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Old 12-24-2006, 06:35 AM
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Default Career help for student

I am at a point in my life where I don't know where I stand academically.

I think another member here posted a similar problem. Basically, I'm about to graduate from university but I've lost interest in my major (biology) and my grades are very low. I'm struggling to barely pass the upper-level classes. It's a miracle that I even was able to pass the basics. I study for the exams and for the class but no matter what I do I still flunk. I admit I did not study as much as I could have for the classes, but the interest just isn't there. I cringe thinking about opening the book.

I had a passion for biology when I entered college but now it's replaced with psychology. I believe that if I am studying for these classes and trying, and still not getting the grades, there must be something wrong and what I am not meant to do it. I think that if I really try hard to ace the classes, I could but I just don't enjoy it. I just have no interest in it anymore but instead of switching my major (since I'm almost finished anyway), I plan on sticking it through and getting my degree anyway.

I have to be quite honest, but harder, faster, smarter just isn't enough anymore and I can't keep up. I feel like society and the world is just expecting me to multitask everything that I do, be on top of a million different things. I feel like college has become less about learning than about just getting the grade. I want to slow down and find pleasure in the little things. I don't want my life to revolve around my work. I know work is required, but I don't want to drive myself crazy to be happy and successful.

I can't help but feel that I am a failure. I am doing so poorly in classes, I am behind everyone else because of my failures, I've switched my mind from biology to psychology, I've wasted money taking classes just to figure out what I want to do with my life, no extracurriculars...re-reading this list seems to reiterate my lack of success. Life is just not college, you know? Stuff happens and it moves you off track and it takes some time for people to figure out what to do.

Getting back to the problem, I really don't know what to do. I prepared my whole undergraduate career towards pursuing biology, and now with psychology it's a whole new ball game. I am not prepared at all. I have to start fresh.

What should I do?
Should I stick with my original plan?
What if I don't get into any graduate school for psychology?
What do you guys think about the outlook for this career?
What would you do if you were in my position?

I realize this is quite a bit to ask for, but I would appreciate any help. Thank you.
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