3D Animation Over 2D Animation?

Recently, at University, I have been taking a course about 3D modelling. It has been around two weeks, meaning two classes of this course and I am loving the class so far. 3D modelling is hard, in class we covered the basics of a 3D modelling software and it is complicated but after our professor assigned the class to construct a room, and also after getting to know the software a bit better, I really have enjoyed myself. The software itself looks highly intimidating and at first I was a bit worried that I would be horrible at it, but when our professor helped us learn the basics it was like a walk in the park. There is still a lot I need to learn about 3D modelling. There are a lot of aspects to 3D modelling that we discussed in class, such as rigging, lighting, rendering and more. They are still a bit confusing to me and I think I would need to research a bit more on all the aspects so I can understand it better.
I feel like I would really enjoy rigging. After the lesson on the aspects I went home and I got on YouTube and searched for videos on 3D modelling on the software that we are being taught on, 3D Studio Max. I looked up on rigging and simple tutorials, and rigging is something I can see myself getting into. I'm really excited to learn more about 3D modelling. I always thought that I would go straight for 2D animation, but this class is making me reconsider. I love drawing on paper, but 3D modelling is a lot of fun. What I am most looking forward to is learning how to create a character on 3D Studio Max, as well as learning how to animate it. It will be a ton of hard work and long hours but the end result will be worth it.