Assistance in Selecting a Major

HImom
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:45:36 +0000

We all stumbled along in choosing our majors. I know I entered college as undeclared. Our S declared engineering because he likes and is good at math, CS, and physics. It was a good fit for him. Our D was dabbling and choosing between multiple majors all through college, up through her JR year (tho it took her an extra year to graduate). I have no regrets if taking my time to figure out what fields were of interest (and that I had the aptitude for). It was time well spent.

One thing that our HS recommended that I think is a great idea is to have kiddo shadow willing adults, to get a feel for what their work is like and have a better idea of the non-TV version of various jobs. It is important to know that physical size and strength ARE important for some fields, even though they try not to discriminate, it’s just the nature of some fields. Some fields do get pretty mind-numbing through repetition. Some involve a LOT of public interaction while others are pretty isolating.