{"id":860,"date":"2012-04-19T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T13:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/blog\/?p=860"},"modified":"2022-12-08T12:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T16:15:34","slug":"finding-your-fit-choosing-an-academic-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/finding-your-fit-choosing-an-academic-major\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Fit: Choosing an Academic Major"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/~career\/images\/Blogimages\/ChoosingMajorImage.jpg\" alt=\"Major Choices\" width=\"340\" height=\"226\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon entering college, the pressure to choose a field of undergraduate study may seem overwhelming. Many mistakenly believe that this major will dictate the pathway of your life, when really it will become the foundation for any career. If you are feeling that your major is not a reflection of your interests, perhaps it is time for a change. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/10154383\/ns\/business-personal_finance\/t\/college-freshmen-face-major-dilemma\/\">MSNBC<\/a>, approximately 50% of college students change their major at least once. If you do decide to change majors, take some time to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youngmoney.com\/careers\/career-advice\/037_217\/\">evaluate<\/a> your strengths and weaknesses.<\/p>\n<p>Are you considering a major change?\u00a0 If so, here are some steps you can take to help you reach your decision:<\/p>\n<p>1.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Make a list of your interests. Do they match any of the classes that you have taken?<br \/>\n2.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Visit UVM\u2019s list of majors and minors<br \/>\n3.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Run a <a href=\"https:\/\/myuvm.uvm.edu\/cp\/home\/displaylogin\">Cat\u2019s Audit Report<\/a>, then a \u201cWhat If\u201d Audit. Those can be helpful if you are looking to see what academic requirements you will need to graduate.<br \/>\n4.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Set up a meeting with your advisor, and also with a department faculty or staff in programs of interest to discuss your thoughts about changing majors. This is especially important if you are looking to transfer to a different college\/school.<br \/>\n5.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Come to Career Services Drop-In hours to speak with a counselor (Monday- Thursday, 1-4 in L\/L E-140; Tuesdays 11-1 in Rosa Parks Room, Davis Center)<br \/>\n6.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Become involved in clubs, volunteer, and\/or work experiences that will allow you to gauge whether this is a field you would enjoy.\u00a0 Seasonal or part time experience is a good start.<br \/>\n7.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Make sure that all of the proper paperwork is filed with the UVM Registrar\u2019s office<\/p>\n<p><em>~Shayna, Career Peer Advisor<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upon entering college, the pressure to choose a field of undergraduate study may seem overwhelming. Many mistakenly believe that this major will dictate the pathway of your life, when really it will become the foundation for any career. If you are feeling that your major is not a reflection of your interests, perhaps it is &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/finding-your-fit-choosing-an-academic-major\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Finding Your Fit: Choosing an Academic Major&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":832,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129271,112833,1],"tags":[116804,603,138815,569,528],"class_list":["post-860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-helpful-resources","category-majors","category-uncategorized","tag-advice","tag-how-to","tag-majors","tag-photos","tag-tips","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"career","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/author\/career\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/832"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2648,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860\/revisions\/2648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/career-center\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}