non-science. story time.
my first year of U was in 1994 and I flunked out as an English major first time away from home, lived in a co-ed dorm with 500 other students, with a pub in the basement and 13 pubs on campus total... yeah. oh and I was from a small-town, and it was my first time living in a big city. Total writeoff of a year academically, but it was amazing to spend 8 months there... I'll never forget it York U, T-dot.
Went back to U after working a 16 months in a factory (mostly midnight shift). Buckled down for year one of my new 3-yr program and lived in a basement apartment with my brother quite a ways away from campus. That year, I might have went out five times. I owned my grades and absorbed everything they threw at me... Lots of As. I also became pretty good at Duke Nukem 3D during that buckle-down year... made it to #12 on Case's Ladder anyway.
Anyhoo to make a long story short I should have stayed for my honours... a couple of my profs wanted me to. i was whipping up the course websites for entry-level students in my program and if i would have stayed another year, i would probably had a completely different career path - likely something with computers / internet.
anyhoo... ended up in a good field and i love my job!!!!! i'll have 11 years in soon, started in 99 right after my grad.
good luck to all of those still studying
Communication Studies major.. my degree was comprised of a lot of social studies courses though... 2 Religion, 2 Astronomy, Photography, a couple random Mass Media related, a few bird computer courses... etc etc. U of Windsor.