<p>Originally I had intended to go for a business minor because I thought it would be very useful and interesting, and since I had learned that some of the business courses could also be used to cover some of my core required elective classes, I figured why not and decided to use this summer to try some business classes. I went for an accounting and an economics class, and unfortunately to my surprise, I utterly bombed both classes (let's just say that I basically just passed). I actually tried hard in both classes and perhaps I struggled partly because I took them in the summer which was more intense. To me, accounting was boring and had no freedom and zero creativity and economics was okay, but I felt both classes had way to much memorization and was way too theoretical. The class was also basically based off 2-3 tests which crammed a ton of material in. I still feel like I learned a ton, but probably won't continue down studying business.There was also surprisingly a lot of reading, which isn't my forte, as a very math-focused person. </p>
<p>Luckily these classes covered some future core electives, which means that I now have two extra free electives to have fun with. At this point, I'm wondering should I be concerned since I heard a lot of people say business is supposedly easier than engineering? and would having extraordinary low business grades hurt if I do better in my future engineering classes? </p>
<p>Those classes are going to be a different style like you’re used to. Doesn’t really surprise me. You get used to studying one way and having to only deal with certain things, something new could be difficult.</p>
<p>However, I feel like you’re also making a lot of excuses for not doing well. I wouldn’t do that. I guarantee you if you tried harder you would have done better, and I know you know that too. </p>
<p>Getting bad grades is never good but it’s not going to hurt you. You’re fine. A minor is not very useful, colleges promote them to make you take more classes.</p>
<p>You might be an individual who finds Engineering, Science and Mathematics easier than Business. It all depends on your way of thinking. That is why it is always a dicey thing to say that one major is “harder” than another.</p>
<p>Some classes are tough in compressed summer session because there is not enough time to build upon the concepts. Good luck! </p>
<p>Perhaps you’ve stumbled on the unspoken truth that a business degree is significantly harder than engineering…</p>
<p>Accounting is a little tricky, economics is much better subject. But I found engineering much more straight forward and accounting was more tricky. Maybe when I took it I was living in America, speaking English for 2 years. </p>
<p>Yeah thanks to everyone who replied. What really concerns me now though is that since I did terrible in those classes, my GPA was hit pretty hard, especially since I actually just finished only my freshman year which means I don’t have a lot of credits to balance out my low business grades. I’m concerned at how it will look especially for internships since I had mostly a mix of A’s and B’s in my first year, and then to have sudden D’s for the summer. Can this potentially be a problem?</p>
<p>Many schools allow you one retake of courses where you earned a C- or lower (check policy). It will not make the D on your transcript disappear, but it will replace the D in the school’s GPA calculation (might avg it, depending on school).</p>
<p>D is the grade that most schools will allow you to replace in GPA calculation, but check the school catalogue.</p>
<p>I have seen resumes that include “GPA in major” , to prove their good showing in engineering courses. </p>
<p>Yea, I actually looked into retaking the classes and found out that you can do it, but truthfully I really disliked the classes and considering I honestly found them difficult, I think that even if I were to try to retake them, while my grade would probably improve, I don’t think it will go up a significant amount, especially since I feel that I would lose motivation trying to relearn all the material again. I feel like I would much rather take a different class that I might actually enjoy and do better in. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>You know what was hard for me “Speech”. I would have taken 2 more Engineering classes if i could have.<br>
My engineering economics class was brutal though. </p>