I honestly don't know how I picked advertising as a major, LOL
I mean, I sorta do...I've always enjoyed writing, so going into college I thought I was going to major in journalism. I wasn't able to take my first journalism class until my first semester of sophomore year. When I finished, all I could think was "NOPE."
I took intro to advertising that semester as well and really liked it. I applied to the College of Media as undeclared so that I could explore a little more without fully committing. I totally thought I was going into creative but after taking the intro creative class I had another "NOPE." moment. Luckily, at the same time I was taking the intro public relations class and felt comfortable there. It was kind of like journalism but I felt a little bit more creative, which I liked. So I kinda just went for it (which is why I said, I'm not really sure how I ended up in advertising. I was never like "OMG yes, I love this." It was more like "ok, this works for me".)
Fast forward to now and I'm a media planner who deals with numbers all day. Go figure. On the bright side, at least I am in the advertising field. I do like my job, but I am thinking that I would eventually like to try to get into public relations, like the original plan.
