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honey

your family will be proud of u no matter what u do and there is no finish date on learning

and unless u try the subject how are u meant to know if its for u or not i too had a son who took psychology and turned to nursing he fond it too dry and dull to set his mind alight and had to many variables to make it consise for him to learn it but he still wanted the medical profession so swopped he will be 27 when he has done cos he did a geo degree first then the world went bust so he was unemployed but had biology and pure science so just transfered the knowledge to somewhere else evemtually

when u look at your working life u are going to be spending more than fifty years working at the rate we are going to day in society so it makes sense to have a career that u are going to be excited about daily and one u want to embrace and most importantly get out of bed to do

so change and do something that fires u up with passion about life and challenges ahead

take care and be kind to u

love D

I wouldn't be worried about your age in college. There are so many factors in the university that everyone understands. If they are for some reason judging you, they probably are still relying on their parents and have not become independent enough to understand the changes life throws you. Some of my close friends in college have been around 26 and I would never have been able to tell, because we're all working on school just trying to get through it. As far as your major goes, is it worth it for you to struggle through two more years of something you don't have a passion for? I think it will be up to you. Having a bachelor's degree means you can think critically, and for some employers it doesn't necessarily matter what you majored in, it's the higher level of education that counts. However, for other carreer paths, like teaching, you would need a specialized degree. It's great that you already had an internship, that shows awesome experience already and also really helps in knowing where your passions are for what you'd like to do with the rest of your life. Good luck figuring everything out!

I graduated from High School in1995, I went to community college from 96-98, for my associates, then transferred to my university from 98-2000... I started as an Art Ed major, but it was VERY competative and I was under scholarship and couldn't get my full credit load I had to have to keep my money because teh classes were always too full... so I took a LOT of painting and art history classes to keep my credit load full... in 2000 I went backpacking for the summer and came home sick and missed registration and ended up taking a semester off from school, but ended up getting an okay job and a live-in boyfriend so my semester turned into 2 years.

I went BACk to community college in 2002 to study Psychology and then back to the same university to finish and in 2004 finally finsihed my BA in Psychology and found out that i had taken so many stupid painting and art history classes my first year that I actually had earned a BA in Painting with a minor in Art History also.... so now I have a BA in Psych... which does not at ALL qualify me for a career in that field... and a BA in Painting with a minor in Art History... yeah... I haven't painted in 7 years now... but i have a degree in it?????

anyway.... I'm an intelligent girl... I kept a 3.8 GPA all through my college education... but it wasn't until after years of stressing myself out that I realized the following: most people who have a BA without a Master's degree end up getting a job that says "Prerequisite: BA degree" it usually really doesn't matter what that degree was in.

I worked for the government for 3 years and made preety good money and great benefits... my point it... you will be okay. As long as you are doing your best your family will be proud of you no matter what .

PS... if you do the math that means I went to school for 6 years and didn't graduate until I was 27 years old... I wish I hadn't stressed so much.

OH I know what you are going through...Even though I'm only 19 and a Sophomore. I started out doing great...I was all pumped up for Psychology. In high school I was dead set on studying it in college. I got here and I didn't really care for the classes, because for one, they were the HARDEST classes I've ever taken. And I wasn't enjoying it. I'm currently an Art History major, and I'm still struggling. But this time it's not in a class of my major. I decided to take Latin, and I fell behind. My family doesn't understand what its like to fail a class in college. It is Embarrassing. But now I have accepted my faults and I am trying harder in my next set of classes. You can't pull yourself down because of a few mistakes. College is Hard no matter which way you look at it. All you can do is try harder, and eventually you will get in a groove of things and do better. Just know its not going to be easy, but It will be well worth it in the end.

