| You Know This Is What You Were Born To Study | | | | appointment with your academic adviser to talk over |
| This way is undoubtedly the easiest. It seems like | | | | the question of what you should major in. Your |
| some people are born with a passion or anthropology | | | | adviser can look at your high school transcript, talk to |
| or architecture. Maybe they are, maybe they're not, | | | | you about what you love and hate to study, and |
| but by the time they are college freshmen they have | | | | what you might like to do for work. To make this |
| a fully formed idea of what makes them passionate | | | | meeting even more productive, you can think about |
| when they study it. If you are one these lucky | | | | these things beforehand. As a result of your talk with |
| people, you don't need to read any further. | | | | your academic adviser, you should have a list of |
| You Know This Is What You Were Born To Do For | | | | subject areas for consideration. And where, you |
| Work | | | | might ask, do you go from there? |
| You are similar to people in the previous category, | | | | You Talked To Faculty Members |
| but while they seem predestined to study in a certain | | | | Find the subjects on the list you made with your |
| field, you have always known that you wanted to be | | | | academic adviser and email the department heads in |
| a sports agent, for example, or a political operative. | | | | the various departments you've identified. Ask that |
| People like you also have a pretty easy time of | | | | person if you could drop by and talk about what it |
| picking a major. What you should to do to decide on | | | | would be like to major in that area. A department |
| yours is to look up the biographies of people who | | | | head's job (part of it, anyway) is to administer all of |
| have the jobs you would like to have and find out | | | | the majors in the program, so that person will be |
| what they studied. If one of these people happens | | | | able to give you a good idea about whether or not |
| to be an alum of your school, you should email them | | | | you and his or her subject are a good match. |
| and ask them how they got to be where they are. | | | | You Heard An Exciting Rumor In The Dorm |
| You Met With Your Academic Adviser | | | | Keep your ears open to what your peers are |
| If you're not sure, the first thing you should realize is | | | | studying. Talk to people about what they're taking |
| that you're not alone. There are a bunch of people in | | | | and whether or not they like it. You might end up |
| your class who also don't know what to major in, | | | | with a major you'd have never dreamed you'd |
| first of all. Secondly, none of you are alone because | | | | pursue, but one that will keep you fascinated for |
| all of you have academic advisers. Make an | | | | your college career and beyond. |