choosing a major some people already know by the age of 7 what they want to become? a pilot or a nurse ; however‚ it gets more difficult deciding what they want to do with their future. people who decided to go to a university or a college have to make an important choice: what major are they going into ? for many people this is a very difficult question As the statistics show‚ one out of five students change their major between admission and the first day of classes. Nearly 3 out of 4 change
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Choosing a College Major Based on Your Personality What does the research say? Information and advice for students and adults returning to school‚ as well as parents‚ counselors‚ faculty advisors‚ and education policymakers. Lawrence K. Jones‚ Ph.D.‚ NCC © 2010 - 2013 by Career Key‚ Inc. www.careerkey.org Copyright holder is licensing this under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. You are free to copy‚ share‚ post on your blog‚ or email for non-commercial
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Choosing a major for my undergraduate degree was difficult because of all the options available to me. "Choosing a college major is an exploratory process that involves careful investigation and decision making". In the military I was trained to use a five step decision making process to solve problems. I used this process to choose the right major for me. "The first step in the decision making process was to make a self assessment". "The more you understand yourself‚ the clearer your
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of the biggest decisions in my life was choosing a major for my college education. I knew that my major will play a big role in shaping my life. I chose mine to be Computer Science. Computers have fascinated me ever since I have seen one and the reason of my fascination is their incredible potential. Even when I was a child I used to reason out how computers worked and what went into making them. Therefore‚ it was an easy decision for me to choose my major as Computer Science. Computer Science‚ it
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How to Choose a College Major Selecting a major has been the most difficult challenge. It is difficult to comprehend that selecting a major means I will have to concentrate on that field of study with strong commitment and passion‚ with little hope of ever changing that major. It seems that once I determine an occupation of interest‚ another opportunity grabs my attention‚ and once again‚ I am in a state of confusion. I have learned that a major should associate your love‚ talents‚ and desire
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Choosing a major is one of the most difficult things students face in college. There are two main factors that most students consider when making this decision. First is their desire to study what interests them. Second is the fear that a particular major will render them penniless after graduation and result in that dreaded postcollege possibility: moving back in with their parents. All too often‚ the concern about a major’s practical prospects are pushed upon students by well-intentioned parents
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become reality is to choose the right major. Many people said students should decide what they want to be before they start studying in university. I disagree with them because students at university get help from their friends or teachers to choose their career. In addition to that‚ many students are changing their decision of major when they start studying at the university. The first reason is‚ teachers encourage the student to decide the best major according to their personality. Also
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For myself choosing a major was a thought I was unsure of. When I was a junior in High School teachers‚ classmates and family would constantly ask “what is your major in college going to be?” my answer for a long time was ‘I have some time to think about it‚ I’m torn between a couple majors‚ or I might even take a semester off to think about it”‚ however I had no clue. Because I wasn’t sure I figured applying to any UC’s and CSU’s would be waste of time‚ I didn’t want to rush and pick something because
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Yang 1 Rupeng Yang Choosing a right major to create my future Undergraduates have the higher educational level than high school student‚ but have the lower educational level than graduates. The time we spend in college is the most important time in our lives. During this period of time‚ we have been changing ourselves a lot. Because we get more information from our professors and our schoolmates to make us to become “critically thinking adults”(P85). We do not want to dependent on our family
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“The Persuaders”: A reflection as a Marketing Major The Persuaders (2004‚ directed by Douglass Rushcoff) is a documentary with a hard eye on the multi-billion dollar advertising and marketing industry. They examine the subconscious and psychological techniques behind advertising and marketing developments. The documentary also determines how these new methods of marketing influence us‚ our desires and our self-image‚ finally theorizing on the future implications or repercussions of the influential
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