<p>I will be starting my third year as a chemistry major in fall.
I've always wanted to do chemical engineering, but after taking calc one, two and three, I can totally feel my limit in math.
It's not that I don't understand calculus. I totally understand the concepts, but always end up making stupid mistakes during the exam and end up getting B- or C+.
I really want to do engineering because I really like the fact that you can build,invent things out of very simple things, and also because of job opportunities there are for engineers.
I picked chemical engineering out of all because I had a strong interest in chemistry ever since I was in high school.
But now, I'm stuck. I can't even change my major to chem engineering because my university requires high math gpa for chem engineers.
I'm thinking maybe I should change my major to materials or industry because I really want to do engineering and my university doesn't require high gpa for them. But I don't know if I'm thinking the right way because of my weakness in math.
I've always done my best in calc classes but the result was terrible.
I've also considered different majors but I couldn't find anything as interesting as engineering.so.. what should I do?</p>
<p>Hi, let me apologize in advance for my lack of a complete answer. I don’t know enough about your exact situation or the given programs to give you the best answer you can get, but I have a piece of advice to offer you.</p>
<p>Regardless of what anyone is going to tell you, if you have a passion for something you should not let anything stand in the way of pursuing that. If there are other math courses that you can take to bring up your math GPA, take them. Take them and study so often that your friends can’t remember the last time they saw you. Practice everything you need to know so much that you never get problems concerning them wrong. Get an A and bring up your GPA so that you can be accepted into the engineering program.</p>
<p>Now if more math courses is not possible for you, then you should perhaps consider one of the other majors you referred to if they are similar enough to engineering. CRUSH the courses in that major and make them regret not taking you for engineering. Then maybe you can switch to engineering after doing really well in one of the other majors.</p>
<p>You didn’t mention how much time you actually spend studying for classes that you have trouble in. That would be a useful piece of information to know. The people that do really well in a math class do so because they spend a ridiculous amount of time making sure that when that exam comes around, they aren’t going to miss a damn thing on it.</p>