01 Indlela Yokukhetha I-College Major: Amathiphu Abazali
Ezinye izingane zithatha i-campus ziyazi kahle ukuthi zifuna ukwenzani; abanye abaqiniseki kangaka. Ngakho-ke lokho okulandelayo kuyithiphu kuwo wonke umndeni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani ...
- Izingane zami zithatha isikhundla sakhe esikhulu - Angiqiniseke kakhulu.
- I-kid yami ayinakuthola ngama-majors ekolishi.
- Ingane yami idinga usizo ekunciphiseni uhlu olulodwa kuphela - noma ezimbili.
- Ngaphezu kwalokho, ama-caveats ambalwa nezinsiza.
02 Umntwana Wami Ukhethwe Omkhulu, Angiqiniseki Kangako
Akuyona into engavamile ukuba umzali akhathazeke ngokukhetha kwengane yakhe ekolishi. Uhlale uphupha ukuthi uzoba ummeli; ufuna ukungena emlandweni wezobuciko kunalokho. Noma, uyazi ukuthi inhliziyo yakhe ikhona ekubhaliwe kokubhala, uyenzani enzesayensi yenuzi? Kodwa lesi yisinqumo sakhe sokwenza. Futhi kukusiza kakhulu kokubili uma ucela imibuzo engekho yokwahlulela futhi umkhuthaze ukuba akhulume ngesinqumo sakhe. Ukukhuluma kuletha ukucaca kulawo maphupho kanye nezifiso - kokubili.
Ungathola ukuthi okuyinhloko ayiphakamisayo akusikho okucabangayo ukuthi kwakungowona. Kusukela ku-astronautics kuya ku-viticulture, kunezikhulu eziningi ezithakazelisayo manje ezingazange zibuyele lapho sisesikoleni. (Futhi ukumemezela ukuthi i-astronautics enkulu isho ukuthi ingane yakho eneminyaka engu-20 ifuna ukuklama izindiza zezindiza, ungazifaki.)
Ungase futhi uthole ukuthi oyedwa noma bobabili bakhohlisile ekutholeni okungalungile okudala mayelana nekolishi elikhulu - uhlobo olumayelana nabaculi abalambile kanye nama-majors engenamsebenzi.
Kodwa ikakhulukazi, kufanele ujabule ukuthi ingane yakho iyazi kahle ukuthi ifuna ukwenzani! (Uma udinga umbono omusha, vele ukhulume nomzali wengane encane engenamuntu.) Qinisekisa ukuthi umfundi wakho wekolishi uyazi ukuthi i-to-tos ihilelekile kanjani ekumemezelweni okukhulu esikoleni sakhe, kuhlanganise nezinsuku zokugcina, izidingo, amaphepha, kanye nezinzuzo kanye nokukhubazeka kokulinda kuze kube ngomzuzu wokugcina.
03 Uma Ingane Yakho iClueless About College Majors
Khetha Okokufunda Kwezemfundo Okokuqala
Uhlu lwamathuba angama-200 aluzizwa sengathi luyimpumputhe yengcebo. Kuzizwa sengathi kunamahloni okucindezeleka. Futhi ungase ungabi usizo olukhulu. Eziningi ze-majors zanamuhla azikho phakathi kwama-1970 kanye nama-80s. Kodwa ngabe ingane yakho ekugcineni iphela ku-astronautics (umklamo we-spacecraft), i-informatics (ukucwaninga kwezinhlelo zekhompyutha nokuthi zisetshenziswe kanjani ngamaqembu) noma i-viticulture (ukuphathwa kwe-winemaking nesivinini), kusiza ukuqala ngokubuka ebanzi izindawo ezithakazelisayo. Ingabe ingumfana wobuciko noma umfundi wesayensi? Khetha isigaba esibanzi kuqala, bese ungena kulokho okushiwo futhi unciphise uhlu.
Thatha i-Quiz
Ukuthatha imibuzo ye-pop ukuthola okuthile okubalulekile njengekolishi elikhulu kubonakala kungenangqondo ekuqaleni. Ungase futhi uthathe omunye kulabo "Ungumuntu omuhle kangakanani kisser?" ukubuza emagazini omusha, kwesokudla? Kodwa imibuzo ingaba ithuluzi eliwusizo kakhulu, ikakhulukazi uma seliphelile kanye nemibuzo ejabulisayo ye-Maritette University, ye-quirky, neye-eerily ekhethayo-yakho enkulu. Phakathi kwezinye izinto, inguqulo kaMarquette ibuza mayelana nezinhlelo zeveke, umthamo wakho we-Netflix nokuthi udumo - uSteve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey, uStephen Hawking noma uChris Nolan - ungathanda ukuphatha ezinye izigcawu ezidumile zase-Wisconsin. Funny, kwesokudla? Kodwa ngenkathi ngenza lokho, uhlu lwazo eziyisihlanu ezinamahlombe ezinokwenzeka ezibandakanya amantombazane ami amakhulu nezincane, okuyisisekelo esiseduzane nomsebenzi wami wamanje kanye nalowo oseduze nomsebenzi wami wangaphambilini. Ubani owazi ukugcinwa kwama-frozen efrijini nomqondisi we-"Inception" ongenza imiphumela enjalo?
