about all the time. Sure, it matters, but I've definitely learned that it is not the only thing that matters. The skills and knowledge that you attain through your major are what matter most, and many students forget this.

So whatever you're studying as a student in college right now, or whatever your focus is in life, make sure you remember that your major is not the only thing that matters in your life.