So, I'm in my 3rd year of college but credit wise, I'm still a sophomore (pending my grade in my Spanish 2001 class, I could finish this semester STILL a sophomore). I came into college my freshman year majoring in Communications with a focus in Journalism. I want to be a journalist and I still do. I'm not sure how it is at other schools, but at my school, people who major in Communications must complete 4 foreign language classes all in the same language, and I chose Spanish.
I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, and I wasn't the best, but I knew a lot - or so I thought. In my second semester of freshman year, I took the first Spanish class. I sucked at it, but I got out with a C and pass. The next semester, I took the second Spanish class. I sucked at it but I still managed to get out with a C and pass. Last semester (Spring 2015), I took Spanish 3. I sucked at it the entire time. I tried my best. I studied, went to tutoring, but I could just never get it. I finished with a D and had to take it again this semester. I'm currently in it now and I don't feel like I'm going to pass it.
So, over the past two or three weeks I've been thinking of changing my major and what to change it to. I love to write, so no matter what I chose, I was going to still pursue journalism as a career. I'm not good in math, I'm not good in science and I do like working with computers, but I'm not THAT good to try to major in Computer Science. I wanted to minor in History, but I thought, what would I do with a History minor? Nothing. Social Studies had always been my favorite subject throughout middle and high school, and I did a History class my very first semester, which I enjoyed and finished with a B.
To make this very long story short, today I changed my major to History and chose my minor to be Communications. The one and only reason why I made the change is because I wanted to avoid taking two more Spanish classes. With the History major at my school (and pretty much every other major besides Communications), you only have to take two foreign language classes which I covered in Spanish 1 & 2.
After making this decision I feel like a failure! I feel like I really don't know what to do with my life, when I really do.. it's complicated. After talking to my adviser, switching to a History major doesn't really put me behind in my target graduation time (May 2017) but I may already be a semester, or maybe even a year behind, so I may graduate December 2017 or May 2018.
I guess this post has two questions:
1. Has anyone changed their major in college/university?
and
2. Has anyone not graduated in the normal 4 years?
Comments
Haven't changed my major and I'm in my third year. I plan on taking 5 to finish my degree cause for me, it's just more doable. Don't feel like a failure. Do what you think is best for you and what you're going to be successful at!
