Marine Science!

Coming into life at the University of South Carolina, I decided on the major of marine science. I had always fell back onto marine biology as a possible major whenever anyone would ask me what I wanted to do when I “grew up;” I never really put that much thought into it. That is, until college applications rolled around. What if I didn’t know what I wanted to do with the rest of my life? I ran through all of my possible majors in my head: Zoology, Marine Biology, English, Psychology, Animal Behavior, Biology, Photography, Journalism…clearly I had no clue what I wanted to do. I ended up narrowing it down to Zoology, Marine Biology, Psychology and Animal Behavior. I eliminated Animal Behavior because I realized that that was a very narrow field of study, even though that was possibly what interested me the most. Plus, most schools did not offer programs in it, and after ruling Florida Institute of Technology out, I had no idea where else it was even offered. I then ran into the issue of my top two schools, the University of South Carolina and North Carolina State University, only offering one of my programs. NCSU has an exceptional Zoology program and does not have a Marine Biology program but USC has an exceptional Marine Science program, although they do not have Zoology. I decided on USC for all other aspects of the university, and to major in Marine Science, with a concentration in Biology, and a possible minor in Psychology; I do not regret it in the least. I am not quite sure what I want to do with the rest of my life, but as I’ve mentioned before, the two biggest passions in my life are animals and kids, so I just know that I want to work with them. The beach is also my favorite place in the entire world, so marine biologist/dolphin trainer seems like a pretty safe bet as of right now. I guess we’ll see if that changes…