Being a Business Major

Learning Experience Two:

            Another thing that I have found out this semester is that being a business major is very difficult. The part that I have struggled with this semester are the classes that do not directly relate to my major, but are required in order to graduate with any business major. For example, my business information systems course has been extremely difficult for me. It is not that the material is super difficult, but it simply just not interest me whatsoever. On the other hand, my business law course is surprisingly interesting; however, the amount of time I have to allot for reading and studying for tests is inordinate. Altogether, my classes in the business school have not come as easily as I had expected.

            On top of the daily work from my classes, the business school requires its students to complete so many other things. For example, the certifications of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word. Also, there are various speaker events, seminars, and symposiums we are required to attend. Even better, there are online tests, which have taken up to a couple of hours, which analyze our personalities in order to match it with a correlating career type. Of course, after that had been completed, we were required to go to a debrief session to talk about the results we had received.

            From these experiences, thus far, I have learned a lot in terms of what a business degree at Texas Christian University entails. Although, it is a lot of hard work and time I have learned that it is completely worth it. The skills I have learned from being in business, for only a year in a half, are already paying off. For example, I landed one of only eight internships at ConocoPhillips this summer that seemed only like a dream a couple of months ago. The business path at Texas Christian University is by no means easy, but, most importantly, is worth it. The benefit of being a business student at this school, without a doubt, outweighs the difficult tasks assigned to us.