Should I leave a good school if I'm miserable there?

mbl1997
Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:39:39 +0000

Thank you everyone for sharing your advice.

One thing I actually forgot to mention is that the local branch of my state school has a more limited selection of majors than both the main branch and my current university. Right now, I’m on track to get a degree in math, however the local branch doesn’t have this as a course of study because it is a branch school and doesn’t have the same resources as bigger schools. When I applied a few weeks ago, I indicated that I’d be pursuing a degree in history and I was accepted to this major. I have always been very interested in history (much more than I am in math), but I never pursued it as a course of study because I didn’t think it would be particularly helpful in securing employment after graduation. I’ve had multiple people tell me that this isn’t true, and that people with history degrees do indeed do well in the job market, yet I’m not entirely convinced. What kind of bearing does this have on my decision to leave a math degree at my current school for a history degree at my state school?