Repercussions of Incorrect Career Choice on the Academic Performance and Mind-Set Of Under Graduate Students – an Analysis

person's career plays a vital role in shaping his identity. The right career choice is the key to happiness in a person's life. Emerging evidence indicates that incorrect career choice has severe implications on students' thinking and academic performance. The right career ensures comfort, security, and success in our life. The current study's objective was to explore the consequences which are implicitly and explicitly associated to the psychological conditions and performance related outcomes. The study was carried out by selecting a random sample of 300 undergraduate respondents (from Kerala) belonging to different disciplines. A questionnaire was used for collecting data from the participants. The testing process was done with the help of chi-square and two-tailed t-test analysis methods, after the formulation of a hypothesis. The results of the study bring to light the penalties of wrong career selection which include dissatisfaction, lack of confidence, poor performance, social regard, increasing stress/anxiety and unemployment. The proposed study suggests that choice of right academic streams plays a vital role in the performance and psyche of a student.