When I first came to this school

[Pink_Flower]

Would you please check these two separate sentences? and which one sound more natural?

When I first came to this school , my major was Psychology (wasn't really my thing) then I switched to Geography (after one quarter) which I realized I loved the best.


When I first came to this school , I studied Psychology for one quarter (which wasn't really my thing) then I switched to Geography which I realized I loved the best.

Thank you.

 

[emsr2d2]

Would you please check these two [STRIKE]separate[/STRIKE] sentences no question mark here and tell me which one sound more natural?

When I first came to this school, my major was Psychology (even though it wasn't really my thing) then, after one term/semester, I switched to Geography, [STRIKE](after one quarter)[/STRIKE] which I realized I loved the best.

Note my corrections above.

I've improved the first sentence of your two, and I haven't bothered with the second - for a start, it sounded as if "one quarter" wasn't really your thing.

I'm not overly familiar with AmE terminology for educational institutions but it sounds odd to me to use "major" and "school" together. You major in something at university (which I think is also called "college" in AmE), but I didn't think universities were referred to as schools. I'm happy and ready to be corrected by an AmE speaker.

 

[PeterCW]

Would you please check these two separate sentences? and which one sound more natural?

When I first came to this school , my major was Psychology (wasn't really my thing) then I switched to Geography (after one quarter) which I realized I loved the best.


When I first came to this school , I studied Psychology for one quarter (which wasn't really my thing) then I switched to Geography which I realized I loved the best.

Thank you.

I would be inclined to split it into two sentences. The first explaining that you didn't get on with psychology and the second stating that you then switched to geography. That would eliminate the need to use the rather cumbersome brackets.

The subject names shouldn't have initial capitals.

Crossed with emsr2d2's post. I was unsure about the use of "school" and "major" as well.

 

[Pink_Flower]

Note my corrections above.

I'm not overly familiar with AmE terminology for educational institutions but it sounds odd to me to use "major" and "school" together. You major in something at university (which I think is also called "college" in AmE), but I didn't think universities were referred to as schools. I'm happy and ready to be corrected by an AmE speaker.

Thank you so much for the correction.
By 'school', I meant 'my university'. I learned this from Americans as they tend to call universities or colleges 'school'.
Hope an American helps me out here too and correct me

 

[PeterCW]

That sort of terminology can even vary between institutions in the same country. In writing it is better to use the term which the institution uses to describe itself. As you have already found, informal terms can result in misunderstanding and are best restricted to conversation.

 

[GoesStation]

In this context it's clear to an American reader that "school" means "institution of higher education" — i.e., college or university.