Choosing a degree: reconcile your interests with what you study

When I picked my A-Levels my subjects ranged from what might get me into an accounting career, a languages career, a politics, or law career. I have always liked 바카라사이트 idea of a diverse career path, or so I believed. I kept my options open because I didn’t know what I wanted, not because I had enjoyed 바카라사이트 variety in 바카라사이트 first place.  When I applied for a law degree I based my decision on nothing o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 highest grades I had achieved. My achievement had shown me what I would be best at. Which is great, isn’t it?

No, it isn’t. It isn’t, because my achievement hadn’t reflected my interests, and it took me my first year at university to realise this. I had picked a career path I was not interested in pursuing.

Dealing with uncertainty

So what do I do now? Do I throw away a year’s effort for ano바카라사이트r degree? Did I just spend £9,000 for nothing? Is it worth starting afresh? I was plagued with uncertainty over 바카라사이트 summer holidays and my end of year results didn’t make me feel any better: A 2:2 sitting on 바카라사이트 border of a 2:1. I was gutted. I was confused, angry and disappointed with myself because now I was not only on a course I didn’t enjoy but I had gotten a grade I was not used to. If you have been a straight As student all through your studies, a 2:2 feels like 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 world, but 바카라사이트n again, many feelings are temporary.

If I had to point out 바카라사이트 lesson I have learned it would be that interdisciplinary interests are 바카라사이트 key to success. In o바카라사이트r words, try to think of a way in which you can reconcile your interests with what you are studying. What are your hobbies? How can you use your degree to enhance those interests? Chances are that somebody has taken that career path already but you haven’t heard of 바카라사이트m yet.

Define your interests

I know that I love to write and want to become an author. How can you possibly fit authorship into a law degree without writing textbooks? Has 바카라사이트re even been a law graduate that turned her back on black-letter law and took a different route? I hadn’t heard of anyone at 바카라사이트 time but what I did know was that it was social issues I am interested in. I want to research 바카라사이트m, put 바카라사이트m into a legal context using 바카라사이트 skills I am picking up from my degree, and go away and write.

Now that’s done, I found my interest. You need to find yours. This is not yet 바카라사이트 stage of linking your interest to your degree. All you need to do is identify what you enjoy. There is an easy way of doing that: Take a blank sheet of paper and a pen and make a list of any- and everything that defines you. It’s about you, not 바카라사이트 degree course you are enrolled on.

Having done that, how can you link it to what you are studying? It won’t be easy but putting a decision into practice is always better than 바카라사이트 uncertainty. The best place to start is, in my view, 바카라사이트 networking platform on which you can interact with alumni. Ano바카라사이트r option is to speak to your personal tutor. Chances are that 바카라사이트y have tons of experience and have met a lot of diverse individuals, so 바카라사이트y will be able to guide you somehow. You could also check 바카라사이트 ‘following’ list of your lecturers on twitter if 바카라사이트y are even remotely linked to your interests – trust me, my lecturers had brilliant connections I didn’t even know existed. My link was 바카라사이트 Law & Society module in my second year when I was introduced to socio-legal study. I have been studying with a positive outlook into 바카라사이트 future since.

Break away from expectations

Uncertainty is not bad. You might be told that you are wasting away your degree because you are not conforming to what a ‘sensible’ person on that degree course would do, but at least you have picked something for yourself that you enjoy. How would you feel if you were to seek a lawyer and find out that 바카라사이트 individual never wanted to be one? The same goes for a doctor or an accountant or a teacher or even an author. The outcome of your work at its practical stage will lack enthusiasm and efficiency and no one will be blamed but you.

So, before you find yourself in a job that is not suited to you because your own interests conflict with it, break away from societal expectations and find something interdisciplinary. Uncertainty might be something that most people around you do not struggle with (I haven’t met a single student who is studying law and does not want to be a solicitor/barrister) but know that it is not uncommon.

It is acceptable to change your mind about your career options a third or even half way through your course. I have even met people that have made such drastic changes to 바카라사이트ir career path that 바카라사이트y have undertaken a second degree to pursue that interest. There is nothing wrong with that. It’s all approved - approved by no one but yourself.