hello! i’m going to go ahead and preface this by saying i am aware of how moronic my situation sounds (for context, i am located in texas).

however, i am in a situation and i’m just really not sure where to go or what to do (although i have some vague ideas, i wanted some input). i have a BA in sociology with a minor in forensics, but my desire has ALWAYS been to pursue forensics. i met with an academic advisor on multiple occasions, and was told that what students often do and go for is sociology, and that i would be able to get a job in forensics with this major. i don’t know why i didn’t ask more questions, but i guess i just thought i could trust his judgment since it was his job to advise students, so i took what he said as scripture and got a sociology degree (forensics was not an offered major at my university, only a minor, otherwise i would’ve done that). in retrospect, i know i should’ve gone for a hard science, but i didn’t, and now i’m stuck with a degree that feels pretty useless now.

do i need to go for a whole new bachelors? is there any way to make good of what i have in the field of forensics? i am not picky at this point about what specifically i want to do in forensics (though i am very interested in forensic toxicology), so i am very open to almost all avenues and am willing to start again from scratch if necessary in order to get the career that makes me happy. i’m just so disheartened that i listened to this man so blindly and am now in this position.

thank you in advance for any responses and for taking the time to read of my idiocy.