"Communications? What were you thinking?"

Usually around College Station when I mention my major, Communications, I get a look like “oh, you could not handle anything more challenging?” The truth is that I chose this major on a whim, because I had no clue as to my career path after graduation. Looking back I would have not changed my decision. Communications has offered me so many skills that have prepared me for my future. Through event planning I will be meeting a lot of new people, I will have to know how to be personable and likeable. On the broader scale, I have also learned how to communicate on an intercultural level. As our world is flattened through advancing technology, it is becoming more and more imperative that a prospective employee be able to communicate well with others on a broader spectrum.

Communications has not only prepared me for the working world, but I also feel that it has helped me prepare for my life ahead. I have learned valuable interpersonal and relational skills. A current class that I am taking, Gender & Communication, has made it much easier for me to understand girls and boys and why we act the way we do. This will be helpful in marriage and motherhood.

I feel as though my four years here at A&M University will not have been wasted, rather spent to the fullest. My classes have taught me life skills that will impact both my work and personal future.