This semester has been full of adjustments. Hard challenges like workloads and sleeping schedules have been very difficult to balance for me. I found myself having to create a calendar and specifically designate hours to get things done. Going into college, I had had the idea to major in speech and hearing science. However, during random selection of lectures for survey, my interest was also peaked in nursing and in different language majors. The things I learned during lecture didn’t necessarily change my mind in my decision to major in speech and hearing science, but my thoughts on also having a minor changed. At first I thought it would be too much of a workload, but now I am attempting to have a minor in Korean. I believe that my major and minor are very good for me because of my strengths in interacting with people, my work ethic, and my desire to help others. I also have a lot of interest in finally learning my family’s cultural language and being taught on the Korean culture. Lecture was beneficial in helping my narrow down my options for what I liked and disliked about the majors I was thinking about. However, the speakers were kind of boring and I was engaged in what they had to say very much. I would’ve liked to know more about the different kinds of job opportunities available with each major and the major attainment difficulty. For next semester, my goal is to learn more about speech and hearing science and the level of education necessary to be an audiologist, and I will also set a goal in deciding whether or not I want to double major with Korean or keep it as a minor. To accomplish these goals, I will talk with professors and current students in the major, as well as shadow an audiologist if I can. At the beginning of the semester, I wish I had known that I should have been talking more with advisors in my prospective major more since they know the ins and outs of the major and are a bigger resource than I thought they were. As of now, I will continue to pursue my major and use whatever resources available to me to accomplish my goals.

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