Don't know what I want to major in/do?

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<p>I've gotten to the point where I really don't know what I want to major in or do? Any insights or opinions in what I should major in would be appreciated. I'm currently an engineering student at a good engineering school and my GPA is 4.0. I enjoy the math and basically the challenge of the degree, but don't think it is what really fits my interests.</p>

<p>I am not particularly interested in designing things. I don't hate it, but I just don't know if I really enjoy "engineering" things. If I were to stay in engineering at this point I would probably do Civil, Industrial, or CS as Civil/CS seems to allow for the opportunity to try to start your own firm/join a tech start up ,which I'd enjoy the challenge and is mixture of entrepreneurship and engineering, whereas Industrial really isn't "engineering" at all, in the true sense of the word.</p>

<p>I am interested in the financial markets and am considering a switch to finance as a major. I really keep thinking doing S&T (Sales and Trading) at a bank would fit my interests. However, I've heard that engineering is a much better degree and many financial institutions prefer engineering degrees as it shows more quantitative ability.</p>

<p>This post rambles, but if anyone has any thoughts to help me out it would be cool. Thanks.</p>

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<p>What year are you? What program are you in now? Have you taken any major classes?
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<p>I switched from EE to IE in basically my 2nd semester. I was doing well in Physics E&M but hated ever minute of it, which was a big red flag for EE, and in one of my intro engineering classes we had a guy come speak that was in the MSIE program. Everything he said he was doing sounded a lot more natural to me…stuff I could see myself doing. So I went home and watched every video I could find on IE, looked of the future courses of both EE and IE and saw that I had no interest learning any of the future coursework in EE and a lot of interest in IE. Looking at the future coursework really helped because you have to enjoy, or at least be somewhat interested in, what you will be doing the next few years or you will burn out quick.</p>