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I love my major BUT ?

I love anthropology, i enjoy my classes and i really want to go through with it. I want to become a forensic anthropologist but everything is cultural.

Im interested in the biology part. Im scared to double major, i already have a forensic studies minor.

Im just worried that everything im taking is too cultural or like sociology-esce and it isn’t enough for what i want.

I want STEM. What do i do??

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Mackenzie’s Answer

Hi Autumn! As someone wrapping up my college experience now, I've definitely been in a similar situation before. My freshman year, I was majoring solely in Psychology, super passionate about mental health and advocacy and hoping to pursue a career in the behavioral health field. At the end of that year, I came across the Neurobio dept at my school and suddenly, after never considering hard stem before, I wanted to double major. I met with a Neuro advisor and made a hypothetical graduation plan and everything. We had a long chat about what double majoring really means in terms of time commitment and whatnot and if I want to go to med school and everything, and he gave me some really good advice. He told me that there will be very few other times in my life that I'm able to try new things like this, so if I'm interested in the major, I should go ahead and try it. And somewhere down the line, if it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. And that's okay.

Here's what I would say, if you're interested in biology, take a bio course or two and see how it goes. Do you like it? is it interesting to you? Does the information seem accessible to you or is it really difficult? And be really honest with yourself about it, if it ends up not being for you, that's okay.

While college is the time that you finally get to focus on your specific interests, its also the time when you get to figure out exactly what those interests are. Take advantage of that!
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Kevin’s Answer

Hi Autumn,

What do you mean everything is cultural? If you want to do excavations, perhaps an archeologist might be a better career path for you?

My advice: Talk to people doing the job you want to do. Send them an email and ask them to set up a time to answer some questions you have about their career path. Most good people will pick up.

Sincerely,

Kevin
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