<p>I'm a mechanical engineering major at my university and I made a D in 2 core classes and 1 other class this semester (Chemistry 1, Physics 1, and Engineering Economy). I thought i failed these classes during the semester so i decided to switch to my major to Accounting in November thinking it would be easier than engineering and still have a high salary (I know it's not a good thing to choose a major based on salary but i took accounting in high school and it at least semi interested me). I am pretty sure i did this bad in those 3 classes because i really didn't study at all and just copied all the answers to the homework. I really think i am still interested in engineering so should i immediately switch back to engineering this semester or should i try accounting for a semester to see if i like it?</p>
<p>Can you take engineering and accounting courses this next semester? That could let you test the waters for both.</p>
<p>I hope you have learned after this what you need to do to succeed. Homeworks are to help learn the material, so by cheating on these you will definitely not learn and increase the chances you won’t succeed. Not studying is just an unintelligent move on your part, too. Avoid these sorts of decisions in the future if you want to do well. This isn’t high school; things are sometimes actually difficult in college.</p>
<p>If you truly had an interest in engineering you wouldn’t have just copied the homework problems. You would have wanted to learn the material.</p>
<p>Go into accounting. It would bore me to tears but it is probably safer than engineering school if all you are doing is choosing a career based on how much money you’ll make.</p>
<p>If you really do like engineering, you’ll figure out what you have to do to stay in it. (I think you already know!!)</p>
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<p>LOL! This is supposed to be your profession. You or your parents actually paid cash money to be educated. </p>
<p>I remember being 18, I just can’t remember being this dumb.</p>
<p>Hey, lots of 18 year olds do dumb things. Not all of them admit to their mistakes and work toward resolution like OP is doing. </p>
<p>Accounting may be the better path here. What does the advisor advise?</p>
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Hardly. Under pressure in difficult classes, it’s not that inconceivable that you might give into the temptation to cheat, even in material you have some interest in. Being interested in engineering does not always mean that you are ready to commit yourself to any workload thrown at you.</p>
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Not really very nice to be judgmental when someone comes and asks for help. </p>
<p>I suggest you go back and fix your mistakes next semester. Retake the classes you failed and move on. You’ll certainly have to take a summer class or two to stay on track, but that’s not the worst thing that could happen given the situation. Life goes on, and it’s an important lesson to learn.</p>
<p>In my experience, it’s always best to grind through the homework yourself and understand everything in it. This does help prepare you for the exams.</p>