Looking for some advice...

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<p>I know this board is not meant for ranting/complaining and I apologize for doing this but I feel like it is worth a shot and I would be really happy if I could get any useful insight/ helpful answers.</p>

<p>I attend Lehigh University and am a sophomore with around 80 credits. I left the bioengineering department for the department of biological sciences around freshman year and have since then completed/ will complete all of my core requirements (biological science core + university core), all of my collateral science courses (Math, Physics, Organic and Gen Chem), and even some advanced biology courses. I have a 3.82 GPA as of last semester and I am leaning towards a 4.0 this semester if I do not mess up on my finals. Additionally, I will be starting research this Summer in the field of molecular genetics. </p>

<p>The problem?
I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T STAND THIS F***ING MAJOR!!! I have yet to have ONE decent bio professor that actually pushes us to really understand our topics. I used to sit in class every single day and listen to these people read to us what is already written on their lecture slide without any further analysis or relation to other topics we have discussed. At least that is how it was until halfway through the semester when I stopped going to classes altogether and would just read the slides on my own the night before. Our tests are based entirely on memorization and regurgitation. This includes my upper level bio classes which are really just "advanced memorization" courses. This past year has been so intellectually unfulfilling and bankrupt that I find myself doing more outside reading/studying than I do for my own classes. </p>

<p>I feel at this point I have two options:
1. Suck it up. I only have a year left to complete my major requirements (6-7 courses I believe?) and I could graduate early and never look back.
2. Switch, and stick around for 2 years. The only problem is I have no idea what I actually want and my time is starting to get more and more limited.</p>

<p>Ugh. This realization kind of crept up on me at the start of this semester and I should have done something about it before. But the problem is, as stated above, I have no clue what I want anyway and I don't want to make a hasty decision that I will be just as unhappy with. Anyway, any advice or comments is appreciated. I apologize for being so whiny but it is almost 1 AM on a Saturday and I needed to vent in between studying.</p>

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<p>Uh oh. Lehigh was one of my schools and biology is my current choice of study…<em>crosses off list</em> well, at least you helped me narrow my final college list :p. </p>

<p>I don’t think I know enough to help ya though :(. At least you did really well in the classes that you have already taken. That should make things easier to move around, whether it is to another major or elsewhere. If you don’t mind me asking, what were you planning on doing with a biology degree? Hope it all works out for the best!</p>

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<p>One year and graduate. And you want to leave?</p>

<p>With such a swell GPA, your chances at getting in to a competitive graduate school seem high, if that’s in your itinerary.</p>

<p>If not, well i don’t have much more advice for you.</p>

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<p>My plans for a while were to go to graduate school. If I enjoy doing research this summer I might still shoot for it but it is doubtful at this point since I don’t think I would have the passion for it. I also do not intend on leaving without a degree, if that is what you think I meant. </p>

<p>1 Sky Pilot: don’t let this post be a determining factor (I am pretty sure you were joking, but just in case). You may find that you fit in really well with the bio department and enjoy the courses. I am personally just really unsatisfied with the style of learning it requires and I direct these feelings toward the methodology of studying the discipline as a whole at the undergraduate level. I feel like I am looking for something more challenging or something that employs more problem-solving skills. However whatever that is I do not know…</p>