<p>What percentage of students (not liberal arts majors) do you think actually graduate with a degree that they intended to get initially? I’m hearing more and more stories from friends of, “she specifically went there because of the journalism program, and then switched to business” or “he studied social work for four years and now realises he doesn’t want to be a social worker”. Having gone to a liberal arts college, I know that there’s a built in “I don’t know what I want to do yet” quotient there, but for the pre-professional students, what percentage stay with it?</p>
<p>i think it just depends on the kid. i have a bunch of friends who started as bio majors, stayed as bio majors, and are now at med school. i have another friend who started as a bio major, wound up transfering to culinary school, and now runs a bakery. </p>
<p>i have other friends who started off as chemistry majors and wound up being business majors. or i have business friends who switched to psychology and biology majors and wound up switching back to business majors. </p>
<p>my boyfriends kept his business major all through college and is now at law school. </p>
<p>i really think it just depends on the person. some people grow up all life thinking i want to become a doctor, i want to become a lawyer, etc and the moment they start to take a few in depth courses on the subject at hand they realize it’s not for them and want out of it… whereas other people really truly do know what they want.</p>