<p>Hey yo guys. its me again.</p>
<p>so im at the point now that im at a CC and actually enjoying it academically (there no social life here) since I have better teachers. but then we had a physics test (lectricity type stuff) and i thought I would ace it since id been acing everything else in the class and just totally bombed it. but thats not what im asking about. The other day, I had sometime to think to myself, and I realized that I basically dont know what im trying to do Chemical engineering. I havent gotten into it yet since ive basically spent 2 years doing the pre reqs which i hate at a school i utterly loathed. while there, i found that i basically dont hate school, but I dont enjoy it or have a passion for any subject whether it be business, psychology, physics, math, or anything else. so now im just trying to get some guidance as to what i should try as far as another major or what. im basically taking a year off of school now (due to unmentionable reasons)</p>
<p>I initially got into chem e to either do pharmacy or work for the government making weapons (which is still an interest) but i just cant bring myself to feel passionate about the pre reqs or just trying to get through them. that used to be enough for me to get by but now its just not.</p>
<p>all advices or retarded comments are welcome</p>
<p>take some time off and work. it’s not worth paying for college just if you don’t know what you want to do. a few of my friends took breaks from school and are just working 40/hrs a week and just living easy. don’t feel pressured into thinking you need to know what you want to do, you’re young. focus on enjoying yourself. if you went to college right after hs you may just be burnt out academically. 13-15 yrs of schooling is tiring. take time off and just work or travel or do something different. there is too much pressure to go to school immediately and pick a major/career/etc. I knew what I wanted to study so I went to school, but I envy my friends who are just taking time off and enjoying life. I’m having fun at school but it’s a lot of work and too much unnecassary stress. don’t throw money away on an education you don’t want.</p>
<p>Take random classes that you might enjoy. Find something. </p>
<p>Then major in it.</p>
<p>Pretty standard stuff, but people on this forum think they need to have their major picked before they go to college (which is a terrible idea).</p>
<p>i know what you mean. i said i wanted to be a doctor my whole life (my parents brainwashed me into it). then i came to college and i realized, the hell! i don’t want to do this. dammnn parents (especially my judgmental mom)!</p>
<p>so i changed my major to accounting/business, but being pre-med my first year still hurt my GPA because i had to take like bio lab twice, pre-med bio (super hard!), and all this bio/chem crap! now my GPA is going to be like a 2.5-2.7 
ughhh i wish i can start over…i blame the people paying for my college!</p>
<p>and to think my parents are still trying to make me stay with pre-med, they’re like “i’m just so dissapointed in you, you have so much potential…blah blah blah…don’t tell your younger brother this because your going to make him change his mind too, what kind of money are going to make with accounting? blah blah blah”
man ■■■■! don’t you see my GPA! stupidity is NOT bliss!</p>
<p>^^^ What makes your parents think accountants don’t make good money? True, they don’t make six figure salaries but you will not be eating Rauman noodles and saltine crackers the rest of your life. </p>
<p>P.S. My parents said the exact same thing when I told them I wanted to major in graphic design.</p>
<p>@Deker
i love my mom and everything, but she’s JUDGEMENTAL and uneducated, so clueless about the world!..that’s why she thinks accountants don’t make enough money
it’s so annoying.</p>
<p>like if she heard someone say they’re majoring in interior design, and design in general, music, international studies, or gender studies.
she’s thinking what the hell kind of job are you going to get with that degree.
and i’m like, “mom it’s something they LIKE doing, they’re not worried about money”
good lord!!!</p>
<p>my friend wants to be a party/wedding planner, and mom was just so condescending about her idea, like dammnn mom can you not think about paychecks for once!!!</p>
<p>That used to be my mother. I think after my nervous breakdown last year, she’s become more lenient in allowing me to major in what I want. So I’m sticking with English. I might live in a box one day, but I want to enjoy what I do for the time being – reading lots and lots of books, analyzing readings, and writing papers (yes, I do enjoy writing papers). =-)</p>
<p>I have plans to go to graduate school to become a speech therapist as well so I can have a backup plan. My mother seemed happier when I told her that.</p>
<p>I think my problem is that I want to do engineering/economics since those most interest me but its just the engineering pre reqs that I really cant stand (idk how it is at other school, at mine its the engineering core that is just intimidating since I dont do well in large lecture classes)</p>
<p>This may fall into the category of ■■■■■■■■ comments :p. But if it helps…</p>
<p>“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known.” ~Winnie the Pooh</p>
<p>thats a great quote! who would have thought disney could actually have a non brainwashing lesson to learn. lol</p>