“If you know what you really want to do and you want to stick to it, that’s great. But if you’re in that middle zone like I was, then maybe a comm or an econ class or an anthro class might change your mind. You don’t have to rush it. It’s going to come naturally.”
– Marycruz Baylon, senior
“Find your strengths as a student and write them down. Then try to figure out what kind of courses would apply to those strengths.”
– Maggie Campbell, sophomore
“Just talk to people that are in all of the majors. Get a feel for why they did it… see what their plans are afterwards. Talk to the professors – they want to help.”
– JD Powell, junior
“Meet with other faculty in the department, get to know them. What do they study? What do they teach? [You] might find that they click better with a faculty member that [you] haven’t had a course with yet.”
– Kelley Hall, associate dean of Academic Life
“Don’t freak out about declaring a major right away – it will all work out eventually.”
– Ashley Guevera, junior
“Do you go to college to get a job? Or do you go to college to get an education?”
– Garth Synnestvedt, junior
