Have you talked with your university's counseling and job placement centers? The former can help you narrow down what you want to do, and the latter will give you better info about the job market.

Or, I remember just picking up a university's book of majors, and picked one that interested me and that I'd been doing as a hobby anyway. That lead into getting a job in my passion.

Or, screw university for a while and get some life experience under your belt. You might discover something different about yourelf, interests, etc. that could help you decide. Heck, it took me 11 years and 3 tries to my first undergrad. AFter I found what I LIKED to do, it was cake.

I went to the career center my first semester (a year ago) and the chick there also tried to encourage a STEM career. It's also where I took all those aptitude tests and without trying, my top match was anthropology (which has been my interest and dream since high school ....which has been almost 20 years now), my second match was a park ranger lol. I also took a STEM placement test, but it relied a lot on answers about high school and let's just say that I wasn't the most mature or future-orientated child. Even so, the STEM test told me to be a web designer - which still makes me laugh as I don't really consider that a STEM job. I did actually spend time looking at the local university's catalog and let's just say it left me rather depressed.

Sadly, I tend to be one of those jacks of all trades - I'm proficient in a lot of stuff, but don't excel at anything. I am very much in love with culture and how it affects people and society. My hobby - in all truth - is studying various world religions and fostering relationships with people of differing cultures... hence, how I ended up on the track to anthropology. It's what I like to do, it's just not viable. As for life experience - I'm already in my 30's so I don't have time to screw around and my money situation is such that I can't afford to go to school again.. likely ever... so I need to do it right the first time.

I'm quite envious of you for ending up in the career that just "fit". I really wish I could find that career too!

Thanks for all the replies ya'll. It makes me feel at least a little better that you guys don't think STEM is the be all, end all of career choices. (Especially those of you in those roles right now.) I've had to plan out my classes carefully to fit calc 2 and the upper physics class into my allowed credits for my degree, but I think I might give that up to try a few classes on the side to test the waters of other things. Again, thanks for all the input!

Have you thought about a foreign language major? Always a valuable skill, and would undeniably be helpful in your hobby. Then add either a double-major or at least a minor in something like Finance (granted this one would have the most math), Human Resources, Marketing, or Management and you'd have lots of desired skills for any number of companies.

I have had 5 careers in my life, none of which had anything to do with my college degrees. Although the degrees did help me (Business, Finance, Microprocessor Engineering) in what i did, it was the process of learning that college taught me that really was the helper there.

There are people who are good at math, good at engineering, good at numbers, then there are people who are good with people skills (psychiatry, psychology, counseling (personal or academic/career type) and other fields. While I have a background in Engineering, and it's my current career for now, I do very little math outside of subnetting a network's IP space, and that is all boolean in my head), I should have gone for the people sciences.

A good career field that is somewhat related to Anthropology is Psychiatrist or Counselor as you are dealing with people (at least live ones in mental health and wellness areas) and would probably fit into your core abilities.

Actually, yes. I had thought about learning a foreign language along with a business degree so I could go into international business where my knowledge of culture could be applied.... lol Then I remembered that I'm agoraphobic and can't travel so... Not to mention, I was told that if you don't have some background in a language, it's almost impossible to learn one well enough to be fluent as an advlt. (Which svcks for me because I have to pass a year's worth of a language before graduation and I have no prior experience.)

I had thought about pyschology, until I took my general psych class. It takes VERY special people to do that job and I am not cut out for it. I've had to deal with a family member for a week now who's suffering severe psychosis and I don't know how anyone doesn't go crazy dealing with someone like that. (And to get a degree you have to do your residency/internship at a psych ward/hospital and... no. The idea honestly gives me severe anxiety.)

It's ok, I'm hopeless. I'm just going to sit down and sift through the local degree options and in the end, I may get the anthropology or humanities degree anyways. I'll at least enjoy my education before I end up waiting tables at Denny's.

Lots of people seem to like telling you things

It's definitely been reported as being easier to learn a language when you are younger, but that doesn't mean you cannot be competent in the language.

Finally, you don't have to go abroad to use a foreign language. Many foreign companies have offices in the United States and furthermore there are various areas in the united states with high concentrations of a given foreign language group.

lol Yes, people do like to tell me things... And being I don't know, I tend to assume they're right. Are you trying to tell me I should start finding things out for myself?

I live in an area with a VERY large Spanish-speaking population, but I was leaning more towards Mandarin (I actually have a DVD program here on it) or Japanese. They seem to be the two top players in the business world where their culture would be more influential than others. Though, I realize that an Asian language will be a billion times harder to learn than a Latin-based one. (And I'll still have to take a class if I don't learn a language that is accepted at my school.) Apparently, I can never take the easy way out.

Hang in there, most people pursue the STEM jobs now so eventually there won't be any work in those fields and this will open opportunities in others.

That's one way of looking at it! I'll just be a head of the curve if I go into the liberal arts!

ha hey you never know. I say the best advice is to not follow the advice of people online even though we mean well

A psychologist is not a medical doctor and doesn't have a residency system. They don't prescribe medication and don't treat medical cases. They talk about your feelings and social issues.

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor.... med school..... residency.... etc. They treat psychiatric medical conditions.

Psychologist still have to do internships in the mental healthcare field. They may not call it residency, but you still have to work in a facility and gain hours.

This is true for most anything that ends in a degree when dealing with health of any kind. Even dietitians are required, by law, to do clinicals and a set number of supervised hours before getting a degree.

True.