Brianna talks about Bren Hall and switching majors
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This is one of my favorite spot on campus for a hall. Not only is it oh, Edie Platinum certified, which is the highest sustainability architecture award you can win. So I'm gonna tell you a little bit how I ended up switching majors and end up in this major. Um, I originally it was a pre bio major for zoology. It was something that I I was really, really excited about. I, uh and not a lot of schools offer zoology, so it was just kind of it felt like a perfect fit for me because the perfect school I was going to hide my perfect major until I ended up taking these classes that no matter how hard I studied, it just felt like I was failing and felt like I did not fit. It made my experience that, you see is b a lot harder and just not as enjoyable. At some point but kind of the end of my second year, um, as a pre bio student, I had to really like, think about what I wanted and what paths I could take to get to the place that I want to be at, whether that be in my career, whether that be in my college career. I just knew the path that I was taking was not working out. So I talked to a couple different departments and one of the department's was here. It was an adviser here at environmental studies, and I sort of doubt sat down with him and talk to him about the classes that I had already taken and the ones that I excelled in and the ones I struggled with. It ended up working out that environmental studies the pre, uh, the cost is that you have to take before you get into the major. A lot of them were the ones, so I really, really enjoyed. So my advice when it comes to going to college anywhere, um, not even just you see, a speed is don't be afraid to change your major. If things aren't working out the way that you want them to, you only have four years in college to make the most of them, so don't go it into a major. That you know is not is just gonna be a struggle the entire time, and it's just going to ruin your college experience. That being said, if there is nothing wrong with choosing a challenging major and knowing that the classes that you're taking are hard but your mental health and, um, just your lifestyle is also very important in college. So make sure that there's a healthy balance for you. If things aren't working out, don't be afraid to change because almost every single student at UCSB has changed their major at least once, if not failed a class. You're going to fail a class in college and it's going to suck. It happens to everyone, and it's so easy to make up that class or to just do better next time and not. It's important not to do well on those failures because they teach you howto put yourself on the right path for success.
