Activity 3.2.3

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Activity 3.2 One of the biggest challenges that I am facing at the moment is finding the right major for me. Declaring a major has a lot of benefits, for example I would only need to take the classes I need for my major which would save me time and money. As well I could start to apply to internship programs to help launch my career and future. I could also look for a good school with the right masters’ program in my field so I can work on the requirements they need for me to attend ones I graduate. Overall the worst case scenario that I see from not picking a major on time is being hold back ones I reach 45 units, this would waste time something I don’t really feel like I have a lot of. The biggest obstacle in my way of picking my major, is that …show more content…
I want to find my right major and have successful college years and struggle the least possible.
Therefore, I want to find the solution through a set of steps, in where I identify the problem (declaring a major), find alternatives to it, view the positive and negatives of the alternatives. And hopefully reach a solution. Firstly, I know that I am limited to the amount of time I have to declare a major and I know that I am not just limited to changing my major one time that I have the option to change my mind a few times. I want to be sure and confident that the major I declare can help me one day lead a successful life in which I am also happy living it. But finding a major can be time consuming as well as expensive. Loans, are one solution to giving me this space to find my major, they would allow me to focus more in school by

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