The BYU Major Fair on Oct. 9 offered students a platform to learn more about the different majors and programs the university offers.
Dozens of students bustled around booths lined up throughout the WSC Garden Court and Ballroom. They stood and listened to representatives from BYU's different colleges, taking flyers and trinkets as they went.
According to the BYU Advisement Center, the major fair aims to help students receive information, allowing them to discover or possibly decide on a major.
Caesar Wong, a volunteer at fair, sat at one of the many entrances to the fair, handing out maps and answering questions for students entering. He spoke of his experience watching and helping the students.
“Every time (students) walk through the door … their eyes flash. … They see a bunch of majors they’re interested in and they come to me to ask where can I find this this and that,” Wong said.
Wong spoke of how seeing students' eyes flash showed him that people actually were at the fair for more than just browsing; they actually wanted to learn about the opportunities available.
Among such students were Brianna Judson and Sadie Bailey.
When asked about the fair, Judson immediately piped up, joking how Bailey ended up more confused after walking around the fair than when she entered.
“I had a direction I was thinking I would go but as I just explored the other majors I realized that there are more options that I may be interested in as well,” Bailey said.
For Judson, the fair was an opportunity to not just find a major, but to find a replacement for the major she was studying at her former university.
“For me it's just more … figuring out what does make sense or doesn’t make sense with what I already have done for school,” Judson stated.
Bailey spoke of how it was cool to see what the future might look like based on the major she decides on.
She spoke of how there were more options at the fair than she initially thought, but it wasn’t so much confusion, as it was the realization that she had a lot of interest in many different subjects.
Bailey advised students to look at all the different booths because they might find something new.
To anyone still struggling to decide on a major, Judson said not to be too stressed out about it.
“A lot of kids don’t know what they want to do," Judson said. "It’s okay to try out a couple things and see what does and doesn’t work with what you like.”