Hon, believe me, you won't know if you're in the right major until you start taking your upper division classes. Heck, I changed my major from Comp Engineering to Mechanical Engineering, to Social Ecology, to Earth Science. I didn't even FIND earth science until my junior year.
It takes time, unfortunately. In the end it really does depend on what you love. But it also depends on if you realistically think you can do something useful with your degree. I agree, while English seems incredibly appealing, you will have to go on to get a masters at least to survive in that very competitive world.
If you need help or guidance or anything, just ask okay? I've been there, and done that and could probably write you an essay on it O_o
That sucks butt! I can't wait that long, I have languages to learn!
And I'm planning on a masters with whatever I do, English or Classics. But just like you said, (sort of, just not in those words) everyone and their hamster does English. Which pisses me off cos English was my thing in high school.
It wouldn't be a terrible idea to double major possibly, or minor in English. I would've double majored if I had the time. That way, even though you may decide later on in your undergraduate life that you'd wish you had majored in english, you can still go to grad school as an english major. I think... it works differently for different places so you'd have to check with your counselor.
Either way though, it really doesn't matter what everyone and their hampster does as long as you're happy. I guess that's terribly cliche and oversaid, but after all this time I agree with it. I couldn't see myself designing engineering structures for the rest of my life because i loathed it in college - hence my switch.
I might minor, or just take all the Shakespeare/British Lit classes they have. I'm just not very good at competition. Really, I'm not, and what I like about the Classics department here is that it's very small and intimate. I could see myself as a Classics prof. of some sort, or geekily staring at vases. I just get to freaking out about not finishing my language requirements in time.
Thank you so much, Ashie. I needed something like this. It was like... a polite slap in the face and a: "Whassa matta' witchoo?!"
choose something you'll enjoy and that you won't need to constantly find the motivation to go to your classes for. As an 'arts' major, it's quite likely that whatever you end up doing later in life, will be unrelated to your major anyway. So do something you enjoy rather than something you think will be 'useful'.
I'm an English major. And I love to write. And I might just double in English and Ethnomusicology. So we'll see...but I think I'll end up somewhere good if I work hard enough. That's how it is with most majors. It's not what you major in, it's what you do afterwards that counts.
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It takes time, unfortunately. In the end it really does depend on what you love. But it also depends on if you realistically think you can do something useful with your degree. I agree, while English seems incredibly appealing, you will have to go on to get a masters at least to survive in that very competitive world.
If you need help or guidance or anything, just ask okay? I've been there, and done that and could probably write you an essay on it O_o
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And I'm planning on a masters with whatever I do, English or Classics. But just like you said, (sort of, just not in those words) everyone and their hamster does English. Which pisses me off cos English was my thing in high school.
Tch. Maybe I'll just stick to Classics?
*flails about*
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Either way though, it really doesn't matter what everyone and their hampster does as long as you're happy. I guess that's terribly cliche and oversaid, but after all this time I agree with it. I couldn't see myself designing engineering structures for the rest of my life because i loathed it in college - hence my switch.
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Thank you so much, Ashie. I needed something like this. It was like... a polite slap in the face and a: "Whassa matta' witchoo?!"
*hugglesnogs*
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