I'm a senior chemistry major and I need some help. With chemistry, you can go really in tons of directions with respect to grad programs, research, etc. I'm supposed to be graduating this May, and I still don't know what I want to "be when I grow up." I do know I want, and practically need, to go to grad school, but I had major troubles in picking programs. So, I applied to 5 schools: two of them are the same programs of study (forensic science), one of them is an evironmental toxicology program, and two are chemistry programs, but of those two, one is researching art and the other is researching environmental chemistry.
So, my question is, did I make a major mistake applying to so many different types of programs? I mean obviously, statistically it would be better to apply many schools of the same program, but I didn't want to apply to 20 different schools. I just really don't know where I want to go. And I feel really stupid mentioning the types of programs to my reference letter writers cuz they're going to think I'm a flake or something. To be honest, I really think I only have a chance of getting into one of the schools I applied to, and even thats is a big maybe. So I guess I just want to know if what I did was completely stupid, or if someone else has done something similar. Ugh I don't know...this is so stressful to me so I guess this was partially a rant to get it off my chest. Thanks for reading, and I'd really appreciate any insight.
PS. sorry if this is the wrong forum...it was my first post, so I wasn't exactly sure where it would fit best.