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The Many Emotions of the Undecided Major As Told By Michael Scott

College is a time of so many choices and for those of us who don't even know our major yet, it's extremely easy to feel like your world is crumbling beneath you.

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The Many Emotions of the Undecided Major As Told By Michael Scott

It's the first semester of college and you have so many different choices for your schedule. High school definitely didn't have these kinds of classes, college is going to be SO. FUN.


Being an Undecided major, you don't have to deal with the confines of an actual major. While everyone else has certain requirements and a set out four year plan, you get to relax and do what you want.


However, the honeymoon period comes to an abrupt halt all too soon when you realize you have to actually start making important life decisions.


Talking to your friends almost makes it worse because they seem to have it completely together while you are just freaking out on the inside.


Oh, you landed an internship at a top Engineering company? Congratulations!


And what am I doing this summer? Oh, you know, just watching large amounts of Netflix in-between taking online career quizzes, desperately looking for my future. Just summery things.


You just want to grab everyone you know and yell, "TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE!" in their faces.


However, it doesn't help that everyone wants to give their two cents about what to and not to major in.

Yes, we know that STEM majors get the most jobs while Psych, Philosophy, and Comm majors struggle. But what if we don't have an interest in STEM careers? Being told that your budding interests for a career path lead to nothing isn't necessarily encouraging.


Family get-togethers become your own personal nightmares. The amount of times you're asked, "So what are you studying?" or "Do you have idea on what you want to be?" is overwhelming. Especially since the only honest answer you can come up with is a, "Uhm not really, I'm not sure yet," and an awkward shrug.


Although friends and family taking an interest in your life is so awesome and you greatly appreciate it, you just wish the conversation could be postponed to a later time. At the moment, life seems like a big test you haven't studied for.


Excuse me, I think I have something in my eye.


Finding out a friend is also an Undecided Major is like finding your soul mate.


They can calm you down in moments of sheer panic and are a living reminder and proof that, YES, you really aren't the only one feeling this way.

As the year comes to a close and you are thirty credits into this whole "college thing," there seems to be a moment of clarity, you realize you might have been a little hard on yourself.


Maybe it doesn't matter if I don't know right now? College is about finding yourself, right? I got into college, that means something? I can do this. I have options. I am a strong, independent college student who don't need no major.


Then you remember the that you only have one more semester to declare a major. And the anxiety, tears, and frustration come marching right back in.

But hey, I guess it's a "learning experience."


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