“Obviously, try to first pursue what you like because you want to enjoy what you’re doing,” Thakkar said. “But at the end of the day, don’t stress too much about your major because you can easily change within the business school. You’re taking the same core classes for the most part, so just go with your gut because there’s a lot of flexibility.”
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Often when students decide what to major in, there’s pressure that it will dictate what you do for the rest of your life. That’s a myth. Whatever you choose to major in should be a topic that interests you and a topic that you will be able to excel in.
There is a lot of pressure to know what you want to do and who you want to be in college. Any student can probably attest that they’ve been asked, “What do you want to do?” many times. The truth is that coming into college, the majority of people — even those who have everything planned out — change what they want to do in the future. Coming out of high school with limited knowledge and experience of the different topics and programs, students often take more time and in-depth classes to explore their interests.
“Everyone needs writers; everyone needs people who can communicate clearly and effectively and efficiently,” Dye said. “There are seemingly endless career options for people who have writing degrees. I think that a PWR degree sets you up to really do just about anything, because you will write no matter what you do for a career.”
Think about the opportunity that lies before you: the opportunity to experience a true liberal arts education. One day, years from now, you may be rounding in a hospital or working in a lab. Taking a few classes in the humanities isn’t going to prevent you from attaining that success. If anything, it will better you both personally and professionally.
“The Great Texts major offers an apprenticeship in the long conversation — from the ancients to the present — about the most practical and important questions informing daily life and intellectual inquiry in the modern world,” Donnelly said.
You chose your major for a reason. Don’t judge someone else for theirs.
Life is always changing. You aren’t the same person you are when you applied to college. Feelings change faster than you know.
Don’t be worried if, like me, you’re graduating with a degree that you don’t plan on using. Instead, use your time to gain experience in the field you want, even if it’s not paid, and take more classes that you might have the slightest interest in.
Baylor students’ demand for the addition of courses in the areas of Arabic and Middle East studies has resulted in a new major. This new major, housed in the College of Arts and Sciences, Arabic and Middle East studies.
“This new major in Arabic and Middle East studies speaks to global imperative, an aspect of the Pro Futuris vision, and is really going to open Baylor students up to the world,” said Dr. Heidi Bostic, modern foreign language department chair and professor of french.
After you graduate high school, everyone wants to know about your life at college.
They ask about the friends you have made and the organizations you have joined.
They ask if you go to football games or, particularly for Baylor, if you ever got to meet Robert Griffin III or Brittney Griner while they were students.
Typical stuff.
Growing up, we would be lying if we said we never thought about dribbling down the court, counting down from 10 and shooting as we made a buzzer sound.
After the ball would go through the net, the “and the crowd goes wild” was inevitable.
If basketball wasn’t it, then it was scoring the game-winning touchdown or hitting a walk-off grand slam or something else.