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what should my major be based on these facts about myself?
okay, i am currently majoring in business informatics, aka information systems, i have always been interested in computers and new technologies, but this semester the computer courses i am taking are just dreadful to me, i am taking databases and web development, and i was really looking forward to the web development class, but i dropped it, i just wasn't catching on and felt really frustrated, i think it was the teacher she was horrible, and it was a night class, databases i am still in, and thats frustrating too, but i am going to put up with that one, hopefully i catch on to whats going on. the other 2 classes i somewhat enjoy, accounting, and statistics, since i don't like the computer based classes, i was thinking of changing my major, what should it be i like biology, accounting, statistics, and interesting things, i just can't decide, any suggestions would be greatly appreciated, or if you know of one of those career aptitude tests that are free.
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- nothing really interesting about accounting - it can be boring, frustrating, lots of pressure and deadlines at different times of the month/year - pay is good, but you have to enjoy the work
- What about business- it will include some accounting, business stats, and also if you want some courses dealing with information and/ or communication.
- I don't know a terrible lot about the field. . . but what about something akin to actuarial science? That sort of thing is usually boring to most people, but might be fun to you if you like numbers, statistics, etc. (It also allegedly doesn't pay too bad from what I've heard, but please don't make me give you the "you should like your job for what it is, not just for what it pays" speech I've heard a lot over the years in engineering.) As an alternative, are you sure that it's not just your professors who are turning you off to your current field? I'd also suggest maybe trying to talk to people in the real world about what they do to see if maybe it's not worth suffering through what might just be mediocre teaching to get to what you really like to do.
