College Major...need advice, need to transfer

[echow87]

I am a freshmen currently majoring in network engineering and I do not like it one bit. I messed up badly and I have decided and need to transfer to another college to pursue another major that I will most likely be interested in.

Two majors that I have decided are: Business and Automotive Technology.

Quick overview...
During my life, I started earning money when I was 10 years old by selling random stuff such as pokemon cards, baseball/basketball cards, airsoft guns, computers, sneakers, etc. and I am still doing so as of today. Recently, I started getting into automotive tech. (around wintertime '05) and read some articles online relating to how different parts of the car works and I understand it easily but I do not know if I would be interested in working with cars as a career.

I need help deciding what major is best for me

Thanks. Your help is much appreciated!

 

[Jawo]

Well only you can make the final decision

I would strongly suggest that you atleast consider a minor in Business so that you have the understanding of it in case your entreprenurial flair urges you to start your own business

Best of luck!

 

[thehstrybean]

Originally posted by: echow87
I am a freshmen currently majoring in network engineering and I do not like it one bit. I messed up badly and I have decided and need to transfer to another college to pursue another major that I will most likely be interested in.

Two majors that I have decided are: Business and Automotive Technology.

Quick overview...
During my life, I started earning money when I was 10 years old by selling random stuff such as pokemon cards, baseball/basketball cards, airsoft guns, computers, sneakers, etc. and I am still doing so as of today. Recently, I started getting into automotive tech. (around wintertime '05) and read some articles online relating to how different parts of the car works and I understand it easily but I do not know if I would be interested in working with cars as a career.

I need help deciding what major is best for me

Thanks. Your help is much appreciated!

I would love to work on cars for a job...best of luck!

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: echow87
I am a freshmen currently majoring in network engineering and I do not like it one bit. I messed up badly and I have decided and need to transfer to another college to pursue another major that I will most likely be interested in.

Two majors that I have decided are: Business and Automotive Technology.

Quick overview...
During my life, I started earning money when I was 10 years old by selling random stuff such as pokemon cards, baseball/basketball cards, airsoft guns, computers, sneakers, etc. and I am still doing so as of today. Recently, I started getting into automotive tech. (around wintertime '05) and read some articles online relating to how different parts of the car works and I understand it easily but I do not know if I would be interested in working with cars as a career.

I need help deciding what major is best for me

Thanks. Your help is much appreciated!

Are you thinking engineering, or repair? If you're talking engineering, it'll sure be interesting, but it'll also be damn hard, and probably difficult to find a job doing something meaningful with it until you work your way up the ranks.

 

[echow87]

Thanks. Maybe I will go into business and then go into automotive tech if I am still interested in that.

EDIT: Most likely automotive repair. But I was thinking of partnering up with someone or two and open up a car shop in the future.

 

[KarenMarie]

I don't mean to be disrespectful at all but I gotta ask...

Why do you think a bunch of strangers on an internet forum have any idea what is best for you in choosing a life long career? Wouldn't your family and friends be more of a help to you? Or are you just using this place as a sounding board for your ideas?

Best of Luck in whatever you choose.

 

[Ultralight]

There are some very good tests that you can take that show you areas of strong interest.

Also, I always recommend a good liberal arts college where the first two years of college you take a series of mandatory core courses across a spectrum of subjects. At the end of your sophmore year is when you declare your major and in your last two years you concentrate on your declared major.

It is a great way to discover your areas of interest. One more thing, there are TONS of great colleges out there that don't carry a "prestigeous name" but are excellent in their own right.

Good luck.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I don't mean to be disrespectful at all but I gotta ask...

Why do you think a bunch of strangers on an internet forum have any idea what is best for you in choosing a life long career? Wouldn't your family and friends be more of a help to you? Or are you just using this place as a sounding board for your ideas?

Best of Luck in whatever you choose.

Although we're all strangers, with plenty of douchebags among us, you go to your friends and family, and the advice you get will be somewhat narrow. Come here, and you'll get varying opinions from all walks of life, and a lot of hard truths from people that have no problem telling it to you, because they dont know you, and don't care to not hurt your feelings.

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: echow87
Thanks. Maybe I will go into business and then go into automotive tech if I am still interested in that.

EDIT: Most likely automotive repair. But I was thinking of partnering up with someone or two and open up a car shop in the future.

You don't need a college degree to do auto repair. You need experience. If you really want to get into auto repair, and you dont have anyone to teach you, you are better off majoring in business. Then you can open up an auto shop, hire some mechanics, and learn from them the hard way on the job.

 

[Brackis]

Google "Holland SDS" for career career test that matches you with a category of fields based on what you express as your skills and interests. I have only taken the paper copy.

Best of luck!

 

[MrCodeDude]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
I don't mean to be disrespectful at all but I gotta ask...

Why do you think a bunch of strangers on an internet forum have any idea what is best for you in choosing a life long career? Wouldn't your family and friends be more of a help to you?

How many people in your immediate family are currently attending college or have attended college in the past 5 years? Compare that to how many people on AT in college.

Which demographic would yield the best results?

 

[WildHorse]

how about stopping in at your present school's career counseling center for free aptitude tests to help you diagnose yourself? Couldn't hurt.

as you already know, generally any line of study that's more technically oriented may help position you for a better range of career options than a liberal arts degree. It has to be something that engages your interest in order to find the motivation to fight through to your degree.

I see a business degree as a graduate - level (mba) pursuit. It's very heavy on math & analytics. I tend to think of a bachelor's level business degree as about on par with some of the other notoriously non-rigorous degrees such as Education, Black Studies, etc., but I may be wrong.

I look forward to the day you design us cars propelled by anti-gravity, not based on any sort of polluting combustion. Even better, how about developing a retrofit kit to concert all the existing cars to Nikola Tesla-powered antigravity, so they cease ripping up the earth to build more cars. You'd thereby help convert the auto manufacturing industry into a recycling industry. I'm counting on ya!