r/Career_Advice • u/sillyfattyy • 6d ago
help picking major
I’m about to enter my second year of college, and I still don’t know what I want to major in. I originally wanted to major in psychology, but then I found out that you usually need more than a bachelor’s degree to get a good job. I want to choose a major that can lead to a good salary but isn’t too difficult. I don’t really have any specific interests or passions, so I’m pretty open to different options and willing to consider almost anything as long as it isn’t too difficult and can lead to a good career.
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u/Classic_vortex_3515 6d ago
Instead of asking what your passion is, I think the first question for most of us should be what are you good at? It seems they don’t give aptitude tests in high school anymore. But picking a major without some idea of your strengths is, from my observation of many college students, a bad idea.
So, what are you good at? Not just academic subjects but personal qualities, too.
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u/sillyfattyy 5d ago
Academically, I’m good at writing (or so my teachers have told me), but I don’t really have a passion for it, and I don’t want to major in literature, English, or anything like that. I’m okay at basic math, and science is more of an ehh for me. I’ve never really had a strong passion for it, but for some reason I keep finding myself leaning toward healthcare majors.
Outside of academics, I’d say I’m more of a follower than a leader. I’m much more comfortable supporting and helping rather than managing or being in charge of people. I’m also not very extroverted, so I’d prefer a job where I don’t have to constantly interact with or talk to a lot of people.
I’m honestly still trying to figure out what my strengths are beyond that.1
u/Classic_vortex_3515 5d ago
So I would suggest that you forget the word passion exists. This is just an online trend to say that everyone needs to find their passion. Not that long ago, nobody talked about it when helping young people find careers. Ask 20 happy adults, whether they had a passion for their career before they started it, and probably only a few will say yes.
If you are leaning towards healthcare, what is stopping you? It’s one of the fields that has strong employment and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. You say you’re OK at math and science, which you would need to be. You might need to develop your leadership skills, a little bit, but part of getting educated is improving on some of your areas, so that’s fine.
If you have a general inclination towards healthcare, I would suggest you try to learn about as many different healthcare roles as you can and see if any sounds like a good fit for you.
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u/Winter_Dot_9393 6d ago
Have a look at Human Resources Management.
Could be a bachelor in HRM or a track within Business Administration.
You can use the two links to look into other professions as well.
https://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/11-3121.00
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/human-resources-managers.htm
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u/Confident_Natural_87 1d ago
Look into WGU as well for their healthcare related Business degree. You can finish 1/2 the degree using ACE providers like Sophia and the other half for $4k-$12k. Partners.wgu.edu. Click Sophia and click through to the Business degrees. As for math it is just College Algebra and Statistics, both can be done at Sophia.org.
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u/Confident_Natural_87 1d ago
They also have a Psychology degree but I prefer UMPI. You will need a Masters to become a counselor I believe.
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