Meeting with a Career Exploration Center counselor can help you plan and organize your major and career decisions. A counselor can listen to your situation, respond to your ideas, give you feedback, teach you strategies for making decisions, and help you formulate your major and career goals.

Here are some examples of situations in which a counselor could be helpful to you:

Picking a major or career

"I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with my life."

"I'm an engineering major, but I'm just not very interested in the classes."

"I like majoring in speech, but I don't know what kinds of careers it will lead to."

"I'm good at organizing things and I like writing a lot. What kinds of careers fit with this?"

"I'm on scholastic probation and I'm an undeclared Liberal Arts major. I feel really stuck because there aren't many departments I can transfer into."

"I have so many interests that it's hard for me to narrow my goals down to just one thing."

How Values Affect Career Choice

"I'm really into art and music but my parents want me to pursue something more prestigious like business or science."

"All my friends seem to have a passion for their major or career. I don't really even like school very much."

"I know money shouldn't be the most important thing, but I'm really worried about being able to support myself."

Getting Experience

"How can I get some experience in advertising?"

"I just completed my student teaching and I hated it. I don't think I really want to be a kindergarten teacher."

"I work 20 hours a week to pay for school. How can I find the time to do an internship?"

Graduate School

"I don't really know what kind of job I want, so I'm thinking of going to grad school instead."

"I really want to go to medical school, but my GPA is a 2.8, and I'm not sure I'll be able to get in."

"I want to go to law school in New York but my boyfriend just got a job in Dallas. How much should I consider him in my decision?"

Society and Careers

"I am concerned about racial discrimination in the workplace. How will my choice of careers affect this?"

"I want to pursue journalism but someday I want a family. How can I balance work with being a parent?"

Who Is Eligible For Counseling Services?

How To Make An Appointment

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