Education Requirement with MyMajors Grad Cap

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Aaron
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You may have noticed on certain career pages our new MyMajors Grad Cap based on the Education Requirement Classification System.  These averages are compiled from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Each Grad Cap represents the Education Level that one must obtain, on average, to enter that career field.  The listing below breaks down the description of each cap and the education required:

5 Grad Caps:
Doctoral or professional degree. Completion of a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) usually requires at least 3 years of full-time academic work beyond a bachelor’s degree. Completion of a professional degree usually requires at least 3 years of full- time academic study beyond a bachelor’s degree. Examples of occupations for which a professional degree is the typical form of entry-level education include lawyers, physicians and surgeons, and dentists.

4 Grad Caps:
Master’s degree. Completion of this degree usually requires 1 or 2 years of full-time academic study beyond a bachelor’s degree. Examples of occupations in this category include statisticians, physician assistants, and educational, vocational, and school counselors.

3 Grad Caps:
Bachelor’s degree. Completion of this degree generally requires at least 4 years, but not more than 5 years, of full-time academic study beyond high school. Examples of occupations in this category include budget analysts, dietitians, and civil engineers.

2 Grad Caps:
Associate’s degree. Completion of this degree usually requires at least 2 years but not more than 4 years of full-time academic study beyond high school. Examples of occupations in this category include mechanical drafters, respiratory therapists, and dental hygienists.
Postsecondary non-degree award. These programs lead to a certificate or other award, but not a degree. The certificate is awarded by the educational institution and is the result of completing formal post-secondary schooling. Certification, which is issued by a professional organization or certifying body, is not included here. Some post-secondary nondegree award programs last only a few weeks, while others may last 1 to 2 years. Examples of occupations in this category include nursing aides, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics, and hairstylists.

1 Grad Cap:
Some college, no degree. This category signifies the achievement of a high school diploma or equivalent plus the completion of one or more post-secondary courses that did not result in a degree or award. Examples of occupations in this category are actors and computer support specialists.
High school diploma or equivalent. This category signifies the completion of high school or an equivalent program resulting in the award of a high school diploma or an equivalent, such as the General Educational Development (GED) credential. Examples of occupations in this category include social and human service assistants and pharmacy technicians.

0 Grad Caps:
Less than high school. This category signifies the completion of any level of primary or secondary education that did not result in the award of a high school diploma or equivalent. Examples of occupations in this category include janitors and cleaners, cashiers, and carpet installers.

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Don’t be scared to reach out for help

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Andrea Cook
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I see students fail their classes or worse, drop out of school all together, because they did not know who to turn to for help or were too scared to ask for it. College was never designed to be easy! Regardless of whether or not you are an adult student returning to school later on in life or a student fresh out of high school, college will present you with many difficult and daunting challenges.  There are a few important things I stress to my students when they begin their college career:

1.) Your Instructors are there to help. No one is perfect at everything; my hardest classes in college involved anything to do with numbers, so when taking a math class I knew I had to ask for help and a lot of it! Do not hesitate to reach out to your instructors and tell them you are struggling, that is exactly what they are there for. Many times instructors will be willing to work with you after class, one on one, to help guide you through what you do not understand. They will know of any study groups or tutors on campus or online that can work with you to help you through the class. The most important thing to remember is if you do not know the answer then be sure you ask the question. I recommend that your instructors know you by name and face in every class, regardless of size. The more interaction you have with them the better! Instructors are great motivators!  They want you to be successful.  Trust me on this.

2.) Your Academic Advisor knows everything about everything! Okay maybe I am a bit biased in saying this because I am an Academic Advisor, but my motto is “If I don’t know the answer I will find someone who does”. Your Advisor is there to advise you, so when you’re going through a difficult time with your classes or juggling school with work/personal life reach out and speak with your Advisor.  Academic Advisors are great resources; they will know about study groups on campus, what classes you should be taking, when registration is, career counseling, and many other important things; so if you are having a hard time reach out and seek your Advisor’s input. Take the time to find out your Academic Advisor’s office hours and be sure you know his/her office phone number and email so you never have an excuse to not get in contact with him.

