<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>I am currently a final year engineering student of Industrial Engineering set to graduate this upcoming May.</p>
<p>I am having strong doubts about my major. Realistically, I have throughout my entire undergraduate career. I am looking for some insight on what I can do, as I am quite lost at this time. </p>
<p>So, here's a bit of background. When I first entered university I was a Computer Engineering major. I chose the major because I enjoyed tinkering with computers and everyone else seemed to think that I was a computer genius for some reason. I didn't truly understand what being a Computer Engineer meant, and within a year I switched my major to Industrial Engineering.
When switching to Industrial Engineering I had a slightly better idea in regards to what the major would entail. But, I didn't stick with it. I switched after one semester, partially due to the stigma attached to being 'part business major'.
At this point I became a Computer Science major. I really loved Computer Science. I really enjoyed sitting down and coding for hours on end. It didn't feel like work, really. In the end, though, I ended up disliking the non-programming courses such as Algorithms and Automata. I decided that I would be better off teaching myself programming and leaving the program to avoid the Algorithms courses.
I switched back to Industrial Engineering, believing that I had only switched because others were teasing me about it. Now, I am beginning to regret that decision.</p>
<p>Throughout these years in school, I also took a number of unrelated courses for electives as well as simply for fun. I can say that my favorite courses throughout college were Intro to Psychology, History of Western Philosophy, Short Play Screenwriting as well as Portrait of Japan. It was in these classes that I truly flourished. While I am a C student in Engineering, I am at the top of the class in these courses. </p>
<p>It is also worth noting that throughout high school I excelled in courses that involved writing, particularly creative writing. I was consistently encouraged by my teachers to enter a field which utilized my writing as I was, at the time, the best that there was at the school.</p>
<p>It is at this point that I'm starting to feel those urges from the past in my stomach. I had always believed throughout college that one day I would wake up and feel the motivation to do engineering related work, though I'm finding that this is not the case... At all.</p>
<p>With my past of making mistakes when switching majors, I am truly terrified to consider yet another switch. Though I can say for certain that I will not be happy working in a field related to my major, I'm not completely sure what my other options are at this stage in the game. </p>
<p>If anyone has been through a similar situation (and I'm quite certain that many people have), I would love to hear how you handled it.</p>