I'm now 34 and I think I have decided to go back to get my Master's in counseling... it never ends!! LOL.... i have a BA in psych, a BA in painting and a minor in art history and now with two babies and beinga single mom I am thinking fo going for my masters... at a regular college too... wow I am insane! hey my senior year of psych there was a series of three classes in statistics that i had to take and teh first day we walked in the teacher said to us "I want ot warn you that I have been teaching this series for 10 years and this is the way it usually works... of the 30 of you only half will complete this class... of that half that stay on ony half will pass and of THAT half only half will pass by the skin of your teeth." he was completely right... I dropped the class the first time, and took it again the next quarter all by itself and I ended up getting an A.

Hey there Lauren!

Boy, does your story sound like mine! I graduated in 2007 and I probably still have two years left of college. I started out as a Psych major, and like you, I decided that I couldn't see myself doing it for the rest of my life. It was interesting, but that's not enough to last a lifetime of doing it.

I've now been an elementary education major for over 2 years, and am having the hardest time with burnout. I'm working and going to school, working about 30 hours a week and going to school full time. I THINK I have about 2 years left. I've been hearing the same things, people asking me why I haven't graduated. But I've had the opportunity to comfort someone that had it worse off than me. My friend Dorcas is 31 years old and still in college, and she struggles a lot more with what people think than I do. I'll tell you what I told her. It doesn't matter how long you're in college. Heck, you could be in for 10 years if you have to. But go at your own pace, and tell all of the naysayers that it's your life. What you do with your life is up to the decision of two: yourself and God. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Not everyone is the same, and so not everyone is going to just spend 4 years in college. I almost always struggled with keeping my focus on what it needed to be on in school, hating academics. I kept a steady B-to-C average in junior and senior year of high school.

I will say this. No matter what you do, pursue something that you love, that you have a passion for. I love kids, and that's why I'm going after the degree I am. If I could even make a difference in one single kid's life, it'll be enough for me. Decide what you want to do, and pursue it. And don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't. And furthermore, don't try to live up to others' expectations. Hope you find what you're looking for, and message me if you wanna talk. <3

Kris

No, not embarrassing at all! You are young and still having tons of opportunities in your life. Find some moment to slow down yourself, follow your heart, know what you really want to do and what your passion will land. Then keep moving on. You will find your dream as long as you do not give up. Best wishes!!!

I am sort of in the same situation. I started at a community college and transferred to a university last semester. My gpa has never been so low since I transferred and I am worried and upset I won't graduate on time because of dropping and failing classes. School has always been tough for me but I am trying as hard as I can and getting through it one step at a time. Don't give up on what you really want to do. Pick a major that will take the least amount of time to complete because you can honestly do almost anything you want with any degree.

I'm on the totally opposite side of the equation, but I can still identify with you. I have six degrees, two Bachelors Degrees, two Masters Degrees, and two Doctorates. The degrees are in psychology, and sociology, and I am now using those degrees to teach a couple of courses at a large University that is near my home. I'm a bit different from you in that I always knew that I wanted to go into psychology, but some of the courses that were required for the degrees were totally and completely STUPID! However, the universities keep them in degree requirements to weed out the folks who aren't really serious about working in that field. I can say, in all truthfulness, that fully half of the courses I took never applied to anything I wound up doing once on the job, and I think most folks would tell you the same thing. Earning a college degree really doesn't make a lot of sense today, at least as far as the required classes are concerned.

Before you go ahead and change majors, you might want to spend some time talking with the folks in the counseling service. Let them know that you're having problems with your degree program, and tell them you'd like to take a few interest and aptitude tests, along with perhaps a personality inventory. I'm thinking of maybe the Strong-Campbell or Campbell Interest Inventory, the Differential Aptitude Test, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or the Enneagram. Both of these are personality inventories, and your personality type can be correlated with possible careers. And they can get very specific. They won't just say "high school teacher", they'll say, "high school American history teacher". And the other test will show where your aptitudes and interests lie. While you lay your I.Q. scores, on top of your aptitudes, and then add your interests and personality type, you will come out with one or two occupations which will be the best for you to consider. By doing things this way, you don't have to worry about wanting to change majors yet again. This approach has worked for lots of folks in the past, and it just might work for you as well. Anyway, just something you might want to consider. Good luck with the rest of your college years.