Show Ask I Mom fl Major Pain i iy y O r Wi I D Dear ar Mom It Its It's my second semester at and I haven't d decided ci ed on a major Should I be worried i l Sincerely I Stressed out f k ll Dear pear Stressed j When I talked with Vee Sial academic and career advisor at the Career Major Fair held recently she seemed to think there vat vas no worry regarding your maj major r if you did the right thing first and that was seeing an adviser as soon as possible I II I I II I I j I q I- I She told me about a test you could take take take-a a afree free evaluation of your personality that matched up with certain careers and of ora a workshop you could attend to o help you determine what you should major in Tony Rizzuto academic advisor at handed me melhe the test It took me about five minutes to complete I added up my scores another five minutes and waited to receive the news Was Vas I in for a surprise After being told I was kind of introverted which Shook hook me up a bit I was told I had patience and then the ability to analyze things with an added hitch Because you like Jike helping people you seem to fit this model Rizzuto pointed to the word at the top of the the page with witha a score of 17 a number by bythe bythe bytheway way the the way he said was off otT the chart The word was medical Medical I didn't have havea a mirror but I bet all aU the blood drained from my face I couldn't believe I it You mean needles and operations and blood and such I could just as easily have been told to go into auto mechanics no offense otTense I was flabbergasted and a bit taken aback Fortunately Rizzuto was able to bring me back to earth Now remember medical and social combined would combined would be a medical social worker Also medical and business You'll notice a lot of students got into medical but a lot of them got into what communications my eyes lit up you have an s and a ab ab ab b so theres there's a great match I was relieved Okay so I Iwas Iwas Iwas was on the right track But what about you I My advice See an adviser Take the test Sial suggests not only coming to an adviser but to continue to visit with your adviser once a semester until youre you're ready to transfer If you decide on your major in the early stages of college you will wiH have less grief classes that cant can't be transferred towards your major for example for forthe forthe forthe the big move to a year four-year college And then theres there's the workshop Career Clues 2006 offered by Academic and Career Advising offers otTers a one-hour one workshop where you will receive your personality assessment occupational outlook wage data college majors and career occupations related to those majors Career Clues will be held on Nov 7 and 14 from noon to pm p.m. And on Dec 5 and 12 from noon to pm p.m. in inthe inthe inthe the Student Center room Good luck Mom |