[blank_smile]

Hi,

Sometimes I hear students say that the degree they are studying isnt how they expected it to be or maybe they didnt give a serious thought to their studies. But I also know plenty people who are happy with what they chose.

I personally am happy with half my course (dual honours) but since completing an elective I feel I would of replaced half of the course with a different degree subject.

DO you feel like that?

[jazzykinks]

I hated my course so I actually changed. If you're moving from your first year to your second, then I would suggest looking at your options to see if you can change.

[xmarilynx]

I love my subject (well, subjects, the major advantage for me is the variety as I too am studying a joint course) but I have to admit to job prospects envy when I see internship ads and so on. Sometimes I wonder why I didn't do something more business/economics based...

[Shelly_x]

I wish I'd done English with a different subject, but what can you do. I also wish I'd continued with maths.

[Aspiringlawstudent]

Not seriously.

Sometimes, when exams are just around the corner and I've got a mountain of coursework to get through I do whisper 'oh, why couldn't I just have taken Racing Pigeon Management or something' but I have no real regrets. It's tough at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way and hopefully it will pay off in the end.

[tory88]

Not a fan of my subject, physics, and instead think I should have done maths. Or at least physics at a worse university. I strongly considered switching, but decided to persevere with the course as I don't like giving up and the degree would ultimately get me where I want to go. Now in revision I have found some enjoyment in a few modules and next year I plan on taking a number of maths modules. I certainly feel better about the course than I did a while ago.

[beebie]

Yep, in that I wish I'd opted for something more vocational that included placements, more likelihood of employment afterwards, and had a clear direction to it. That said, I wouldn't have decided what it was I wanted to do without having had the experiences I've had from doing my current degree. So it's swings and roundabouts I guess

[LtCommanderData]

(Original post by Aspiringlawstudent)
Not seriously.

Sometimes, when exams are just around the corner and I've got a mountain of coursework to get through I do whisper 'oh, why couldn't I just have taken Racing Pigeon Management or something' but I have no real regrets. It's tough at times, but I wouldn't have it any other way and hopefully it will pay off in the end.

I'm basically like this. There are times when it's 3 AM and I'm not nearly finished on an impossible problem sheet due the next day and I think "whyyyy did I apply for this subject?", but then there are other times when I really love what I'm doing. I think if a genie appeared and said I could switch to any other subject, and the genie would make the transition as smooth as possible and catch me up on what I'd missed, I don't think I'd change to anything.

[Dorito]

I wish I could start again. I cringe whenever I read over my first year work, it is so basic and I'd be able to do it so much better now!

[slappyhours]

i love my subject (economics). even after exams and after the year is over i'm still keeping up to date with economic related news and reading economic related materials

[ScarlettDangerfield]

I wish I could do three undergrad degrees: one doing the one I've done in languages, one in physics and one in photography/filmmaking/general media production. I still think I went for the right one for me out of the three, however.

[Ferrus]

I should have changed the PolSci half of my Joint Honours to Philosophy back in the mists of 2005. I didn't for reasons which now seem absurdly trivial, relating to league tables and such things which I now realise have no bearing on anything except the fantasy world of a socially isolated 6th-former or Russell Group undergrad. The intellectual and educative challenge would have been more fulfilling, whereas there was only twp moderately interesting module in PolSci - that is modules that didn't sound as if they were carefully modelled together by vapidly strung together social scientific half-thoughts and statements of the theoretically bloody obvious. One was a philosophy course (political philosophy) and the other (a module on Eastern European History and Politics), was for all intents and purposes - that is every reason but the department it was in - a history module. The same is true for the university I went too also, a smaller if less prestigious institution would have been better for my mental state.

[BKS]

Yes. I picked my subject at 17, as many do, it's far too early to really know. By the time I knew what I wanted to do I was in third year (of four) and couldn't change it, even in second year there was only one other subject I could change it to without starting again. I finished off my degree, effectively got a degree for the sake of it rather than really wanting that degree

[tillytots]

I did change, twice. Now I'm doing something I finally love and don't regret it. It's always worth asking, although it can be hard, especially if you find your staff to be unapproachable.

I sometimes doubt it I guess when I'm up all night doing an essay, but that's mainly me cursing myself for leaving it until the last minute, again.

[tooosh]

I love it but my god I hate the workload. Sometimes I just wonder why I didn't take Geography or something, my flatmate has 4 hours a week

[No Man]

Not anymore. Good job my course was combined with two others in the first year so I managed to switch pretty easily.

Going into the depth of plankton identification/physiology & counting and identifying isopods/amphipods put me off Marine Biology completely.