<p>In short, I can not decide basically what I want and what I am good at. My whole life I have been good at math and science. I have always wanted to become like an astrounant and stuff like that. </p>
<p>In High School, I became interested in politics and like learning about that stuff. </p>
<p>I am majoring right now in Poly Sci and planning on law school. But I dont think I am good at that type of thinking (creative thinking.) I am eaisly convinced by any argument and i am not good at thinking and formulating my own arguments. I have not done well in a lot of the poly sci classes I have taken, in fact I have a 3.0 average. On other other hand, the math class I took last semester, I got a B+ with not that much effort. I know I am good at math and thus can be good at physics and the such. But I like learning about politics and other liberal arts subjects more. </p>
<p>It seems when I think about majoring in Engineering or physics I think about how fun the high up jobs would be (NASA etc.) but would be uninterested in the low end jobs (factories, etc.) </p>
<p>When I think about politics and law school, there seems to be more jobs I would be interested in (working with IGOs, NGOs, government, etc.) but I am also afraid that these jobs would be inadequate in terms of jobs. In addition, I am worried I can not do well in Law school (I think I am better at math type stuff as mentioned above.)</p>
<p>To say the least, I am complicating my life :) I am a junior and still cant firmly decide. </p>
<p>Thoughts?</p>
<p>Which math class did you get a B+ in with minimal effort? If it's Calculus I, I would hold off on thinking about engineering until taking physics, which requires different skills. Likewise, doing well in physics does not guarantee doing well in engineering classes.</p>
<p>yea it was calculus. But the point is that I think I can learn math and related fields better than I can write and do things that are necessary to law school. I know it gets a lot harder than calculus, but my whole live that is what I have been better at.</p>
<p>Wait... "I am a junior and still cant firmly decide", but you're majoring in Political science? I'm confused how you would consider moving into physics or engineering as a junior.</p>
<p>How much effort do you put into your political science classes? If you didn't put much effort into your math class and did better, is that the only reason you're interested in math/physics/engineering? Because you can do better without trying? Personally, I'd think whatever you had interest in you would try to do well in.</p>
<p>And I think the point you missed from im_blue is that the ability to do well in Calc 1 is really a limited indicator that you are going to be good at physics or engineering. At my school (full of engineers), we take the foundation physics classes while we are taking the foundation math classes (like calculus and DE). I remember a lot more people struggling with the physics classes than the math classes. They then proceeded to struggle more with the higher level physics or engineering classes. </p>
<p>If you aren't cut out for Political science and you either don't enjoy it or just can't manage to wrap your head around it, then a change might be considered. Is that change to engineering? I think that's questionable. There are other math involved fields.</p>
<p>How about looking into a field along engineering and public policy or specializing in how technology influences people's lives?</p>