Hi, I’m a 19 year old student attending a community college. After two semesters of studying Automotive I really lost interest. I just don’t find it appealing anymore, find it extremely hard to attend the classes and the things I hear from mechanics are really sad to say the least.
I would like to change my major, but I honestly don’t know what I want to do with my life. People always say to do what you love, but I don’t know what I love… I am so stuck and don’t know who to talk to, I feel like I am wasting time.
Can any of you give me some advice?
Stick with it, finish your associate degree with best grades, go to a university and pick another major there. With automotive knowledge and degree, if nothing else, you’ll be able to fix your own car, make some money to pay for your education, impress girls and their parents with your handiness.
Are you trying to finish a 2-year degree or a 4-year degree?
Community college transfer degrees are different from professional skills ones. If you are earning an AAS that is intended for you to graduate and go get a job (which many automotive programs would be), you may not be taking all of the classes you need to in order to transfer to a four-year college. Consult with a transfer advisor at your community college - most colleges have one. Make sure you’re on track to do that. Sometimes you can get a general AS or AA without a specific major that just has all the general education classes you need to transfer, and then you can pick a major later.
If your goal is to get a 2-year degree and go into the workforce, then you do need to decide sooner rather than later and you can’t wait. In that case, consulting a career advisor at your school is a good first step. They can give you some career assessments that might help you figure out what you like to do and what kind of career you want to have. There are lots of good solid careers that you can have after a 2-year degree.
That said, you don’t have to do what you love. A lot of people don’t love their jobs. Many people are just content enough with their jobs to support themselves - and that’s fine. You don’t need to be passionate about what you do; you just need to like it well enough.