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Can't decide what I want to study

I left university a few days ago because I realised (far too late) that management was something I was not interested in and didnt want to study for three years.

Now I am trying to figure out what I DO want to study, however I am finding it difficult. I am interested in media/film and I enjoyed studying psychology at A level, at the minute these are two subjects I am considering, however even those are not THAT appealing to me.

I know that it is my decision and nobody here can tell me what to study, I was just wandering if anyone was/is in the same situation or any advice for me?

I have the added pressure of whatever I choose this time HAS to be right, the LEA will only pay for the same year twice and dropping out again isnt really an option.

Reply 1

Zebrastripes

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I am in exactly the same situation! Haven't dropped out yet though, may wait til the end of the year. I'm doing Psychology but it really isn't for me. I have no idea what i want to do though. I was thinking Philosophy, English, Law, or something, i'm not sure at all. So i'm with you on this.

Reply 2

pggirl

My question to but of you is, What really gets you going, academically?? what subjects do you enjoy, as in really enjoy, like when you have discussions with your mates etc. If there are more than one subjects, why not find a uni that combines the two??

Reply 3

worried_mess

OP

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ladydeborah

I am in exactly the same situation! Haven't dropped out yet though, may wait til the end of the year. I'm doing Psychology but it really isn't for me. I have no idea what i want to do though. I was thinking Philosophy, English, Law, or something, i'm not sure at all. So i'm with you on this.

Why isn't psychology for you? I enjoyed it at A Level, but one thing I DIDNT enjoy was the coursework. I just found it too hard, especially the statistics bit. And I know at degree level, your final project is one of the main things you are assessed on and its bound to be so much harder than A level (where you pretty much made it up based on an example piece from last year!). However I REALLY enjoyed learning all the different theories and find it really intersting, so I am in a bit of a dilemma about whether or not it is for me.

Reply 4

kitsune

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mmm I dont like the degree I'm doing... lol! I'm definetely changing it next year!!! I REALLY like the subjects (except Chemistry and sometimes Calculus) but I think I wont like to work as an Aeronautical Engineering... what attracted me the most was the Aerospace research bit... I will hopefully do Civil Engineering next year in UK... if not I'm thinking of changing to Law+Economics (6 years) in Madrid... it was my 3rd option after Architecture (didnt get in dut to 0.03/10.00!!! :eek:

) and Aeronautical Engineering... I know how you fell! :frown:

Reply 5

john williams

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ladydeborah

I am in exactly the same situation! Haven't dropped out yet though, may wait til the end of the year. I'm doing Psychology but it really isn't for me. I have no idea what i want to do though. I was thinking Philosophy, English, Law, or something, i'm not sure at all. So i'm with you on this.

why wait till next yr, the terms only just started and i cant see goldsmith saying no if you asked to change to something else.

Reply 6

lou p lou

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maybe look at unis with flexibility. a lot of the scottish unis make you do 3 subjects for the first 2 years and so you have ages to decide which subject you actually want to specialise in, i think keele have a similar system... and there's always good old joint honours for flexibility too :smile:

lou xxx

Reply 7

mousey

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If you can't find a subject that's for you, did you ever think uni may not be for you? xx

Reply 8

awkward_eagle

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john williams

why wait till next yr, the terms only just started and i cant see goldsmith saying no if you asked to change to something else.

:dito: exactly, it's not too late to change, and if you change now then you won't be wasting this year :smile:

Reply 9

worried_mess

OP

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mousey

If you can't find a subject that's for you, did you ever think uni may not be for you? xx

This has been a thought. However, I feel like I haven't finished learning yet. I am quite an itellectual person and know that if I did a degree I would get good results from it. Plus, where I am from there is not much employment prospects other than shops and factories, I need something other than A Levels to get further. I would like this to be a degree, but of course I am aware uni may not be for me but right now I do not know what else I could do.

Reply 10

Ferret_messiah

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worried_mess

This has been a thought. However, I feel like I haven't finished learning yet. I am quite an itellectual person and know that if I did a degree I would get good results from it. Plus, where I am from there is not much employment prospects other than shops and factories, I need something other than A Levels to get further. I would like this to be a degree, but of course I am aware uni may not be for me but right now I do not know what else I could do.

You could work around, trying to get some entry experience into any industries that relate to the degrees you're considering. It might help the decision, knowing if the field is something you'd actually want to work in once you graduate. Or you could go do some other form of study for a while, if you feel you're not yet done with learning.

Reply 11

_poptart_

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I might be wrong, but if you don't have a particular subject that maybe you need to ask yourself if you really want/need to go to uni.
Maybe its because it just seems like the thing to do and the easiest way to continue on in your life, but I reckon you could be just as happy not studying at uni.
You might find it a good idea to take a year out doing some work experience like Ferret_messiah suggested, because theres no point applying to uni straight away again just because its the thing to do.
i know a couple of friends who applied to uni just because its what is expected of them althoguh they may not have any particular aspirations to study a course for 3 years.
I urge you to think a bit more, cos theres no point going to uni for the hell of it to study a subject you have only recently though about studying.
Whatever you choose good luck!

Reply 12

Toy Soldier

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You might want to consider taking some time off. When I first went to Uni, I realised I'd made a mistake with my choices about 4 months in (too late to change). I decided to leave then rather than stick with it (because I knew it wasn't for me), and i took the rest of that year out plus the whole of the next year. It might seem like a "waste of 2 years", but to be honest I'm glad I took the time to think things over properly before rushing back in. I know people who dropped out and reapplied for the next year, once again without really considering things, and ended up dropping out a 2nd time. Like you said: if you drop out TWICE your options become very limited. So take the time you needto figure out what you want to do. In the long run it's worth it.

Reply 13

Zebrastripes

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I may not like the course, but dropping out in the middle of a year is not an option because i am loving the social aspect. Back to ordering lots of prospectuses and reading course books in other subjects to get a taster. But if i do want to tranfer at the end of the year without dropping out, do i need to go through UCAS or directly with the universities i am intersted in?