Approximately eighty percent of American college students change their major once, and more than thirty percent of college students in the United States transfer to a different institution to complete their degree. The most difficult part of the University transfer process, besides the application, is starting over anew. Starting over in an entirely new place and leaving everything you’re accustomed to behind you is a scary thing, but it is not a new concept to me. In reality, it is something I am incredibly accustomed to. I have had the privilege of calling two countries and three states home. My childhood can be defined as a series of life changing moves with the most recent being August of last year. August of 2014, my family and I embarked
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Kids are encouraged from the time they are in elementary school to go to the University of their dreams regardless of the cost and to major in the STEM field. I quickly bought into the Westfield bubble mentality, and began looking at universities all over the country. I considered attending college in the state of Texas, but I thought I would not enjoy living down south. Right around April, I decided to enroll at Purdue as a biochemistry major (chemistry concentration) with the goal of attending Medical School. I enjoyed Chemistry in High school so I thought that I would breeze through it in college. Towards the end of the first semester, I realized that I was in over my head, and I changed my major to biochemistry (biology concentration). It did not take long for me to come to the conclusion that the field of science was not for me. I grew up passionate about history and science, but organic chemistry my senior year helped me confirm that science was the way to go. I struggled heavily during my second semester at Purdue because I had such high expectations, and as a student I was not satisfied. I was too far away from home and being a science major was not as glamorous as I anticipated. I started questioning if I should change my major once again, but to
Kids are encouraged from the time they are in elementary school to go to the University of their dreams regardless of the cost and to major in the STEM field. I quickly bought into the Westfield bubble mentality, and began looking at universities all over the country. I considered attending college in the state of Texas, but I thought I would not enjoy living down south. Right around April, I decided to enroll at Purdue as a biochemistry major (chemistry concentration) with the goal of attending Medical School. I enjoyed Chemistry in High school so I thought that I would breeze through it in college. Towards the end of the first semester, I realized that I was in over my head, and I changed my major to biochemistry (biology concentration). It did not take long for me to come to the conclusion that the field of science was not for me. I grew up passionate about history and science, but organic chemistry my senior year helped me confirm that science was the way to go. I struggled heavily during my second semester at Purdue because I had such high expectations, and as a student I was not satisfied. I was too far away from home and being a science major was not as glamorous as I anticipated. I started questioning if I should change my major once again, but to