<p>My first year of Electrical Engineering at the University of Cincinnati was a very difficult one, and after completing spring quarter my GPA has now fallen to 1.75 overall. </p>
<p>I failed Calculus III and got a "D" in Physics II. I have the opportunity to retake these classes this summer (starts monday) in order to "grade replace" them. This removes the "F" and "D" I received from these classes from my GPA and the new grades are calculated. </p>
<p>My parents are very angry as they're having to pay for multiple classes twice. I'm also taking a class I dropped this summer at a community college, and I dropped another core engineering class that I will take next spring (it's the only time it's offered). To do this I had to take another class this summer that I would've taken in the spring to free up room.</p>
<p>I'm going to be put on probation, which I'm currently awaiting a reply in terms of what that entails from my academic advisor. I'm wondering if I should considering switching majors. I had a 3.3 GPA while playing sports at a pretty difficult high school. I've struggled mightily with my grades, here's what my 3 quarters has been:</p>
<p>Autumn Quarter
Chem 101 C
Calculus I C-
Intro to Electrical Engineering A
Lab (for above class) A</p>
<p>Winter Quarter
Chem 102 C
Calculus II C-
Calculus II Lab P (P is for pass for a pass/fail class)
Physics 201 C
Physics 201 Lab C
Software Methods I (I ended up dropping this class because I was going to fail, making it up this summer online)</p>
<p>Spring Quarter
Calculus III F
Calculus III Lab P
Physics 202 D
Physics 202 Lab C
Intro to Digital Systems (Dropped, will have to retake in spring)
Co-Op for Engineers A</p>
<p>My dad is saying if I want to switch majors to something like a business major (which he doesn't think to highly of) that I will be going to a community college.</p>
<p>Your problem lies in your screenname “Vegeta”. </p>
<p>Also, it looks like you didn’t understand calc 1 or physics all to well. That makes a weak base for understanding physics 2 and high levels of calc. You must recement your base by going back and trying to understand the base concepts.</p>
<p>It just gets harder in EE. I recommend switching to a non-technical field. If they make you go to a community college, then do so and later convince them to let you transfer to a 4-year college. You’ll end up with no degree with the path you’re on right now and miraculous upswings never happen.</p>
<p>I only took the ACT and got a 25. My parents are saying I have by the end of the weekend to figure out what I’m doing. They say they will pay for the summer classes if I come up with a plan on what I’ll “do different” this time around.</p>
<p>If I “don’t know” or want to switch to an “easier” major they say I will be going to a community college.</p>
<p>If you want to discontinue Electrical Engineering but are still interested in the same industry then I recommend becoming an Electrician, or Engineering technician, or technologist.</p>
<p>You will be working in a similar industry but without most of the high level Maths, physics.</p>
Possibly; for something like this, however, using the word “most” is hard to determine. I know that I love my physics homework, even though some problems may take me more than an hour to solve. I could spend my leisure working out such physics problems.</p>
<p>I’d like to know what do Asian parents, porn, and/or videogames have to do with performing poorly in an academic environment. </p>
<p>Preemptive: Yes, watching porn and/or playing video games excessively may lead to poor academic performance. No, the act of watching porn and/or playing videogames does not lead to poor academic performance.</p>
<p>A 25 ACT score is decent. A ~27 is the lower end of flagship state universities. So I don’t see why you need to downgrade to a community college to do decently. There is definitely something wrong with your habits.</p>
<p>My roommate is a nuclear engineer and he watches porn extensively and he does quite well. In fact, with the new windows 7 dual half window feature, he’s been able to do his online homework and watch porn at the same time.</p>
<p>Like you said, his IQ is below the lower end of flagship state universities. The lower end (like 40% at least) of flagship state universities’ drops out of Engineering and switches into the sort of majors that people don’t capitalize mid-sentence, due to shame.</p>