19-year-old midlife crisis?

[Sun Baked]

Sometimes you have to be miserable and suffer through some of the weedout courses before you get to the more fun stuff.

All depends on exactly what you want to do, sometimes there are some ugly road bumps before you start enjoying the major and the stuff you can do with it.

However, if you can take a semester off and do an internship in what you want to do right now, it might change things. Some of them you don't need to know much, but it gives you an idea what the people do when they graduate by watching the old farts.

 

[Mindflux]

Unless you are expecting to die at the 'ripe' age of 38 that's no 'midlife' crisis.

 

[leekohler]

You can't plan the rest of your life around what your mom wants. Find something you are passionate about and don't worry if it takes you awhile to find it. Go after that passion and do the best you can. Hopefully, your success in life, no matter what it may be, would be payment enough for your mom.

Agreed. Don't go to school to please others. It's an enormous mistake. You'll live to regret it if you do.

 

[63dot]

Unless you are expecting to die at the 'ripe' age of 38 that's no 'midlife' crisis.

A male child in the USA, born today, can expect, barring cancer/heart disease/stroke, to live to 78, so mid-life is actually way down the line...age 39. Yes, that old and grey and rickety.

A female can live into her early 80s, on average, who is born in 2008.

We just keep getting older and older. One day Miss America will be 40 and hot, hot, hot.

 

[Mord]

Live for yourself not your parents, when it comes down to it in all likelihood they want you to be happy and studying something you don't enjoy is not going to help with that.

I was in a similar situation and i'm very glad I dropped my degree to switch to comp sci.

 

[GfPQqmcRKUvP]

A female can live into her early 80s, on average, who is born in 2008.

I personally, have never met a woman who has lived to her 80s and was born in 2008.

 

[chilipie]

I personally, have never met a woman who has lived to her 80s and was born in 2008.

Haha

 

[63dot]

I personally, have never met a woman who has lived to her 80s and was born in 2008.

my bad

If born now, a female can expect to live on average, in the USA, to about 81 years.

It was actually higher before for both women and men, and childhood obesity that is rampant now and expected to worsen over the decades is most to blame.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

One in particular that I still regret, was quitting Marching/Concert band during my Jr. ...

Since then, I've had phases in college where I wanted to major in Music/Percussion, then eventually business, and now I'm back to Biology and pretty miserable...

If I were to switch majors, I'd have no idea where to start.

Science sucks (personal opinion). Go with what you want to do, and see where it leads you. If you hate biology now, what are you going to be able to do with your degree that you like?

I went from engineering to film. It's not hard, just talk to an academic advisor at your school.

 

[yojitani]

Sounds to me like you need to talk to your mother.

 

[benflick]

Sounds to me like you need to talk to your mother.

I agree. Just tell her that you feel that switching majors would be better for you. She will most likely understand. There's no need to (waste) the money and time for a college education if you're not going to persue the thing you went there for.

 

[emmawu]

Hi, my husband is a math professor and is on the Academic Action Committee. He runs into students and their parents who complain that their adult (over 18) student isn't doing well in mathematics or related studies but is excelling in the subjects they love.

His first question to the parents is "do you want you son/daughter to be a BAD engineer, biologist, math teacher, etc. or would you like him or her to be a great musician, historian or whatever they want to be?"

When it gets down to it, most parents want their children to be happy and successful in a career and have a life that they love. Bring your folks to school and talk with your advisor. They get paid to help students and parents understand your life isn't set in stone at age 19. Good luck!

 

[milani]

Maybe I'm too liberal, but going to school period is an accomplishment and commendable. Who cares if you don't want to be a scientist? Go for something you want! The whole point of University/College is to find your passion, not to force yourself to endure something terrible, to grind yourself through something you hate. Sure it's hard sometimes, and maybe you just haven't taken a science class that excites you, or ignites your passion. But you should really explore your options, because once you find the thing that you love, it'll make your University/College experience infinitely more pleasurable, and infinitely more rewarding too.

 

[nanofrog]

A male child in the USA, born today, can expect, barring cancer/heart disease/stroke, to live to 78, so mid-life is actually way down the line...age 39. Yes, that old and grey and rickety.

A female can live into her early 80s, on average, who is born in 2008.

We just keep getting older and older. One day Miss America will be 40 and hot, hot, hot.

39?!? Nah... That's the new 30.

Hi, my husband is a math professor and is on the Academic Action Committee. He runs into students and their parents who complain that their adult (over 18) student isn't doing well in mathematics or related studies but is excelling in the subjects they love.

His first question to the parents is "do you want you son/daughter to be a BAD engineer, biologist, math teacher, etc. or would you like him or her to be a great musician, historian or whatever they want to be?"

When it gets down to it, most parents want their children to be happy and successful in a career and have a life that they love. Bring your folks to school and talk with your adviser. They get paid to help students and parents understand your life isn't set in stone at age 19. Good luck!

Good advice.