TOTALLY screwed... Need some advice...

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<p>I have quite literally backed myself into a corner. And it's all my fault.</p>

<p>I should mention that I applied for transfer to Texas Tech under the major of statistics for my undergrad. It's what I wanted to do earlier this year like around January to March. And I got a $10,000/yr scholarship to help pay for their estimated COA of $26,000. For those that know me, I know I said engineering because I changed it last month because I got absolutely pissed about something that happened to me a few weeks ago. But if I switch to engineering as my major for this coming fall, I will lose about $3,000 of my scholarship money at TTU.</p>

<p>In my rage, I applied to a nearby university, we'll call it university A that does offer mechanical engineering, but in regards to: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1662662-i-m-failing-a-class-i-m-auditing.html#latest"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-life/1662662-i-m-failing-a-class-i-m-auditing.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I audited an actual engineering class (during the summer) and I realized that I'm struggling to grasp some of the engineering concepts because of poor preparation on my previous engineering instructor and poor time management on my part also.</p>

<p>I was trying to get into summer 2 for university A and the first class that I registered for is tonight. I have until July 10th to drop this class without creating an academic record. The problem I'm running into is I'm still unsure if I'm even cut out for engineering. The topics weren't hard, but the summer class was like a drink from a fire hose. I've never been a bad student, but everyone else was floating while I felt like I was sinking. And I went the entire course. So what's the real problem? If I stay enrolled in the summer 2 class past the 10th, I forfeit the scholarship at TTU.</p>

<p>I've stressed about this all 4th of July weekend and I just can't bring myself to make a decision because I'm in fear that I'm going to heavily regret my decision once I do. Any advice?</p>

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<p>Hey man… </p>

<p>Engineering is obviously tough. No one has it easy. As far as I know… you are a freshman. You haven’t taken any college courses yet and you just jumped straight into a college Engineering class. Of course it will feel like you are drowning.</p>

<p>I felt the same way when I took AP English my junior year alongside 3 other AP classes. I thought I would die. I was scared about the future.</p>

<p>You need to drop this class, go to TTU with your scholarship, enter the college alongside your peers and adapt normally as they would. </p>

<p>Engineering is NOT beyond you. You can do anything you set your mind to. Engineering is a great field to go into, and you obviously know that, so keep pursuing it, man. You can do it. </p>