The Truth About Getting Ready For College

College is an exciting idea for teens but is equally as frightening. The idea of planning out a future as a teenager can be terrifying for some. Kids think that picking out a college means they have to know what career or field of study they want to go into. Some kids are lucky and have been dreaming of studying engineering and modal excitation to go work on developing a modal exciter for years. Some however are not as lucky as that. There are a lot of teens who have no idea what they want to do or where they want to go with their future. High school guidance will often suggest to students to volunteer at a workplace to see if they are interested in that particular career. For example, if you want to be a doctor perhaps you can visit a doctor's office.

Guidance counselors put a lot of pressure on kids to plan for college early. At some high schools, they start going on college visits and getting ready as early as sophomore year. This can rush teens into picking a life course they do not actually want. There are not enough sources that explain that being undecided about your future is normal. It is better to wait to discover what you want to do with your life than force yourself into a situation you do not want to be in. Being young does not last long, and feeling pressured to prepare for college should cause teens to lose the time they have left.

A huge aspect of college is discovering who you are. You do not need to know who you are going into the whole thing. In fact, having a plan of exactly where you plan to go and who you plan to be can be a bad thing. College is about meeting new people and experiencing new things. If you are open to changing and growing then you will emerge a better, more learned person.

The first two years of college are generally all basic courses anyway, so going in undecided does not mean you will lose anything. Lots of colleges have undecided tracks that ask students what they think they are interested in studying, such as science, liberal arts, and things like that. Under these broad categories students will study necessary courses that apply to a multitude of majors within that area of study. This allows students who know a general idea of what they want to do be on track without committing so a single major.

It is important to know, also, that switching your major is completely normal. Some people switch their major multiple times before figuring out what they want to do. Obviously, if you want to get out into the job market fast, this might not be ideal, but if you are more worried about finding something that will serve you and make you happy for the rest of your life than you might need to change around. You enter college as one person and may leave a different one, with new ideals and interests.


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Stewart Wrighter recently met with an engineer who could explain the use of a modal exciter and its benefits. He met with an engineer to discuss modal excitation and its benefits.