A vital change in plans in my life occurred when I switched my, when I switched the degree which I wanted to pursue at university. Initially I wanted to pursue engineering and I took the IB Intangible Baccalaureate Diploma Program of subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics, which was rigorous and academically challenging subjects. However, while doing the program, I found chemistry to be a very challenging and difficult subject for me, which I couldn’t conceptually comprehend or grasp. Consequently, I decided to pivot my career plans as I switched from pursuing a degree in engineering to computer science. So the new plan involved finishing doing a computer science degree, a bachelor’s of arts in computer science for four years, and then planning ahead to do my master’s if I wished to. While initially I changed the plan, I felt really anxious and nervous because I was going down a path which I knew less about, so it was the road less taken for me. I did also felt really frightening and I felt a shiver down my spine because of the layoffs and the conditions in the tech market for jobs. However, in hindsight, looking back, I believe that it was a great decision as I would not academically suffer in university by studying a subject which I am weak at and not interested in. Henceforth, I believe it to be a good change.
Band 7+: Describe a time when you changed a plan you had made. You should say: what your original plan was why you changed it what new plan you made and explain how you felt about changing your plan.
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A vital change in plans in my life occurred when I switched the degree I wanted to pursue at university. Initially, I wanted to pursue engineering, and I took the IB International Baccalaureate Diploma Program with subjects in physics, chemistry, and mathematics, which were rigorous and academically challenging. However, while doing the program, I found chemistry to be a very challenging subject for me, which I couldn't conceptually comprehend or grasp. Consequently, I decided to pivot my career plans and switched from pursuing a degree in engineering to computer science. The new plan involved completing a bachelor's degree in computer science for four years and then planning ahead to do my master's if I wished to. While I initially changed the plan, I felt really anxious and nervous because I was going down a path I knew less about; it was the road less taken for me. I also felt frightened, and I had a shiver down my spine because of the layoffs and the conditions in the tech job market. However, in hindsight, I believe it was a great decision, as I would not academically suffer in university by studying a subject in which I am weak and not interested. Henceforth, I believe it to be a good change.
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