3.) Find a Motivator. This is extremely important for anyone who decides to embark upon the journey of attending college. I recommend that for your own sanity and success in college you find someone who can be there cheering you on, every step of the way. Whether this person is a family member, friend, coworker, Academic Advisor, or an instructor you formed a great relationship with, it does not matter.  You just need someone who can push you when you feel down. You may not pass every exam, you may have to drop a class or two and that is okay.  But if you feel like you are doing this all by yourself, you are making your chances at success that much more difficult. So be sure when you begin school you find a motivational buddy who cares about your success and wants to see you achieve your goals- hopefully that person will be there to cheer you on when you walk across the stage at graduation!

Wherever you have decided to go to college remember that the entire University is there to see you be successful, you just have to reach out for that help. Never be scared to ask questions because questions can open doors.  Good luck and remember failure is nothing but an opportunity to find another way to be successful.

Andrea Cook

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I am an Academic Advisor at Ottawa University and work specifically with online adult students. I absolutely love the benefits of working in higher education and would recommend this career choice to anyone. Watching my hard working adult students achieve their academic goals and walk across that stage at graduation is a very gratifying profession. I am also a pretty big book nerd and love reading anything I can get my hands on (though I am a bit embarrassed to say that some of my favorite books are within the Twilight and Harry Potter series).

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MY NYU TISCH AUDITION

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Ariana
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At 4:52 pm I’m standing in my kitchen, waiting for the beep of the microwave to tell me my water is done heating up. I open my yogi tea and read a promising little phrase: Where there is love, there is no question. The great thing about words from yogi is that they are nearly always applicable, if you want them to be. Today I take this to mean not to worry about my audition. I love what I do enough that there should be no question. I must believe in my love for the arts – that my talent and hard work will take me where I need to go.

BEFORE
Much earlier today, I awoke, anxious: 1:00 am. I tossed and turned until my alarm rang around five, got myself ready, and was driven, with my mother, to the train station by my dad. Now, during that car ride, I expected to rethink the hundred-thousand thoughts I’ve thought about this day. Tisch isn’t going to like me. Tisch will love me. What if I forget the words? Surely Divine Intervention will make sure I don’t. What if my monologues don’t come across as genuine? Maybe I should go over them again. What if, what if. Mostly, what if I fail? Does that mean that all of these years of preparation have been for nothing…? Some of those thoughts were juvenile; some prodded me to question my identity. In hind-site, they were really too much…I mean, it’s just college… right?

Even though I’d thought all of those thoughts before, I didn’t think them in the car. I just asked my dad to turn off the radio, and proceeded to sing the audition songs in my head.

We arrived in front of Madison Square Garden around seven thirty and took the subway to get to West 4th street. From there my mom and I walked to the Tisch building. We were half an hour early, so we went to the McD’s across the street to buy some hot water for my tea and to get some breakfast oatmeal. There was a little pep in my step when I opened my morning Yogi: I am beautiful. I am bountiful. I am blissful. Sitting in the waiting room, though, was a little unnerving. Teenagers can be loud. It was probably the nerves. I did my best to be pleasant and quiet. I didn’t want to lose my focus.

I did, however, get to make a rather fortunate observation. I was the only Hispanic girl in the room – or at least Hispanic looking. All around me, the girls looked the same, and so did the boys. Looks have nothing to do with personality, talent, or professionalism, but the fact that I was a naturally tan, fresh face gave me an extra jolt of confidence. Hopefully, I would stand out.

DURING
It was a Musical Theater morning, and about thirty two of us were broken up into groups of four. My group featured two other girls from New Jersey and a young lady from the south – two experienced dancers and one on edge, like me. I didn’t talk to them much, but on my honor, I was as pleasant and non-threatening as could be. That never stops undermining comments, but it sure cools their effect.

All of the faculty made us feel really comfortable, unless it was just me and my generally happy disposition. All it took was for the man with the agenda to start talking for all of my nerves to fall away and for my inner joy to sprawl itself all over my face. Not to brag or anything, but I’ve got a really honest, infectious smile, and I really believe that it is my best physical feature. It is my ultimate ‘be comfortable around me’ magic spell, and has yet to fail me, probably because it’s so natural I can’t control when it appears. It connected me to a lot of adults today, and I couldn’t be more grateful. I feel like whatever my talents and credits were, they all felt drawn to me as a person – and that, my friends, is very good indeed.

