Although I also live in Founders, I didn’t realize that the speaker at this Rose Cafe was one of our building’s GRFs, whose door I pass by every morning (shame on me), until I saw her when I walked in. I had been interested in the advertised topic of the Cafe, something that I had recently been thinking a lot about (what to do with my future). However, it was also nice to hear everything else that GRF Laura had to say, especially about her work at the Advocacy Center.
I began my freshman year considering myself as a math major, and then I changed my mind two or three more times before I ended up officially declaring myself a stat major. Throughout the past two years, however, I’ve thought a lot about what I actually want to do. Although I feel that I’ve found what that is in statistics recently (I actually enjoy it), I thought it’d be nice to hear a variation of what I went through from another person’s perspective. It was nice to hear GRF Laura recommend doing something you have or can develop a passion for, something that I didn’t seem to live by until recently although it might be obvious.
I can relate to you in regards to having uncertainty over what major to pursue. I remember being interested in philosophy and theology in high school. It wasn’t until I took AP Psychology my senior year that I found my future major (although at Cornell, I’m technically a Human Development major). As a current Senior, I still don’t know if it’s my true passion.