Electives?

Yep, the power to choose your courses. I always thought this sounded like a great idea, and I would be able to just take whatever I felt like. Truth... it's considerably more difficult than anticipated. I'd have to say this was one of my major misconceptions about college life. I'll start from the beginning. I had this magical idea that I would take some courses I need towards a major, and the rest I'd get to take crazy, random, have nothing to do with my major or requirements classes. Well, the reality is that it doesn't work that way... courses required for your major take up the majority of your schedule, and other courses are usually meeting general education requirements. A few majors offer some free electives, but engineering is pretty strict. Upon this realization, I decided that was really a relief; choosing courses is difficult. However, the trap I've found myself in now is that I have to choose engineering electives. The problem: I want to take them all. I have a desire to know... pretty much everything. It's possible I'm going to attempt to take 6 engineering courses next semester (attempt being the key word). However, I still am going to have to make decisions, and there are sooooo many choices! I know, it seems like a ridiculous predicament to have gotten myself caught up in, but here I am.

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