<p>Sophomore. barely getting through my engineering classes. considering dropping engineering but idk what to go to. I thought about math, but I hate computer programming. Im decent in physics and chem but then again it is college and i might hate it. tried anthro, psych, bio, business and foreign language and hated them. I intially wanted to do chemistry but my high school guidance councellor said that it was a useless degree (idk about that). so I choose chem e instead, hoping it would get me to pharmacy (which is actually what I want to do), but I suck at engineering (and college for that matter). I had some interest in chem e, but my failures have outweighed those (thinking about getting a chem e master but only time will tell, but diff topic for another time)</p>
<p>basically im sitting here in college doing chemical engineering and having **** grades. I try so hard but big lecture classes are where i do poorly in. now questioning whether or not engineering is for me and where do i go from here. realized that I hate thermodynamics too and materials science</p>
<p>So it does sound like chemical engineering is out of the question for now. I realized a few things about myself: I like reading books that are intersting to me, i suck at computer programming, I like math when i find it useful/ not vectors, I am pretty decent in chemistry and physics. I like to write papers on topics that I can get into. I love video games and comic books (my vices). and I love to talk about topics I know something about and persuade my idea when I gather my thoughts together</p>
<p>Take a look into economics. You’ll be doing a little bit of arithmetic (not pure math, per se), but everything you do will have a very clear application. You’ll be writing papers on topics that matter <em>NOW</em>, figuring out how to obtain a goal, and persuading people to follow your way of thinking in order to get a better future.</p>
<p>Yeah, you won’t like math – once you get in the upper divs, everything you do will have almost no application and things just get generalized into, guess what, vectors!</p>
<p>I think a little calculus is involved. However, from what I’ve heard (since the most advanced economics I’ve taken is AP Macroecon/Micro) it’s basic calculus.</p>
<p>I thought about doing an Econ minor since I took Micro econ and liked it (even though I didnt get an A). But I do like calculus. Would you suggest something like mathematics as a possible major for me?</p>
I am a math major and I had to chuckle at the idea of vectors being abstract. Vectors are the college-level analog of real numbers. It just so happens that most real-life functions depend on more than a single variable. For example, the temperature in a room is a function of several variables, namely position (x,y,z) and time. </p>
<p>I have yet to take a math class that had no (or few) applications. Everything from abstract algebra to complex analysis to differential geometry has applications. Most undergraduate math stems from a time when mathematicians and physicists were the same people - they were developing the mathematical tools they needed to solve problems in physics.</p>
Well, Intermediate Macroeconomics at my school uses multivariable calculus. And Intermediate Macroeconomics is the very next courses after Intro to Econ.</p>
<p>Are you still at all interested in Chemistry? I wouldn’t say it’s a useless degree – there are tons of opportunities in chemistry, but you won’t be really qualified for the best positions unless you get a higher degree. I think it’s a field where you have to explore and find a niche to really get the most out of it, the most “successful” of my chem friends have found an area that interests them… nanotechnology, biotech, etc and most plan on pharmacy school or going the phd route. </p>
<p>I’m not saying that’s the perfect fit for you… and you didn’t say specifically whether or not you’ve done well in, and liked, chem courses, but it came up several times in your post and it seems like it might fit your interests. Science degrees, in my experience, aren’t “useless” as long as it’s a field you’re passionate about.</p>
<p>I actually was still interested in Chemistry. I noticed something about myself: I love chemistry, but hate chemistry class for some reason. but anyway, I got a C in intro chem (mainly because it was freshman year and didnt really care about that class). If i stayed chem e or went chemistry, id have to take o chem which i heard was horrendously hard, (then again people say about every class so really…) I was also thinking about physics too. I never had physics in high school so my first exposure to it was last semester and I got a C which would have been a B if i had done well on all of the homeworks. but i didnt hate it (hated friction tho for some reason) but anyway, i enjoyed it once i understood what was going on. so thats another route.</p>
<p>Update: can someone tell me what all is invovlved with majoring in Accounting and Math and Physics (not all at the same time, each individual one)</p>