Taking Your Personality Into Account When Making Major Decisions
It seems so obvious that basing decisions about college majors and careers on one’s personality would save the individual in question much angst, time, energy, tuition and frustration. And yet college students tend to choose their major according to whatever career path they pulled out of their asses while sitting (a) at the dinner table, their parents demanding some answers about their teen’s future; or (b) in the high school counselor’s office, wading through college admissions paperwork.
Neither of those scenarios is ideal for making sound life choices. I’m a firm believer in the philosophy that the major a college student chooses is of much less import than people seem to freak themselves out with by believing. Quite a few college students make themselves miserable spending four years and thousands of dollars earning a degree that isn’t the best fit.
College is hard enough, even when one is eyebrow-deep in courses they love. There’s just no reason to pursue a major (and certainly not the matching career) that makes you contemplate chucking it all and escaping to an island with nothing but mangoes and naked time.
To assist in the decision-making processes of weighty life choices that will no doubt affect the path your life takes, here are a smattering of the multitude of books available for perusal:
10 Best College Majors For Your Personality
50 Best Jobs For Your Personality
The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need
Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do
The College Board Book of Majors
The Princeton Review’s Guide to College Majors
Posted by Alexa Harrington