Yonke isikhungo sokufundela ekolishi sinikeza inzuzo yomsebenzi kanye nokufaneleka kwamakhono, futhi. I-University of Minnesota inikeza ukuhlolwa kwe-inthanethi, kwengqondo eyaziwa ngokuthi imodeli ye-RIASEC, eyenzelwe uDkt. John Holland. Ikucela ukuba ucabange ukuya ephalazini endlini enamakamelo ayisithupha, ngalinye ligcwele izinhlobo ezahlukene zabantu. Ukhetha amakamelo amathathu ongathanda ukuwachitha isikhathi, bese usebenzisa lawo ma-codes ukuze uthole ama-majors afanelekayo. (Eqinisweni, uma ngabe sengivele nginamahloni ngamagors, ngingathanda ukuphendula imibuzo mayelana nokugcinwa kwesigceme.)
04 Ukukhetha Omunye Omkhulu (Noma Mhlawumbe Ngombili)
Uma ingane yakho yasekolishi izuzile ukhetho olukhulu lwekolishi kusukela ezinhlobonhlobo zamathuba okwenza okuncane, lokho kumnandi. Manje konke okumelwe akwenze ukukhetha eyodwa - noma ezimbili:
Ukukhetha Omkhulu
Khuthaza ingane yakho yasekolishi ukuba ucabange ngaphezu kwe-Intro 101, futhi ubheke kahle, umnyango, izinhloko nazo zonke izifundo zayo ezidingekayo kwi-intanethi. Hamba ibhukwana le-campus bese ubheka amaprofesa afundiswayo kulawo makilasi. Bese uthatha isigaba sesethulo. Hlala kwabanye. Khuluma nabafundi abakhethile abakhulu, kanye nomeluleki wezemfundo ukuthi bahlole ukuthi yiyiphi indlela ebalulekile eyobukeka ngayo. Futhi uma usabheka okuhle, thatha amacembu amaningi ukuze umsize anqume.
Qinisekisa ukuthi ingane yakho yasekolishi iyaqonda ukuthi i-to-tos ihileleke kanjani ekushumayeleni okuyinhloko, kuhlanganise nezinsuku zokugcina kanye nemaphepha, esikoleni sakhe esikhethekile futhi esikhulu.
Ukukhetha okungaphezu kweyodwa
Abanye abafundi basekolishi banesithakazelo kakhulu ngemikhakha yabo, bangase bangafuni ukuzikhawulela kumuntu oyedwa oyinhloko. Kodwa okuyinhloko kabili kuyisenzo esikhulu futhi ukuthi, ngokuya ekolishi, ingahumusha ngonyaka wesihlanu wokutadisha (nokufundela). Ngakho-ke kufanelekile ukuphenya umehluko phakathi komkhulu nomncane.
Ama-Caveats, Izixwayiso nezinsiza
I-Astronomy 101 Ayisho Inkulumo Yonke
Izifundo zokuqala akuzona ngempela izinkomba ezinhle zokuqina kanye nenhloso yensimu, noma uhlobo lwezinsizakufunda ezilindelekile. I-Astronomy kanye ne-astrophysics yizibalo zamatriki kanye nama-physics-centric, kodwa awusoze wazi kusukela kwezinye izigaba ze-Astronomy 101. Qinisekisa ukuthi ingane yakho yasekolishi ihlolisise ngokugcwele izifundo ezidingekayo ezinkulu - ngokunakekelwa okukhethekile okukhokhelwe izidingo zesayensi, izibalo nokubhala - ngaphambi kokuba athole.
Abameli baqhafaza kakhulu
Wonke umuntu wenza izingqondo mayelana nezindlela ezithile zomsebenzi. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kubhekane nabaculi abalambileyo noma abameli abacebile, qiniseka ukuthi wena nomntanakho awuwa yiziphangi ezithandweni ezingavamile mayelana nama-majors ekolishi. Futhi, njengoba abeluleki beStanford University besitshela ukuthi, "Usuke ucubungula yini imibono yakho mayelana nokuxhumeka okukhulu kwezemisebenzi?" Ama-Majors ongacabanga ukuthi awusizo empeleni ayathengisa kakhulu. Futhi labo obecabanga ukuthi beyi-slam-dunks - ingqondo, ngokwesibonelo - unganikeli ilayisense ukuba uyenze ngaphandle kokuthola iziqu.
Futhi Usizo Luya Kuzo Zonke Izindawo
Khumbuza ingane yakho yasekolishi eyasiza ingatholakala ezindaweni eziningi. Ngaphandle kwabacebisi base-eyunivesithi nabafundi beyunivesithi, umnyango ngamunye unabacebisi bezemfundo. Abaprofesa kukhona imithombo enhle, kodwa, abafundi be-graph kanye nabafundi be-grad bayomnika ingane yakho indaba yangempela ngezinselele ezingalindelekile zalezo zinkulu. Futhi ungakhohlwa isikhungo sokufundela ekolishi. Abacebisi besikhungo sezemisebenzi kukhona ingcebo yokwaziswa ngezinhlobo zemisebenzi etholakalayo kubafundi ezindaweni ezikhethekile.