DANCE
The dance audition was held by a ballet and jazz teacher and two sophomore Musical Theater students. We danced to part of Beyonce’s ‘Love On Top’. The teacher could have sworn he knew me from somewhere (there goes that disposition of mine, makin’ connections) but I was sure we hadn’t. Anyhow, I told him I liked his spirit, to which he laughed and said, “Good answer!” The steps were basic, and the overall dancing portion was fun, but I sufficiently lacked some coordination. That’s okay though, because he said that’s the whole point of going to school – to learn!! As long as we had fun. Which I did. So there. *Pats self on back semi-convincingly*.

ACTING
This was awesome. The lady, who we will call ‘Jill’ was super approachable and very professional. She had my list of works already, so she just told me to go ahead in the order that I submitted them. I picked a point above her in the very large white room, imagined Creon sentencing me to a happy, ignorant life, and dove right into ‘Antigone’. For ‘Sherri Lee’ I picked a point beside Jill, and commenced trying to calm an insane friend. Afterwards she asked me a couple of questions, like how I worked on the pieces, and what were some notes I was given. Then I sat down and she asked me a bit more about myself, like what I would do if I didn’t do theater, and what kind of theater I liked best. I felt very happy about the interview because it allowed me to share with Jill other things I care about, like being civically engaged.

SINGING
I love to sing. Lalala. LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. I was happy that Mr. SingMan made me change my positions and actions, and even tested my range. I was glad that he seemed to take an interest in me, as opposed to have me sing, say thank you, and watch me leave. It was a super comfortable situation – just Mr.SingMan, a friend of his who was not there for all of the vocal auditions but came in after lunch to see him , and a very jolly accompanist. I hit a high C and a low E, and felt like a total opera singer, though my contrasting pieces showed off my comfort zone: ALTOLAND. My advice here is to do your best to incorporate the notes given to you in your performance, and HAVE FUN!

AFTER
So right now, I feel pretty darn good. I’ve got about seven more auditions to go, but I am very happy with my first, overall. I’ve realized that I just need to CALM DOWN and take everything as it comes, prepared. Even if NYU says no, I know that the place I am meant to be will say YES. I did my best and had fun, and that is all that matters.

-Ariana M Taveras

 

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Ariana Taveras has been interested in the arts and people all of her life. She's always loved to perform, to read, to write, to travel and speak to new people, and to participate in compassion action - helping others. She is an ambassador of her high school, participating heavily in Campus Ministry and Theater while taking on several other leadership roles. She is looking forward to her final year at Benedictine Academy - excited for the world that lays ahead, and grateful for the upbringing she has had and the people who have guided her. GO GREEN BEES!

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Movie Review: The Secret World of Arrietty

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Joe Hagen
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The Secret World of Arrietty

The Secret World of Arrietty

Opens: Feb. 17

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

A Movie Review By Joseph Hagen

BIG subject matters come to life in (physically) small characters in The Secret World of Arrietty from Japanese animation Studio Ghibli. Death, life, family and the quest to find purpose in life are a few of the issues wonderfully dealt with by Ghibli.

A visually stunning classically-animated film, The Secret World of Arrietty is absolutely charming from the first moment to the last. It’s lead character, Arrietty, is a four-inch-tall person who lives anonymously with her Mother and Father in another (full sized) family’s residence, surviving by “borrowing” items that will not be missed for their home. Strong, smart, pretty and determined with a longing for adventure, Arrietty is one of those incredibly likable characters that you cannot help but to fall in love.

The Secret World of Arrietty ReviewIn this film, there is no need for stupid talking animals, silly and irrelevant time-filling musical numbers and supposedly witty jokes specifically geared at “the parents.” The Secret World of Arrietty is a throwback film proving that quality film making with heart and THOUGHT is more than enough to entertain an audience of all ages. The animated versions of voice actors Bridgit Mendler, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett do not LOOK like Mendler, Poehler and Arnett. They look the way that the story requires them to look, not for the way marketing people want them to look to sell tickets.

Apart from some the occasional bizarre and silly music, a short lag in the middle and one scene with some clunky dialog regarding life and death, The Secret World of Arrietty should entertain audiences of all audiences.

