Hey everyone,
First: sorry this is so long, my hopes is someone will actually read it and respond, haha. But I get it if you skip after seeing the wall of text, ain’t no body got time for that 
So, about 6 months ago I was in a physics course and doing poorly, so I was withdrew and was planning to switch to a CS major (as I was convinced a Physics based major wasn’t for me). After discussing things with a counselor and another physics professor, I realized my problem with physics wasn’t me. It was my professor.
Initially after realizing this I decided that I wanted to stick with CS. However, a spot opened up in one of the most rigorous (yet arguably best) Professor’s at my college for Physics. I decided that I wanted to prove to myself that I could pass this course with a difficult Professor with proper instruction, so I enrolled in his class.
Presently, I have an ‘A’ in his course. But, through this semester, I realized that while I can understand Physics and do well in it, I’m not interested in the problem solving aspects of it. The class seems very meticulous, frustrating, and boring. I tried to determine whether it was the METHOD of solving, or the PROBLEMS I’m solving that I’m uninterested in, and after much thought it’s a mixture of the two. While I am fascinated in the concepts of physics and how the world operates, solving it doesn’t seem to be my cup of tea, despite doing well.
I am also enrolled in Calculus 2 this semester with an ‘A’. So far I’ve found the course to be actually really easy, except, ironically, for some of the applied sections (namely in physical science) and polar equations (but I spent less time studying this area, and half-assed the homework). Yet, looking back, I really don’t enjoy this class either. So I’m beginning to think that it’s likely physical applications that I’m just not that interested in. In fact, I enjoy the theory more, and I also enjoyed learning to tackle the more complicated integrals. Even in Calculus 1, I liked learning the theory more than the applications, where this seems to be the opposite of the majority of people in my classes.
In fact, as far as I can remember, I enjoyed more algorithm type problem solving. When I took trig, we had a ‘proof’ section which ended up being my favorite part of trig, while everyone else hated it, and this seems reminiscent of a couple sections on differential equations in my course where we are solely verifying something is a differential. They’re fun to me because they’re like a puzzle. You have the answer, but you need to make manipulations to get it to work out.
The reason I am sorting through all this is so I can briefly explain what I do enjoy vs. what I don’t. Would CS fall into the type of problem solving that I enjoy? If not, does anyone have suggestions on a field?
I just don’t want to remain stuck in limbo trying to figure out what to do while digging myself into debt. I’ve tried talking to counselors about it, and basically they think I should just stay with engineering because I’m doing well in the pre-req classes, but I’m not enjoying them – so I didn’t find their advice helpful. I didn’t return to school to pursue something I don’t enjoy.
Sorry this is so dang long (again). 