Hey all - Posted a question about South America a couple months ago and here I am. I'm 22 years old, after one year of college enlisted in the military for 2 years and after being discharged in April, went down to Medellin and lived for three months taking spanish classes at EAFIT. Wonderful time there, had a couple mini-relationships especially one enjoyable one with a sweet Colombian girl and now I speak intermediate Spanish! The advice I received from this forum as well as some of the members I met up with made my time fun and informative.
Now I am back home in Korea, spending what's left of my summer before I go back to school and I have to stay I am a little bit scared. I AM excited in a way to go back to school after all these years - I feel wiser, stronger and much more self-aware as a person and expect myself to do well but at the same time having been a soldier for two years it is gonna be a transition.
Some questions that pop up into my head are: What am I gonna major in? My school is a small, top 10 liberal arts college in the Midwest, so it allows students to take whatever they want.I took Economics and math courses my freshman year and didn't do particularly well. I love studying languages(I speak intermediate-fluent Chinese and Spanish, as well as Korean my native tongue) and learning about other cultures so one option is International Relations + a Minor in Spanish. I enjoyed a Greek Philosophy class so Political Science is an option.
It's just that I've seen time fly by so fast the last two years, with my friends already being seniors and graduating, and I feel somewhat behind about not having figured out what I want to do and what path I want to lead with my life. One option I thought about was majoring in PoliSci, going into law school and becoming a sports agent in Korea. But it's just a thought really.
Right now I'm just focused on reading books, lifting, playing basketball(I am going to try out for our school's D3 basketball team)and obviously doing a lot of thinking. My number one priority is doing well academically at school GPA-wise, and making the basketball team. I guess my question is, what advice would you have for me if you guys were to go back to being a sophomore in college? As always, the variety of perspective and advice is much appreciated.
Now I am back home in Korea, spending what's left of my summer before I go back to school and I have to stay I am a little bit scared. I AM excited in a way to go back to school after all these years - I feel wiser, stronger and much more self-aware as a person and expect myself to do well but at the same time having been a soldier for two years it is gonna be a transition.
Some questions that pop up into my head are: What am I gonna major in? My school is a small, top 10 liberal arts college in the Midwest, so it allows students to take whatever they want.I took Economics and math courses my freshman year and didn't do particularly well. I love studying languages(I speak intermediate-fluent Chinese and Spanish, as well as Korean my native tongue) and learning about other cultures so one option is International Relations + a Minor in Spanish. I enjoyed a Greek Philosophy class so Political Science is an option.
It's just that I've seen time fly by so fast the last two years, with my friends already being seniors and graduating, and I feel somewhat behind about not having figured out what I want to do and what path I want to lead with my life. One option I thought about was majoring in PoliSci, going into law school and becoming a sports agent in Korea. But it's just a thought really.
Right now I'm just focused on reading books, lifting, playing basketball(I am going to try out for our school's D3 basketball team)and obviously doing a lot of thinking. My number one priority is doing well academically at school GPA-wise, and making the basketball team. I guess my question is, what advice would you have for me if you guys were to go back to being a sophomore in college? As always, the variety of perspective and advice is much appreciated.