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Hello, my name is Joe, and I work in a button factory... Actually I work for MyMajors.com as a web designer and email marketer. I design and build a lot of the stuff that you see on the site, so if you have some cool ideas, then send them my way.

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The Big Jump

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Yang
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February has come.
Finally.
This is the month that I’ll have to make that big jump.

I don’t really understand what I feel. I guess I just feel everything all at once. On one hand, I feel excited and eager to finally start university and open up a new chapter of my life. On the other hand, I feel nervous and hesitant about how different life would be. On the third hand, I also feel quite calm. I guess it’s all about dealing with change. Major change.
If you have read my short profile introduction, you’ll know that I’m going to be heading to Australia. Although I have been there several times for vacations, I’ve never actually lived there before. Moving to a stranger’s place all alone really freaks me out at times. I don’t know what I’m going to find there. I don’t know what to expect. I don’t even know if I can adapt to the life style there.
Since young, I’ve been raised up in an international community and had many close friends from different parts of the world. If the past is any indication, then I should not have much problems settling into Sydney, a multi-cultured truly globalized place. Nevertheless, there’s still a space for fear and anxiety to hide deep within me. I guess it’s not something that’s meant to be rid of. I just have to deal with it.
As with everyone, there are lots to prepare for. Over the past few months, I’ve been busy dealing with my university on enrollment and registration issues. It was a pain. I didn’t think it was going to be such a pain. Oh well, I persevered through the whole process and have now fully enrolled in my units of study and paid my tuition fees.
In addition to school administration work, I still needed to make sure that I had all the resources I will need. Clothes, bags, toiletries, glasses, contacts, books, stationery, the list is potentially endless. The worst thing isn’t getting these resources; the worst thing is to pack everything into one seemingly tiny luggage bag. I guess I’ll have to compromise…
Lastly, there will be the other necessities to take care of. Passport, birth certificates, medical report, and the load. You have to make sure you’re updated with your paperwork and have taken all the latest vaccines. There’s just so much to do! Pre-university can be such a hassle but hopefully everything I do now will be worth it!
Wait…There’s one last thing that you do before university and that’s to say goodbye to close family and friends. I haven’t had to do this yet as I’m not leaving until 2 weeks. I guess the best way to deal with it is to spend more time with them while we’re still with them. Life will be different without them always by our side so… go appreciate them.

Hm… I guess that’s it for my post this month. Hopefully, university rocks!
Thanks,

Yang

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Hello, my name is Shun Yang Ch'ng, though you can call me Yang for short - pronounced the same way as 'Young'. I am just another ordinary boy who is still trying to find my foothold on this world. Originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, I received my International Baccalaureate Diploma from Suzhou, China in June 2011 and am planning to go to Australia for further studies next year. Over the course of the coming year, I will be posting many interesting story blogs and I hope you enjoy them. I think that is all for now, thanks!

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Capital One Bowl Performance

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Rachel
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Hello World!

Well, I’m back from Florida and I have to admit, absolutely NOTHING went the way I had planned! But even though everything seemed to go wrong, the cheer squad and I had fun anyway. But instead of me telling you, I decided to let Cody the Cougar tell you

Cody Goes to Orlando

Rachel: Hello readers! I have been given the rare privilege to interview Canyon Creek Christian Academy’s mascot, Cody the Cougar. So Cody, I hear you had the opportunity to go to Florida in the capital one bowl!

Cody: Yes, yes I did.

Rachel: Would you care to share with our readers what all you did in Florida and what that experience was like? Start from the beginning!

Cody: It started like any other day. I got up, brushed my fur, and put on my jersey. But instead of going to the Cougar gym to work on my abs, I went to the airport. A few of my cheerleaders and myself flew to Orlando, but we stopped in Cincinnati for their famous chili. Once we got there my good friend Mickey Mouse had sent a bus to take us to Disney’s All Star Resort Hotel where we would be staying. Then it was off to the parks!

Rachel: Which one did you go to first?

Cody: Well, the cheerleaders wanted to go to Magic Kingdom first to go to see Cinderella’s Castle. But I thought that was boring so I went to The Pirates of the Caribbean Attraction instead.

Rachel: Ooh was that as scary as the reviews say?

