It’s finally time to continue with the “CCK Goes to College” story.
As I wrote in Chocolate Covered Katie’s College Story: Part One, it was definitely a good choice to cut my losses and transfer schools; a bigger university with more class options was a much better fit for me. Right away, I made a lot of new friends and even joined a sorority for a year.
Questions of the Day:
Are you in college? High school? Done with school? And if you did go to college, how did you decide on your major? Did you ever change majors or transfer schools? And did you enjoy your school experience?
Yikes, that’s a lot of questions. Don’t feel like you have to answer every single one.
Unlike college, blogging isn’t a grade!
Katie, take all the time you need! I entered college with the idea that I wanted to be a rocket scientist, got my mechanical engineering degree in 4 years, and rushed into the working world. I never really knew if this was the right field for me, and now 2 years later, I’m unhappy and ready to quit. It makes all the difference if you are passionate about your career. 1 or 2 years of delays at a young age is much worse than years and years of unhappiness later down the road. I’m quitting my job, selling my house, and becoming a vegan pastry chef! 🙂
And I can’t keep a secret for the life of me 😉
I am starting college on September 20th. Crazyy!!
I am junior in highschool at Plano West!!!!! I can keep secrets fairly well. I am soo looking foward to starting college at Haylir hopefully!!!!
As a somewhat new vegan I love your blog its sooo helpful!!!!
I totally meant Baylor stupid iPhone
Oh my gosh, I live so close to Plano! I even shop at that WF sometimes 🙂 :)!!
I’m in college right now and loving it- much more than my freshman year. Me and my roommates didn’t get along at ALL. It was horrible. That was when I lost all the weight, had two very demeaning jobs (as a gym rep and a waitress at a sports bar…both had us in skimpy uniforms) I was also had a pre-pharm major I wasn’t too passionate about. Not that pharmacy’s not an incredible career, just that it wasnt for me.
But its all better now that I have a cute lil furry roommie (being my cat, of course 😉 ), I’m back to being healthy, and I’m in a major I love- nutrition! Things are lookin up 🙂
Congrats on the opportunity! That’s awesome it came through blogging! Can’t wait to hear more about it!
Oh..and the “college years” of saved by the bell were a let-down!! Same goes for the grown up version of Rugrats. Kids today are really missin’ out. 😛
i always knew i wanted to be a psych major. but the question remains: what to do with it.
sociology kind of fell into my lap, but i’m so glad– i love it!
happy sunday 🙂
Thanks for sharing your college story with us! I am about to start my senior year as well! I’m applying for law schools this fall — eeek!!!! I am so not a grown-up…
Happy Sunday! 🙂
I’m great at keeping secrets, so feel free to tell me about your new surprise! (hehe)
I’m done with my undergrad and grad work. I was an English major and art minor. However, I’m at the point in my life where I might need to go back and take a few classes to diversify my skills a bit more and challenge myself. I don’t want to spend too much money on it, though.
You look like you are at a normal weight for you, Katie. I think we are all surrounded by so many overweight people that we see someone naturally thin and the person stands out more. You are lovely.
Aw thanks!! 🙂
I’m a senior in high school and am ITCHING to go to college! I had “senioritis” for the majority of my junior year, so another year of high school just seems absurd. I plan on studying nutrition, hopefully at Cornell 🙂
Your so pretty without make-up! Personally i don’t think you need it 🙂
Still in high school, but taking some college courses 😉
Oh you’ll definitely be glad you took those college courses when you get college credit for them!!
I’m a senior in college now (finally!!), but when I was a senior in high school, I had no idea I would be where I am now!
I started out as an art education major but I HATED it, even though I loved art, so I wound up dropping out for three semesters to kind of figure out what I wanted to do. I love science and I wanted a career that would be kind of challenging so I went back as a biology major. The chemistry minor thing happened naturally since the two disciplines are interrelated. I work in a lab as a chemist which is basically what I would be doing with my degree after graduation. Since I don’t want to work around toxic chemicals all my life I’m going to be going to grad school to work with toxic plants instead. Some degrees, like biology are just too general to get to do much with them with just a bacholor’s degree.
HOWEVER, if you’re seriously stressing about school and life decisions, my advice to everyone is to take a break!!! It wasn’t until I dropped out that I was truly able to decide what I wanted to do with myself. If you really want an education, you’ll always find a way to go.
And for goodness sakes, if you hate your major, CHANGE it!!! Otherwise, you might wind up in a career you hate as well.
I like school (MUCH better than high school) because of all the amazing opportunities I have to expand myself as a person, but it still takes work and dedication. I wouldn’t have it any other way though. Working in the real world sucks when you don’t have an education.
I agree so much. If you don’t know what you want to do, stop wasting your money!! Take a step back and figure it out!