Hello all,
I’m a math major at a well-respected university (UT Austin) and I’m currently under a huge dilemma. Before I chose math I was an engineering major at a community college, and after going through the course work, I realized engineering was too tough for me after a slew of bad grades. But after spending a year at my current university, I realized that I feel more interested in engineering and that I am more passionate and curious about it. Back at CC I feel that I just didn’t know which discipline to study later on at a university, and I am now finding most of the concepts in the math major as trivial and useless unless you want to pursue research or work in academia.
My biggest concern is about whether I should continue with the math major and go to graduate school for engineering, or transfer to a different university in Texas for engineering. I have already applied for an internal transfer (change of major) at UT Austin for engineering, but I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get in. However, after doing research on reddit and many other forums it seems that a math bachelor’s → engineering graduate school is starting to seem like a path that is not viable these days.
I’m really anxious because I’m going into my 4th year of college (did 2 at a CC, just finished 1 year at UT Austin) and if I choose to attend another university for engineering I would spend at least 2.5 years catching up on course work and potentially lose some credit hours + money is tight. I also don’t have any research experience or internships (but I’m hoping to get some next summer) so graduate school might seem a little reach for me since I would not be a very competitive applicant.
I understand that many others are going through the same dilemma, but any insight would be appreciated, thank you.