Cody: Nah, nothing can scare a Cougar!

Rachel: What did you do the next day?

Cody: First, we went to the UCA Orientation breakfast, where I met the other mascots I would be working with.

Rachel: Were there any other Cougars there?

Cody: Yes, I got to hang out with Clawse and Champ. We bonded over our mutual hatred for dentists.

Rachel: Where did you ring in the New Year?

Cody: We went to Disney’s Hollywood Studios to ride Tower of Terror. And they aren’t lying when they say terror!

Rachel: I thought you said nothing could scare a Cougar?

Cody: Uhh… that’s right! I meant it scared the cheerleader sitting next to me. She was holding on so tight, I thought she was going to break my paw!

Rachel: Did you get to go to Animal Kingdom and see all the cougars there?

Cody: Actually, we had routine rehearsals the next day, so when we got to the park it was pretty late. But I’m not sure if a Florida cougar could handle a Texas cougar up close!

Rachel: What was the craziest thing that happened to you on the trip?

Cody: Actually, the craziest thing that happened was on the way home. While we were in Hollywood Studios, I bought a 2012 snow globe and I just happened to throw it into my carry-on. When we got to the airport, I checked in my suitcase and headed to security just like on the way there. When I finally got to the front of the line and they scanned my backpack, they told me they needed to scan it again. I said that was cool, go right ahead. Then a police officer pulled me aside and said I need to search your bag. And sure enough, she pulled out my snow globe. You can’t take this on the plane.

Rachel: Oh no!

Cody: Oh yes. So she sent me back down to luggage check in to see if I could get my suitcase back so I could just stuff it in there instead. But they said I had to go to baggage lost and found to take my suitcase out of circulation. Finally they found my bag and sent me back to security, and I had to do everything all over again. But hey, I got a really cool snow globe!

Rachel: That is crazy! I’m sure the performance was much better. What was your favorite part about performing at the Capital One Bowl?

Cody: I loved running through the tunnel and onto the field, seeing 80,000 people cheering for me. I mean… for all the mascots… oh, and the cheerleaders of course.

Rachel: If you had the chance, would you do it all over again?

Cody: Absolutely! This Cougar plans on doing this every year for years to come!

Rachel: Thank you so much for coming in to talk to our readers, Cody! Is there anything else you’d like to say before you go?

Cody: Yes, actually I do… IF THE FUR AIN’T FLYIN’, YOU AIN’T TRYIN’! MASCOTS!!!

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My name is Rachel and I'm a SENIORRRR! I'm the school mascot, I run track, I'm the head sound tech for our chapel band, and I sing in the church choir. I LOVE my life, my family, and my friends. I'm involved in pretty much everything at my school, my church, and my community, so life can get pretty busy for me. But I'm ok with that because I know that my God is with me. I hope you enjoy my future blog entries!

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Introducing Advisor Andrea!

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Meghan
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I’d like to introduce our newest academic advisor Andrea from Ottawa University in Overland Park, Kansas. Andrea completed her Master of Arts in Education with a concentration in Curriculum and Instruction in May 2011. She started her career at Ottawa as an enrollment advisor and was quickly promoted to an Academic Advisor, where she works specifically with online adult students helping them reach their academic goals and become OU graduates. She enjoys spending time with her family which is soon to be plus one more! Hot cheetos (and anything spicy), dark chocolate, and cute cuddly kitties are amongst her favorite things. Andrea also enjoys reading Harry Potter and the Twilight series. Even if she has to go alone, she won’t miss a midnight premier!

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I like to eat, sleep, run and work as the High School relations coordinator for MyMajors.com! Contact me about becoming a featured blogger for next year!

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Course Selection

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Nikhil
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It’s that time of year again. Every year, the course selection packets come out and we get to fill in little boxes that will determine another year’s worth of stress, pressure, and success.

Just like last year, I’m surprised that I’m barely halfway done with junior year but I have to make decisions about senior year. Is time flying by that fast? Am I on the threshold of the my last year in high school, the last year I spend before I am universally recognized as an adult? Where’d all that time go?

So yes, course selection has a lot of weight attached to it that has nothing to do with the actual classes. It signifies that change is inevitable, and I can’t slow it down or avoid it. Even if I want more time to decide, more time to spend in the now, I have to make big decisions about tomorrow, and they have a deadline.

