Did you ever change majors, and if so do you regret it/ enjoyed it

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Changed my major from Zoology (pre-med) to Pussy Chasing in sophomore year. It worked out well for me, but that was twenty years ago. These days, a degree is needed to flip burgers.

I added a major. Looking back, I wonder if I added the right one. I find the experience valuable but most employers don't give a shite. Thinking about going back to school for accounting or some shite.

I changed from something that was difficult to something in which I was already skilled. Decent career, satisfying enough work, middle-of-the-road pay. If I'd stuck with the original major, I'd be making a good bit more money -- but that's assuming I could've succeeded at the original major, and things were not working out that way at all. Just couldn't hack it, and it was a field with highly competitive, largely GPA-dependent internship opportunities that I'd never come close to landing.

I got out of journalism. That was a good decision.

Considered Environmental Biology. Ended up going with Finance.

Changed from Kinesiology (pre-physical therapy) to Biology (pre-pharmacy) has worker out well so far because I'm in my first year of pharmacy school

I changed from biology to electrical engineering. I still have want to go back to med school.

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Most people have changed majors at least once. However, that does not mean that the end result is always good for the person in question. For others, it turns well for them and they enjoy a profession they otherwise would overlook.

I am just asking if anyone has any thoughts on this.

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Are you going through a quarter-life crisis? You're posting a new "What am I doing with my life?" thread just about every day.

To answer your OP - I did not change my major, but I wish I had. I had a hard time picking one and in rebellion to the pressure from my parents, I eschewed choosing something math based.

I ended up in English Language Arts to become a high school teacher, and I knew within days of my student teaching experience that it wasn't something I wanted to do. I could have gotten a little more money out of my parents and taken out loans, but instead, I told myself that at 22 years old, I was too old to switch.

Here I am a decade later trying to finagle my life so that I can have a career that is satisfying (more so just not life draining and depressing) and lucrative.