Seems you need to figure out what you really like to do.

So, try this: Pretend you won the world’s biggest lottery and would never ever have to work or worry about money forever. If that were true, ask yourself what you would do to keep from becoming bored each day. (write the list on a sheet of paper…but make 3 columns, and make your list in the left column. Then fold up the paper and put it away for a few days.

A few days later, take out the list and look at each item carefully. For each thing you like to do, try to figure out A) what is so intellectually/mentally exciting about it for you? (and put those things in the center column)….and then B) what physical activity is associated with the things you like to do (and list those things in the right column).

When you are done, you have an inventory of the things you like to do, and why you like to do them (knowledge and skills). Now the grand prize is to figure out what job exists in the world that deals with your areas of interest that requires the knowledge and skills you either have or are interested in….so in essence, you want to find a job that pays you do to do what you would normally want to do anyway.

Once you identify that dream job or some prospective jobs, check them out in two ways…salary/career info, and then do a knowledge/skills inventory.

Personal inventory to match job knowledge/skills: Use the US Dept of Labor SCANS lists..

For a free copy of the US Dept of Labor SCANS lists, a knowledge/skills inventory for work, visit http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/public/c…

There are a number of ways to use these lists. Start with a self-inventory. Then use it to inventory a job description for any job you might be interested in. You can get job descriptions for these other jobs and inventory them using the SCANS lists to see how close a match your personal inventory comes to the job descriptions. The closer the match, the higher the probability of success and enjoyment in that job. You can also use the lists to inventory what you learned from any classes you take….and to see if the classes are giving you the knowledge and skills needed for the job you want.

And then, think about a Plan B. Things have a way of changing on you and through your life. Once you pick a goal, think about what is closely related to your major that you also like, and could easily switch to if your original major or plan didn’t quite work out. If you change majors (and I changed mine 7 times in the first 2 years of college….so I can related to your feeling mixed up), you want to be able to change to something that won’t require starting all over…something that can make use of some or most of the classes you have already taken.

So it all gets back to knowing yourself.

hope this helps. best wishes

If you work as a massage therapist it sounds like you already have experience in a “hands-on” field. What about something like Allied Health Professions:

Phlebotomist (drawing blood)

X Ray Tech

Respiratory Therapist

Occupational Therapist

…..more along those lines?

Lawyer is VERY different!!!

If you want to be a lawyer or are thinking of law school. Then you can major in anything you want as an undergraduate student. Just remember that law schools will look at your GPA for admissions, so if you know you want to go to law school, just major in something you find easy and can earn all A’s. Then do well on the LSAT and you are good to go. In my law school, there were undergraduate majors from English to science based majors like Electrical Engineering. The important thing to remember is to just get your undergraduate degree and get good grades. The specific major isn’t that important.

Your knowledge of anatomy would be challenged daily as a PT or DC…you must learn to master this if you hope to persue this. Maybe third time is a charm?

These two careers are heavily science based.

Yes that will be a good option.however if your interest is to be a physical therapist,I suggest that you have another go at your anatomy class.I am sure if you are positive about it you will pass especially if its the key to the career path you want most.,as the saying go es, ” mind over matter.”

Lawyers are ten a penny. Health professionals are in short supply. Unless I was brilliant at law, another Perry Mason, I’d choose a health science, even if it is hard work.

here is what it takes to just get into chiropractic

Doctor of Chiropractic Degree – Detail of Course Requirements

Courses considered for acceptance must have been obtained at an institution or institutions accredited by a nationally recognized agency. Prior to matriculation, applicants must have completed at least ninety (90) or more semester credit units, or the equivalent number of credits in quarter hours, of appropriate pre-professional education courses. A grade of 2.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale is required in each course, and a cumulative grade point average of at 2.50 on a 4.00 scale is required for the 90 semester units.

Of these 90 semester units, a minimum of 48 semester units must be completed in the following 6 subject areas. In each subject area, if more than one course is taken to fulfill the requirement, the course contents must be unduplicated. A cumulative grade point average of 2.50 on a 4.00 scale is required for these 48 hours.

General Education

English Language Skills – 6 semester hours

Psychology – 3 semester hours

Social Sciences or Humanities – 15 semester hours

Biological/Physical Sciences

Biological Sciences – 6 semester hours

Coursework must include pertinent laboratory experiences.

Chemistry – 12 semester hours

The chemistry requirement may be met with at least 3 semester hours of general or inorganic chemistry and at least 6 semester hours of organic chemistry and/or biochemistry courses with unduplicated content. At least 6 semester hours of the chemistry courses must include pertinent related laboratory experiences.

Physics and related studies – 6 semester hours

The physics requirement may be met with either one or more physics courses with unduplicated content (of which one must include a pertinent related laboratory), or 3 semester hours in physics (with laboratory) and 3 semester hours in either biomechanics, kinesiology, statistics, or exercise physiology.

Students who hold a degree leading to licensure/registration in a health science discipline at the baccalaureate level or above with an earned cumulative grade point average of at least 2.50 on a scale of 4.00, or who hold a baccalaureate degree with an earned grade point average of at least 3.25 on a scale of 4.00, may be admitted to the DCP upon presenting evidence that their academic preparation substantially meets the requirements for admission consistent with those noted above.

Some state licensing boards may require additional education upon beginning a chiropractic program. Students should consult with the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards at www.FCLB.org.

Additional Courses

Additional semester and/or quarter hours of transferable elective courses may be needed to fulfill the required minimum of 90 semester hours or 135 quarter hours. Courses That Meet Admission Requirements

Biological/Physical Sciences: Animal/vertebrate/general biology, zoology, anatomy, physiology, cell biology, microbiology.

General or Inorganic Chemistry: General or inorganic chemistry with labs in a sequence leading up to organic chemistry.

Organic Chemistry: Usually titled Organic Chemistry I and II (III).

Physics: These courses can be an algebra/trigonometry-based sequence and need not be calculus-based. Can be titled General or Principles of Physics I and II (III).

Psychology: Usually titled General or Introductory Psychology.

Communication and/or Language Skills: Composition and speech courses (e.g., English 101, English 102, Speech 101, etc.).

Humanities: Art/art history, cinema/film, classics, drama, fine arts, foreign language, journalism (intro only), linguistics, literature, logic, music, philosophy, radio and television, religions studies, theatre.

Social sciences: Anthropology (not physical), child development, economics, education (history of education), geography (not physical), government, history, minority studies, political science, psychology, sociology.