During my high school years, I rarely thought about a career I wanted to pursue once I finished college. The typical career that did come to mind when I thought of how I would spend the rest of my life was being a medical doctor. This was only because I grew up in a South Asian community filled with medical doctors, engineers, and lawyers. The only problem with those careers - I didn’t see myself enjoying any of them. When someone chooses a career, it is basically a lifelong commitment. I was opposed to choosing a career path that I had no interest in. Unfortunately, my knowledge of careers was slim so I entered college as a typical pre-med student. One of the first objectives I had to complete while starting my first year in college was to declare a major. Majority of pre-med students are biology majors, which led me to choose biology as a major. Once again, I had no interest in biology, but I followed this path …show more content…
My second year of college, I realized that I didn’t want to pursue biology as a major nor did I want to become a medical doctor. Physical therapy had been a profession I was interested in ever since I was told I would need it after dislocating my knee playing soccer in high school. Physical therapy involves treating injuries, relieving pain, and restoring body function by using physical rehabilitation. It was a little nerve wrecking explaining to my family my decision to switch from pre-med to pre-physical therapy, but I had their support. I had to explain the career to them because it wasn’t very common in the South Asian community, but it was a profession that was growing rapidly and still is. It is a great career with high job satisfaction and it also keeps you on your toes, which is a plus. I also switched my major to psychology, which I found more interesting than