hi anon!
bc when i was like 14 i got this idea that i want to do psychology when im older and i was obsessing about it for years. also i had a good psychology teacher for my a-levels who made it fun and interesting.
however, a year ago i started changing my mind that i would much rather do international relations at uni & that i don’t actually want to do anything with psychology later, but my parents and everyone were encouraging me to do psychology since i’ve been determined to study it for years and though that the whole interest in international relations is just a phase or something. also there was also always an argument that psychology is a useful degree on many fields so even i change my mind i can still do something else after uni. not to mention that i had my personal statement ready already and i was just kind of anxious about changing my mind about the course in the last minute. but tbh i already started out uni not really being interested in psychology and hoping that i will change my mind – which i dont think was really the best start.
i mean i do find psychology interesting and i still like it but it’s just not something that i want to dedicate all my time to. also there’s sooo much statistics and research methods and other non-fun/interesting stuff that i need to do with it and i just don’t think it’s worth it if i don’t really want to do it anyway.
also this year i took international relations as an optional module together with all the psychology stuff & i actually really like it and enjoy it and i’m also better at it because i’m more motivated to do it. so even if i have to retake the first year because i change my course, at least i will know it’s to something i enjoy studying. thinking back i wish i would just trust my instincts and not listen to others who told me to do psychology.
sorry this was probably a longer answer than you expected, but once i start i can’t stop haha
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