Jan
28
When I first came to the University of Oklahoma, I honestly did not know what I wanted to major in. I really enjoyed science in high school so I felt like biology was the way to go. I came to the University of Oklahoma as a Biology/Pre-Dental major. Although I liked a couple of my classes, I remember I had a sudden realization while taking my final lab practical in Introduction to Biology. I realized that I actually hate animals and IDK WHY AM I DOING THIS. So what was a young Bunty going to major in? I’ve thought about Political Science, Engineering (HA!), and Meteorology. Heck, I even considered Drama as a major. I went to the Majors and Minors exploration office within Wagner Hall to take some tests and meet with a counselor to talk about what I wanted to do. Every single aptitude test that I took told me that my destiny was to become a business major. It made me think a little bit. I remembered taking accounting in high school and looking back I sort of enjoyed it. I looked up information about the Price College of Business and felt like “Hey! I could actually do this business thing!” So I made the switch my Sophomore year.
I love being a Price student. There are so many opportunities for success while you’re in the business college. Price students as a whole come into the business college with the mindset of getting an internship, building yourself professionally and networking. Need help revising your resume or need work on your 30-second elevator speech? Visit Robert Harper and Dena Newhouse in the Professional Development office. Robert Harper was the one I ran to when I needed help on my resume my sophomore year and he took my average resume into a real winner at career fairs. Did I mention that we have career fairs once a semester? Companies throughout the United States will come here to OU and recruit students and even have their interviews on campus so you don’t have to travel. IBC (Integrated Business Core) is a program where students will essentially start a business every semester from scratch, design, make and market a product for the general public to purchase. All the proceeds from IBC go towards the company’s charity. Since its inception, IBC has raised over $1 million in charity! Study Abroad, the Business Communication Center, JC Penny Leadership program, the list goes on and on about how great Price is.
After bouncing around majors in Price, I am now an Energy Management/Supply Chain major and I feel that I have found my right fit. The Energy Management program is the first of its kind in the nation and since it is the first, it is obviously the best of its kind in the nation as well. Although it is a business degree, it is a very unique one. It blends teachings from College of Business, Mewbourne College of Earth & Energy, College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and the College of Law. Supply Chain Management, which is a major focusing on logistics of business operations, is a top #20 program in the nation and its value here at OU has been steadily rising every year with the help of Ronald Davidson, the head of the Supply Chain department.
If you’re still thinking about what you want to major in, don’t worry. You have a lot of time in college to truly find out what you want to do. If you don’t like what you’re doing right now, don’t do it, you don’t want to be doing it for the rest of your life. College is a time to learn and build yourself. Price was the right fit for me, with all its programs, faculty and staff, and great job placement. If business has ever crossed your mind, take a chance. Who knows? You may be a CEO one day.
Bunty Patel
Energy Mgmt/Supply Chain, Senior
Wilburton, OK
Jan
21
It would make sense for a private school kid to go to a private college, right? Well, this was the mindset for many of my peers, as well as myself. Going into the college transition, I wasn’t looking to stray too far from the comforts of my private school. What was I going to do if my teachers didn’t know my name in my college classes? Better yet, what was I going to do if I couldn’t find my place amongst the thousands of students at public university? I was afraid of drowning in a sea of students. All roads pointed away from public universities, but one fateful visit to OU would change my perspective completely.
Upon arriving on the Norman campus, I wasn’t exactly thrilled when my first glimpse at college life consisted of peering into a lecture hall that contained more students than were in my graduating class. “Here we go. Can’t wait to get this over with,” I thought to myself. However, after learning about OU and all of its many facets, I made an important realization that did away with my previous apprehensions about its public identity.
At the end of the day, I looked back and tried to soak it all in. Every time I tried to digest a certain aspect of the school, I kept coming back to the fact that there were just SO many students here, compared to my small private school. Then, however, I had my “aha” moment when I started to think about all the social clubs and organizations that existed on campus. In a similar fashion to the large student population, there seemed to be an overwhelming amount of opportunity available to anyone that was willing to pursue it. It was then and there that I realized that I didn’t have to worry about having a place on campus. My college experience could be whatever I wanted it to be, and at OU I found that there was nothing holding me back but the amount of hours in a day.
The college transition can be daunting to any incoming freshman, but for those coming to a public university from a smaller high school setting, it can be an especially rattling experience. The key thing to realize, however, is that all the comforts of private school exist at OU, you just have to seize them. They might not be apparent at first, but teachers love getting to know their students. Getting to know you is just as exciting for them (if not more) as it is for you, especially when they must teach hundreds of students at once. Scared of not being able to make friends? There are countless organizations and clubs that want you to join. Between Campus Activities Council, Greek life, and Student Government Association, the tight knit feel of a private school community can immediately be duplicated.
Overall, everything I wanted in a college was right there all along, I just had to look closer. I truly enjoyed my private school experience, and I was so excited when I realized that OU could offer all those comforts to me, on an even bigger and better scale. The question started off as, “will I be successful here?” but soon changed to “how much success do I want to experience?” I might’ve been afraid of drowning at such an immense college at first, but after truly learning about OU, I dove right in and was surprised at how well I could swim.
Adam Siddique
Tulsa, OK
Biology Junior
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