Hi, I'm a high school student going into my senior year and I've been struggling lately with what is the best major to choose for college.
In terms of career planning, I kind of want to study psychology, but I've heard people say that it's not too easy to find a job in this field, which makes me quite unsure.
I'm really hoping someone with experience can point me in the right direction.
Hello my friend, I am very happy to see your question! You are still a student, the results of the college entrance examination are coming out, and you will soon face the big hurdle of choosing a major, which is really a super important decision in life.
I have to remind you of a few points: first of all, the college entrance examination to fill in the aspiration is not only to choose a specialty so simple, but also have to comprehensively consider the school, the city, the resources, interest and future employment of these factors, is by no means a single look at the profession on the line; as a person who has been there, I have to tell you the reality that half of the college graduates or even more, and finally do the job of the major with the study of the job is not much to do with it, which is often the case.
I am Emily, a Gallup Global Certified Advantage Coach and a career planner who has previously helped more than 300 students and career professionals of all ages with various challenges in their career development through one-on-one counseling.
Below I share some practical advice that I hope will help you.
| What does it mean to be a "good" major?
Here said "good", generally recognized as the kind of, with a little utilitarian, mainly to see the employment prospects, admission scores are usually very high. For example, computers, management, medicine, law, these popular direction, good professional often have to be the school's ace professional heating door field, like Wuhan University of law, Renmin University of human resources management, are the country's top, while employment is also popular.
| Choosing a major based on interest alone can be risky
For most people, it's safer to follow the trend and pick popular majors, such as computers and software engineering, which everyone knows, or finance, automation, electronics and communications, which have a lot of job opportunities. High school students always like to say according to interest, but in fact, for many people, making money is the biggest interest. When it comes to interests, I have to be honest and say that many of the interests that come out of the mouths of high school seniors may not be very reliable.
Because that's when the sources of interest are usually these:
Whichever course one scores higher in, one feels interested in that course
Read a little primer or a movie or TV show and develop unrealistic fantasies
Purely to save face. Vanity.
It's interesting to hear others talk about it and follow along
| There is no such thing as a perfect major, avoiding the pitfalls is a win!
When choosing a major, you have to have your own opinion, stay rational, and it doesn't hurt to ask a professional high school planner for advice.
A lot of people always ask what's a good major, and I usually don't like to answer that directly because there are too many variables to have a uniform standard. In the end, it depends on the individual - for example, what level of school you can go to, future plans, their own needs and interests, these are all closely related.
Come on, good luck!
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