FACT 1. Most students change their major several times before they graduate.
FACT 2. Most graduates either end up hating the careers they choose, or settling in a field unrelated to their majors.
Question: Do you feel particularly obliged to follow that very well worn path?
Brain Check!
Okay, pop-quiz! Lets see if the following statements have a faintly familiar ring to you? Every ding gets you one hundred points. Ready. Set. Go!
Babolee Baboloo graduated with [name-your-major] and he became a billionaire. We don't have a brain surgeon in our family, so I promised to be the first one. All the women in my family graduated with [name-your-degree] and they are all very successful women. If I don't choose this major, my daddy will cut the funding. This is a money-maker all the way; it's in the top echelon of all the money-making lists. Two to five years with this baby and I'll be buying my own island. I am cute; who cares what degree I choose? LeBron ain't got nothing on me; Nike will be licking my boots and packing my bank account!
Got 100 points or more?
Bravo. Brain Check! You need major therapy! You are suffering major delussions. Don't panic yet: the doctor is in.
Brain Check! Brain Check!
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