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I have a lot going on in my mind regarding college. I guess it's the OCD, but I tend to be very indecisive. I can feel really strongly about something, and then the next minute, not be sure or feel completely the opposite. I hope, over the next few days, this thread will help me come to a real decision regarding college. That means I need others to help me decide, please.

Currently, I'm going for a degree in the Liberal Arts/Humanities. For me, it's a good fit, because I can take courses of many subjects and kind of explore what I want to do. However, I just heard on TV a couple days ago, that Humanities and Social Services were two of the worst degrees you could take to get a job after college. I have already signed up for classes, including the Acting I class I so desperately want, but I'm wondering if I should go for a different degree. They just started a degree program that I'd like to take, even though it would probably take me longer, since I am very rusty when it comes to math skills. At my current college, I don't have to take any math classes, because I took them there way back when I was in my 20's. The new degree is Game Design & Development, and you have to take College Algebra (1st semester), Trigonometry (2nd semester) and Physics I (3rd semester) to get the degree. I'm nowhere near that smart in math right now. Well, Physics is science, I guess, but I'm not smart with that, either. I do have a Basic Math and Pre-Algebra set of books (from the "For Dummies" series) that I'm hoping I can study over the next few months and maybe be able to handle College Algebra by the fall, but I don't know. I have a hard time sticking to things.

I can't go online and change my classes at will, because I dropped out of all but one of my classes (but I missed the last day--had a reason, but can't remember why--and the teacher wrote me as a drop-out) last fall, and I have to pay money back to the college. I already paid $290, and will pay at least $100 each month until fully paid off, but it's a pain not being able to go onto the website and change classes around as I need to. If I go for the Game Design & Development degree, it's taken at my current college, and another college (or I can take all four semesters at the other college) about 40 miles away.

I want the Acting class. I want to take filmmaking classes later. I want to be good at art. I want to get a degree that will help me get a job. I ultimately want to move to New York and work in acting, no matter what kind of degree I get. I want a job that pays well. Acting is not such a job, but I want to do it while I'm working at another job (game design, working for a talent agent maybe, etc.), in the hopes I'll be able to make acting my main job. I know the odds of "making it" in acting, and I'm not deluded that I'm going to be a big-name star, especially being an older woman, but I want to do what I love, and acting is what I love.

I don't even know what I'm asking. I can't ask you what degree I should take, because only I know what will make me happy. Except I don't. I want it all. Can someone at least give me some comments, or advice? Maybe a suggestion as to how to decide? Currently, I'm signed up to take a couple of classes that not only fit my Humanities degree, but will also work for the Game Design degree, if I decide to change to that. (Those classes are Art Appreciation, which I'd hoped I wouldn't have to take, but since it's part of the Game Design degree, I figured I'd take it, and Introduction to Microcomputers.) Thanks for putting up with my scrambled brains!