same here. i really have the passion for mass comm. i like writing, and i truly love public speaking! kaya lang, i have this fear of not hitting the jackpot pag graduate ako ng mass comm. kasi, sabi ng mom ko, mga tita, no money daw ako sa mass comm. According to them, low job opportunities and low pay compared to jobs I can have if I’d be a graduate of business ad and pharmacy (choice ko rin these two courses). Take note that if I pass, I can study mass comm either in UP or UST. I need adivse. Especially from mass comm students themselves. TIA. =)
I think you should ask this sa mga graduate na ng MassComm.
Anyway, here are my thoughts about your question.
I'm already a 3rd year MassComm student. I chose this course kase passion ko writing, and I suck at Math.
Ngayong tumuntong ako sa 3rd year, feeling ko I wasted almost 3 years of my life. Why? Dahil sa curriculum ng school namin. It is an effin' nonsense and pain to us students. 2 years (4 semesters) minor subjects lahat ng kinuha namin. As in walang relation sa course. Ngayon major subjects lahat, hirap na hirap kami dahil yung mga professors namin media practitioners na and they expect us to know everything already kase nga 3rd year na kami. So unang tignan mo yung curriculum ng MassComm sa school na pupuntahan mo.
Dapat 1st year pa lang, isasabak ka na talaga, yun bang bibigyan ka na talaga ng overview sa magiging future career mo.
Next, job opportunities. MAHIRAP. Yes. There's this "torn" insights about ethical and unethical doings of journalists. Though hindi lang naman pagiging newscaster or journalist ang pwede mong maging pagkagraduate mo, still, malalaman mo ang mga ito which will make you think. Mahirap talaga ang job opportunities lalo na kung galing ka sa isang hindi masyadong kilalang school at kung hindi ka super competent and super great. Pero hindi din school ang basehan ng pagkakaroon mo kaagad ng trabaho at yung kagalingan mo eh. I have this cousin na graduate ng Ateneo, and magaling talaga siya, pero hanggang ngayon, wala pa ring stable job.
Most of the time since naging 3rd year ako, pinagsisisihan ko kung bakit sa school na iyon ako pumasok at kung bakit ito kinuha kong course. Pero masaya naman ako kase naging happy-go-lucky student ako. Yun nga lang nalagay sa alanganin ang future career ko.
If you really love it, if you really want to pursue it, then go for it, not thinking about the money that you will soon earn, or the hardships of learning the course. I just stated my own thoughts here. Yun bang, mga "if only's" ko. Haha.
