<p>Currently I'm a biology major and a sophomore but I'm kind of interested in doing engineering. I used to be at a top 25 university for chemical engineering and top 15 for mechanical engineering but I wasn't interested in engineering then, but I could go back there. I wasn't interested in math or engineering at all until I took calculus 1 last spring and enjoyed it. I've also taken calculus 2 and I got an A in it. I found it to be fairly easy but I had to study a lot of course. However, I'm not sure if I'm smart enough to do well in engineering, especially at such a high ranked school. I only got 650 on the math portion of the SAT for example. (Although my sister who's probably not any smarter than me got a 750 on math because she studied A LOT for it, I barely studied at all. Also I didn't care about math back then). I took chemistry 1 last semester and got an A in it, and I'm interested in the physics side of chemistry although I realize general chemistry is much easier than the real thing. I also think that chemical plants are interesting. I'm also interested in mechanical engineering because I like to see the factory machines on How its Made on the Discovery Channel and I'm interested in designing them. However, I also like biology and drugs(how they work not using them) a lot and I'm interested in possibly becoming a pharmacist. However I'm afraid that if I tried to do engineering and did poorly in it and had to quit, my gpa would take a huge hit and I wouldn't be able to get into pharmacy school and I'd have to major in accounting or finance to get a job, and I'm not that interested in business. I'm not taking any math or physics classes this semester (although I wish I was). How do I figure out what the right thing to do is?</p>
<p>You should try taking at least intro to chemical engineering and intro to mechanical engineering courses. That'll give you a taste of what engineering's about (generally the intro courses aren't weeders), and if you don't like it then you just filled up some of your free elective requirements.</p>
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<p>I agree with Racin. Mechanical and Chemical can both lead to drugs in biotech. If you want to design the equipment, at least the real fancy equipment, go with mechanical. From there you'll have to decide if you want to design diagnosis and delivery equipment (used in hospitals or at home) or manufacturing equipment (used at factories). If you want to design factory equipment understanding controls and automation will be very useful. Pharmaceutical manufacturing equipment can get pretty sophisticated and high-tech.</p>