Why I am at MATC

WHY I AM AT MATC???

I graduated high school in the spring of 2010. College was next in line for me and I knew I wanted to be someone or somebody in the medical field. It didn't matter what I was going to be, just as long as it was medical related. I soon realized that nothing in the medical field was for me, even though I really wished it was.

Senior year was coming to an end, and I had apply to 3 campuses: MATC, UW-Sheboygan and UW-Milwaukee with a major in radiology. Since it was my first year, I figured I'll just take my general courses prior to my major and it should give me some time to think about my career if I needed to.

I was certain about my major right after high school, I end up going to UW-Sheboygan for one year to save me some money. I then transferred to UW-Milwaukee for about 2 and a half years. My time at UW-Milwaukee was great, I learned a lot, met a lot of new people that where in the same major as me, but that campus was really hard and competitive. In the fall of 2013 I ended up at MATC still majoring in radiology as well, but since MATC was a tech school I figured I would get my associates, go into the workforce and if I ever decided to go back to school I’ll have some experience. Fall of 2014 came and I couldn't handle the work load of being a radiology tech student anymore. Plus on top of all the work, I was being held on a waitlist for about a semester or 2 before I can start applying for clinical. I wasn’t going to wait, because I really wanted to graduate.

Therefore in the fall of 2015, I have decided to change my major to IT-Network Specialist and I never looked back since. I'm going on my 3rd semester in this program and I'm loving it. There’re lots of hands on activity that I wish other schools would also do, all the professors where helpful and they strive to teach you everything there is to know about the field, basically you will learn everything you need to know, once you get out in the workforce.

I made this transition because I knew that technology will soon change the world if it haven’t yet. The future is technology, and I chose to grow with it. I’ve heard from many people that their job is being taken over by robots and that’s why they are sitting in this room with me. These are people who got a degree in medical lab scientist, in nursing, in radiology and so on, but because they were replaced by robots they went back to school.

I regret not making this decision sooner. Who was I kidding, I only did radiology so my parents would be proud, but don't get me wrong. I did like learning about all the anatomy and physiology of every bone, muscle, tissue, organ, limb, etc of the human body. It was really interesting and I've learned a lot, but somehow I couldn't see myself doing it even though I would have loved to go that route.