Accounting grad to Engineering

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<p>I graduated last semester with a BS in accounting. GPA was 3.4, and I have 2 years' experience as a part-time bookkeeper while I was going to school... I have put in over 70 applications for accounting jobs nationwide and am rejected almost instantly. I have also been trying to get a job in the oil industry doing labor, but I am rejected almost as quickly as I can apply for the jobs. I have been applying to at least five positions per week; accounting and oil industry labor jobs are intensely competitive. I just want to work! But so does everybody else! </p>

<p>What I would like is some opinions from you fine people. If you were me, would you go back to school and try to grind through the math and physics to get another BS, this time in some discipline of engineering? I want to get into the oilfield and I know engineers in the oilfield are treated like absolute royalty. My brother and father are both Mech. E's who work in the oilfield. I chose accounting because everyone told me I would have a job when I graduated. Hahahahaha. Supply and demand at its finest. Anybody who is a hard worker can get through finance, econ, or accounting. You have to be a genius to get through the math and science in engineering. I can try and keep trying; eventually I will get it, just like everything else I think.</p>

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<p>I was honestly in your shoes a few semesters ago.
I used to be a Junior in Accounting, and although I had a 3.9… GPA for some reason, I could not land internship. Considering that I’m not the most extroverted person, and I really don’t get along well with business majors.
Because of these reasons, I decided to change my major to an engineering field, and because I had acculumulated many credit hours i chose CS because it allowed for enough unrestricted electives. Although, classes are tougher, the only major difference btw eng. and business is that engineering requires lots of time. I also used to have a soul killing bookkeeper job, and i decided to quit because I needed to complete labs and study more/schedule and meet tutors for my engineering classes.
Now I have gotten about three different offers from GE, Verizon etc. I even had an interview with Schlumberger(oil company), and the main stuff i liked bout them is travel opportunities.
My brother is actually studying petr. engineering, and he got an offer from Marathon oil to work for 2 summers, with an outrageous intern salary >30/hr.
I will advice you to change if possible, and since ure early in ur career. Find a way.</p>