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Process of elimination! I literally went through tons of majors and eliminated them one by one. I even dabbled in linguistics. At one point it was MATH. I was considering Computer Science but at my school you could ONLY study programming. At the time I was interning at State Street but everything was network and server side. I took some front-end programming classes (HTML and Flash) and fell in love. They fell under the Communications major (Digital Media concentration) so I took them all, then did the Comm major. It was the jock major at the time (I went to Boston College) so my classes were always lined with a back row of HUGE, silent guys. Never missed a class but never raised their hands and never got called on! Haha.

Anyway... because it was such an easy/light major I finished really early and had a super easy senior year. In hindsight I really should have tried to graduate early. Could have saved so much money.

The year after I graduated, Comm became the most popular major at my school so they toughened it up.... hired a lot more faculty and toughened up the curriculum. I got lucky! Well, it would have been cool to have a more rigorous course of study but my GPA was great

I knew at a young age I wanted to work with or study animals. So my degree is in biology with emphasis in zoology. During college I worked with marine mammals but redl ly liked working with people and education. So post grad I got my teaching credential and taught high school biology

I "played school" when I was young and I've always enjoyed working with kids. What really cemented my dream was during senior year of high school. I took a class where I would go to the local elementary school and help the teacher/tutor for an hour a day. I ended up in a kindergarten class with the same teacher I had in kindergarten (pretty cool!).

I went to college for elementary ed (K-6), but after graduation I got a job working at a daycare as a preschool teacher and I've been hooked ever since.

I decided to try Geography because I had 2 years left of my scholarship and it was the fastest one. Good thing I fell in love with it!

I took one of those tests in high school. It was right. I'm in the science industry. Not sure about my certain career but if I change careers, it will still be in science.

My dad chose my major. He was strongly against what I wanted to do (pediatrician). Asian parent NOT wanting their kid to be a doctor - crazy talk right? My dad said a dr career would be too stressful and long that I wouldn't marry until much too late. After many arguments, I obeyed my father and went down his path. I chose my career though.

I tried so many things and hated a lot in college. I ended up Transfering out of my first college because I didn't see much there for me. When I got to Salisbury, I clicked with my comm classes. They had a TV and radio emphasis and I was smitten. It was an easy major and I didn't really learn many life skills but it got me my first job and that got me where I am today.

I always knew I would start a tech company. I acquired a love of media from delivering newspapers starting in elementary school.

@skibobrown: my hubs has a Physics undergrad and is teaching Physics at a HS now. I think he would absolutely love to become a Phys Prof though.
I'm a Manufacturing Engineer. In HS I always liked Physics and was good at math so I figured why not. I don't love it but I like it enough and the salary isn't bad either

@regberadaisy: yay for architects! I love how similar our stories are.

I wanted something stable, so I went into accounting. I am now in grad school for early childhood education, so I think you can tell how I feel about being an accountant!

@Minnie_Girl: Oooh, I'm so jealous of you!!! I've wanted to be an author since the 5th grade! I LOVED writing sooooooo much!

BUT, my parents felt like I wouldn't do well in the field since I almost never finished anything I started, and they were worried about me being able to support myself after college, so I decided to major in Computer Science instead since I had taken some CS classes in high school and enjoyed them a lot. So that's what I majored in, and I'm really happy I did! I LOVE being a Software Engineer! Though I do still dream of publishing a book someday...

My whole life I always wanted to be in some kind of helping profession. As a little girl, it was pediatrician. Then later it was child psychologist. I went to college and declared a psych major. As I got into the classes, I hated it. I thought the professors were pretentious. Then I had some roommate issues and took a semester off. While I was off, I did some research into other majors. I discovered social work and thought it seemed like a much better fit for me.

@Adira: Haha, that's the problem with a writing career...you actually have to finish writing a book! And then you have to do it again, and again, and again!

There's no reason you should give up the dream. Getting published is a great addition to any career!

For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a doctor. I chose my original major (Biological Sciences) with that intention. As I was doing my lower division classes and internships I discovered that I was horrible with patients (too much empathy. I cried a lot) and that I was really good at genetics. I also discovered that my real interest wasn't the patients with the weird diseases but the weird diseases themselves. So I switched my major to genetics and did my emphasis on infectious diseases.

I was one of those girls who dreamed about their future wedding... and always secretly read wedding magazines at the public library.

Then in college I started planning events (fashion shows and conferences) and LOVED it... so weddings + events = Wedding Planner! Voila!