<p>I'm a freshman and I study soooo hard and like 10x harder than what I did in high school. I was an "A" student in high school but now my first quarter of my freshman year I think I am going to get a 2.0 or under in both my Calc II class and Chem I class. In two midterms I did poorly on my first midterm in chem and okay in my math midterm and then for my second midterms I got the complete opposite (okay in chem bad in math). I just can't handle the workload of the two classes in the quarter. Now I'm just sitting here.. basically in shock. I worked very hard and I don't think I can do much more to get myself up. </p>
<p>Well Econ requires a bit more math if I’m not mistaken (and I very well could be). And I think a lot of schools require that their students take SOME sort of basic science, including chemistry.</p>
<p>You might want to evaluate how you study. You shouldn’t be getting a C or worse in a low-level Chem class unless you’re either stupid (in which case how did you get in to that college? ;)) or you’re studying the wrong way.</p>
<p>Engineering is a very difficult major. However, if that is your passion (it is mine) then you should stick with it. </p>
<p>The first thing you need to do is to figure out how you best and most efficiently study. I had to stay on top of all my homework and studies. I could let things slide a bit in high school, but not in college.</p>
<p>I also found that one does not get thru engineering school by one’s self. You need to belong to a study group. I ended up finding a group of similar minded students and we would all sign up for the same set of classes (more or less) and work as a group. The professors actually encouraged us to work as groups as most felt one learned a lot from one’s peers. </p>
<p>You’ll find the same thing in industry as one hardly ever works totally by one’s self. It is usually a group effort to solve a problem, each contributing with their speciality. And when you get stuck, you find another engineer to bounce your problem against.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>PS. My son is in engineering school right now. He has a T shirt that says “the limit of engineering as GPA approaches zero equals business school” although it is in equation form. I’ve asked him to get me one next time he sees one in my size.</p>
<p>Engineering is a lot of work. The workload is sometimes out of control, but you should be able to balance taking multiple math and science classes at the same time. </p>
<p>Some of my classmates dropped out of engineering and went to business since marketing and accounting are easier majors.</p>
<p>Read “Economics In One Lesson,” by Hazlitt. It’s a short read, and gives you a basic grounding in how to “think like an economist.” If it tickles your fancy, consider going into econ. If it doesn’t sound like your cup of tea, don’t go into econ. (and please no trashing the book because it was written by a libertarian economist, even Brad Delong says it is a good book and a good intro to econ)</p>
<p>@Cabhax those are hard (I’m looking at IS or SCM actually) but I still think engineering is harder. Actuarial science is probably the most on par, though… ****'s crazy.</p>