Second Thougths on My Future!

For the second time around, my mind messed up again between two courses which I both like. Will I pursue BA Psychology or should I shift to BS ComSci? It is a very hard decision of which I must think quickly to catch up before the enrolment in University of the Philippines Cebu College (UPCC) comes.

At first, my first choice was really Psychology. During those days, I am really interested much in Psychology. I want to understand myself and also my environment through their behaviors and to know what is on their heads. I like Psychology because I like to work in companies, banks and even in schools as well like a teacher or a guidance counselor. I scanned Psychology books and I find them to be quite interesting. But my love for Psychology disappeared because of what Mdm. Hermosa, the Public Speaking Class Adviser, told us. She said that nowadays, the center for excellence in UP Cebu is BS Computer Science. She told us that Computer Science is the best course offered in UP Cebu but there is no assurance that if you take this as a course you will pass. She said that about 5% of the students who took up this course passed and graduated from UP.

Computer Science has been my next option as a course in College. I like this course because first of all, I like computers especially programming, troubleshooting and etc. I find out that when you take Computer Science, you will have a Calculus as one of your subject and because of that I find it to be more interesting because I already knew some of the topics about Calculus. At least, I have already a foundation for that.

Second, when I applied for the DOST scholarship, one of my courses that I checked was the Computer Science field. I also applied for the STFAP of UP Cebu. If I will not be given the chance to be a STFAP scholar, at least if I will pass the DOST Scholarship, I will still have a support.

Third, is that before you graduate, there are already offers for you to work on big computer companies. You will have a sure job after you already graduated.

Fourth, is that I can still use my previous knowledge in Mathematics. All my sufferings in the Math subject will still continue. It is so much painful to know that after you graduate in high school you will stop learning Mathematics which is part of our life. Since I already started it, I can still extend my knowledge in Mathematics especially Calculus. Mathematics and Science as well are fields that has a really a big help nowadays. Even if you don’t become a Computer Programmer, you can either go to jobs that involve Mathematics such as a Mathematics teacher.

Fifth, it has a high salary when you already applied for a job. It is not that difficult to find jobs that need Computer Science graduates for this course goes with the modern technology.

Sixth, in UP Cebu, the training is very intense and you will really be molded.

Seventh, if I graduated, I will have the chance to go abroad which is one of my dreams in life to improve our life better.

I still have confusions about this matter. If you read my previous article about this topic, I stated there why I like Psychology. My aim for all of this is to find job easily after I graduate and at the same time learning.

Computer Science requires a lot of analysis while Psychology requires a lot of research. Computer Science requires a lot of studying while Psychology requires a lot of reading, analysis, interviews for their research and the researching itself. For Psychology, it is not really my type reading a lot of books, communicating to the people or even researching in the internet for previous studies. That really makes me bored. The Psychology in UP Cebu is mainly on research while for Computer Science it requires application.

I better go with application, for the world needs application of ideas nowadays to improve the lives of the people.

It is a challenge for me and I hope whatever my decision will be, it will be successful.