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Good afternoon,
To start off with, let me provide a brief synopsis of my academic career to date. First semester, I was studying industrial engineering and received a 3.61 GPA, albeit with only 12 graded credits. I felt that industrial engineering was a very boring and kind of dull field of employment, so I changed my major to finance for the second semester of my freshman year.
As a finance major, I earned a 4.0 GPA with 12 graded credits once again. Towards the end of freshman year, I felt that I was not fulfilling my potential in studying business, so I chose to switch into electrical engineering.The purpose for me having only 12 graded credits in both semesters was that I dropped one class each semester because I was planning on switching majors.
Finally, sophomore year arrived. Coming in hot off of a summer of working behind a meat counter, I was poised to start off strong with my studies. Through midterms, I had been earned A's all in my courses--integral calculus, calc-based physics, materials science & engineering, and engineering programming.
At this same time, I was looking heavily into a nuclear submarine officer program where I would earn a monthly salary as a student and subsequently enter the nuclear officer pipeline. I was so pumped about this program that I actually switched my major from electrical engineering to mechanical engineering as mechanical engineering fit better with the program.
Towards the end of the semester, I learned a lot more about the nuke program, and it did not really sound like something I could see myself doing. I became an absolute ***** for the last half of the semester and ended up dropping another class and slacking off a little bit, ending up with a 3.31 GPA for the semester.
Spring semester here we are. I started off in mechanical engineering, but just chose to take a wide variety of classes to see which fields I was most interested in. I took an accounting course, two history courses, and an intermediate microeconomics course. In summary, I have a new-found respect for accounting professionals, and neither of the other two classes really piqued my interests. GPA wise, I will get a 3.7 or so.
Today, April 25, 2015, Right now I am a finance major and have been toying with the idea of switching into just about every field there is. I even looked at joining the Border Patrol for a brief period of time. I sat down recently and did some hard thinking about what I want in a job.
What I realized that I wanted was the ability to work with people, but be independent in my work at the same time. A chance to help others and earn security for my self and future family are two other things that I highly prize in a career.
My mother told me that I should seriously consider practicing medicine or dentistry. Other than typical checkups, I have had no experience in the field of dentistry. In two days, I am going to watch a dentist perform a root canal and hopefully that will be interesting. From all of the information that I have read, dentistry seems to be very interesting and a much better fit for me than medicine. If I find out first hand what it is like to be a dentist, I would not hesitate to make a commitment to that profession.
The reason I am in finance right now is essentially as it would be a good backup plan. To be honest, the thought of sitting in front of a computer all day and analyzing financial data sounds kind of awful to me. I have seriously considered switching my major to history as it would be better than finance at least. If I really find an interest in dental work, I may even switch to biology.
Bottom line: I will have to make a decision for myself-- which I have not proven to be very good at. I would really appreciate a little advice regarding anything essentially.
To start off with, let me provide a brief synopsis of my academic career to date. First semester, I was studying industrial engineering and received a 3.61 GPA, albeit with only 12 graded credits. I felt that industrial engineering was a very boring and kind of dull field of employment, so I changed my major to finance for the second semester of my freshman year.
As a finance major, I earned a 4.0 GPA with 12 graded credits once again. Towards the end of freshman year, I felt that I was not fulfilling my potential in studying business, so I chose to switch into electrical engineering.The purpose for me having only 12 graded credits in both semesters was that I dropped one class each semester because I was planning on switching majors.
Finally, sophomore year arrived. Coming in hot off of a summer of working behind a meat counter, I was poised to start off strong with my studies. Through midterms, I had been earned A's all in my courses--integral calculus, calc-based physics, materials science & engineering, and engineering programming.
At this same time, I was looking heavily into a nuclear submarine officer program where I would earn a monthly salary as a student and subsequently enter the nuclear officer pipeline. I was so pumped about this program that I actually switched my major from electrical engineering to mechanical engineering as mechanical engineering fit better with the program.
Towards the end of the semester, I learned a lot more about the nuke program, and it did not really sound like something I could see myself doing. I became an absolute ***** for the last half of the semester and ended up dropping another class and slacking off a little bit, ending up with a 3.31 GPA for the semester.
Spring semester here we are. I started off in mechanical engineering, but just chose to take a wide variety of classes to see which fields I was most interested in. I took an accounting course, two history courses, and an intermediate microeconomics course. In summary, I have a new-found respect for accounting professionals, and neither of the other two classes really piqued my interests. GPA wise, I will get a 3.7 or so.
Today, April 25, 2015, Right now I am a finance major and have been toying with the idea of switching into just about every field there is. I even looked at joining the Border Patrol for a brief period of time. I sat down recently and did some hard thinking about what I want in a job.
What I realized that I wanted was the ability to work with people, but be independent in my work at the same time. A chance to help others and earn security for my self and future family are two other things that I highly prize in a career.
My mother told me that I should seriously consider practicing medicine or dentistry. Other than typical checkups, I have had no experience in the field of dentistry. In two days, I am going to watch a dentist perform a root canal and hopefully that will be interesting. From all of the information that I have read, dentistry seems to be very interesting and a much better fit for me than medicine. If I find out first hand what it is like to be a dentist, I would not hesitate to make a commitment to that profession.
The reason I am in finance right now is essentially as it would be a good backup plan. To be honest, the thought of sitting in front of a computer all day and analyzing financial data sounds kind of awful to me. I have seriously considered switching my major to history as it would be better than finance at least. If I really find an interest in dental work, I may even switch to biology.
Bottom line: I will have to make a decision for myself-- which I have not proven to be very good at. I would really appreciate a little advice regarding anything essentially.
