Name : Lutfi Fajar Nurfadhel

Class : XII MIA 2

No. : 20

“Tips for Choosing a Department in University”

Choosing a college major is a problem that you need to overcome before becoming a
student. Choosing the right major is very important for your achievements in the future, to
keep you motivated to achieve the best and enjoy what you do. How to choose the right
major? Here are tips on choosing college majors:

1. Get to know yourself deeper

You can start by rethinking what you like, what your strengths are, what skills you
have, and what kind of career you want to pursue in the future. As other alternative,
you can fill out an internet questionnaire about personality, but remember, you honest
in answering it.

2. Ask the opinions of people around you

You can ask your parents, your family, your teacher and even your friends about what
your character looks like in their eyes.

3. Look for major's information that appropriate with your self introduction test's result
For example, you are among those who like to explain material to your friends and
make them understand better, you are able to make dificult-looking theories seems
easy. If you are included in a person with such characteristics, it means that you are
appropriate to work in the field of education to become an educator or teacher. Or are
you someone who is active and good at getting along? You easily mingle with
everyone, no matter it's peers, uncles and aunts, to neighboring grandmothers? These
advantages are needed in the business world, where connection and information are
very important. So why don't you consider business major?

4. Pay attention to future work prospects from the department that suits you.
It is unfortunate if your knowledge is not used later on.
5. Don't choose because you are following your friends choices
Friends are not everything for us, we have a different vision and mission with friends
it our personality is also different with my friends. Likewise our personality with our
friends, they maybe suitable for a certain major while we are not. And if we just go
along with friends, when he falls we will fall so do not let that happen to us.

6. Decide which university you want to study at

Note also the accreditation from the campus and the department you want to choose,
you should choose those with "A" accreditation. Because accreditation from the
university have significant effect when we want to work in the company in the future
since the company will choose the best of the good.

7. Look for alternative majors

In this case, you can find alternatives by choosing the same department but at a
different university or a different course. But it needs to be underlined, choosing an
alternative major must also be suitable for our personality, don't just consider about
enfering a state university.

8. The last is the key that is communicate your desires with your parents, ask for their
blessing and also ask for instructions from them, so that it is given the best for you.