It’s quite a pill to swallow.

Every year, these decisions become more important and less easy. Freshmen year, we got to choose one or two electives and what language we wanted to study. After that, the other boxes were kindly filled in for us, and oh, did we groan. “Why can’t they let me take this instead of PE? I don’t like biology, I want physics freshmen year!” Now, we have the choice between biology, chemistry, physiology, environmental science, and physics, all in different levels of difficulty, and we groan even louder about having too much choice. “I hate making decisions. Ugh, this would be so much easier if they hadn’t announced AP Physics!” Yes, we are very hard to please. Unlike sophomore year, we now have three options of literature. Unlike junior year, we can say no sciences (we could have last year, but the majority students tend to be conformists to the trodden academic path) and world languages. We now have the ‘luxury’ of truly designing our course load for next year.

That’s the dichotomy of choice; the more choices you have, the more freedom you have to build a course to your liking. However, the more freedom you have, the harder it is to be satisfied with the choices you make. When we could only take biology, we didn’t care about science. Now, when we have a total of eight science classes to choose from, it’s a lot harder to make the ‘right’ choice. Questions like, “What do I want to be when I grow up? How selective of a college am I applying to?” suddenly get bolded, underscored, and capitalized. If they didn’t matter last year, they sure do now.

In the end, however, these papers are due on Friday, and the clock ticks by peacefully in the background. No one’s going to screw up their senior year with their choices. When we hand in these forms, our futures spelled out in ink, and with our signatures to boot, like a legal document of how we will spend the next year, we get rid of the burden of choice. We’re done after that. Then, the only thing we have to do is make the best of our decisions.

We’re smart kids, we know ourselves pretty well. Most likely, we’re going to have a lot of fun next year. It’s only choosing how we’ll have fun that’s hard.

-Nikhil Kanthi

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I like to think I'm an interesting character. I love listening to movie soundtracks as much as I love listening to Eminem, and I hate chocolate almost as much as I hate cake. Most importantly however, I like to write. Whether it be poetry, a column, or a blog, I lose track of time doing it. I hope I can give similar joy to my readers :D

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Making decisions can be very challenging

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Kellie Woodle
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Especially if you have been used to someone making them for you most of your life.  To encourage my students in their decision making ability I remind them that they make decisions all day long.  You decide to get out of bed or not to get out of bed, what color underwear am I going to wear, will I get a double decaf soy mocha latte no whip or whip??  Some of these decisions are good and some are not so good.  Maybe I shouldn’t have worn the red panties with the white shorts.  But even when we make decisions that produce a less than desirable result, we have exercised that decision making muscle and we have learned something that will help us with future decisions (especially in wardrobe situations).  The best way to learn to make good decisions is pretty much like everything else in life, try and try and try some more.  Practice what you want to get better at- if you were going to run a marathon you wouldn’t just go out and do 26.2- unless you are some freakishly athletic person.  You would start running small distance and build up.  Same thing with making decisions.

If you are trying to choose a major, start with picking an interesting class first.  Ask someone you trust and admire for their input and guidance or as I call it the WW_D method of decision making.  Visualize how you would like the decision to turn out and actually make a visual representation of it with a dream board.  Always turn to a professional career counselor or academic adviser for guidance, but ultimately the decision is yours to make.  And I know you can do it- make mine a sugar free vinte mocha no whip.

Kellie Woodle

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My dream job is a professional eater/sleeper, hard to find, so academic advising seemed to be the next closest profession. I work at the beautiful University of North Florida supporting freshman and sophomores in achieving their academic dreams. I also enjoy running and the Dave Matthews Band. DMB forever.

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Welcome Kellie!

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Meghan
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Please welcome our new Academic Advisor blogger, Kellie Woodle from the University of North Florida! She will be sharing her advice with the MyMajors world about advising freshman and sophomore college students and how she professionally guides them towards choosing their academic dreams. As an enthusiastic runner and Dave Matthews fan, you won’t want to miss her posts. Check back for her upcoming entry!

Meghan

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I like to eat, sleep, run and work as the High School relations coordinator for MyMajors.com! Contact me about becoming a featured blogger for next year!

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