<p>I am currently a freshman majoring in nursing. Although I know I would make a good nurse and wanted to work in the ER, I am starting to change my mind. I am not a people person and do not want to talk to people all day. I've been looking into engineering and am interested in Biomedical Engineering, but would probably major in electrical or civil engineering because biomedical engineering is fairly new and not many companies are looking to hire them. The reason I want to switch to engineering is because I love math and there are really no math courses in nursing. Also, I like figuring out how things work and I enjoyed physics in high school. I am debating whether I should change my major or not. If I do switch to engineering, I should transfer schools so that I am closer to home and not paying so much money. Also, I went to the school I am at now because they have such a good nursing program. Should I transfer closer to home in Chicago for sophomore year and study engineering? If I transfer, I will also probably be behind on courses.
Any input would be great!</p>
<p>Once you have the nursing training, you have a lot of choices about jobs.</p>
<p>Nurses work in research (universities, hospital labs, pharmaceutical companies), administration (insurance companies, law firms, disaster agencies), schools (front-line practice, teaching healthcare subjects), healthcare publishing, government, and so on. Some of these jobs offer international exposure. They tend to pay enough for a comfortable life. And you can find places that let you use your strongest talents. Coming from an excellent nursing program will help you get those opportunities. Oh, the places you can go!</p>
<p>It really depends on how convinced you are that nursing is not for you but engineering is. Presumably you have learned about the nursing profession in your first semester in college. Now you need to make sure that you learn about engineering before making the leap.</p>
<p>If you decide to switch to engineering and change universities, you should make sure to take calculus in your second semester at your current university. I advise many undecided engineering majors and transfer students at Illinois Tech and the biggest thing that slows down their academic progress is the lack of mathematics prerequisites. If you can take Calculus in the spring and then use the summer to take Calculus II at a community college or a 4-year college in the Chicago area, you will be able to transfer into an engineering program with little loss of time. If you can also take a physics course then even better but make sure it is calculus-based.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>