<p>if you want to survive engineering, you gotta have the heart and determination to take bumps. you have to be strong willed and unwavering in your commitment.</p>
<p>bump…</p>
<p>I can’t answer if it is hard enough or if you can survive but what I can tell you to do is stick with it. </p>
<p>***Warning if you can’t deal with math turn around now. Everything minus chemistry deals with calculus, minus kinetics</p>
<p>**** If you hate physics welcome to my world. I HATED PHYSICS more than anything and I’ve ace both classes and have one more to take. </p>
<p>Overall be ready to work at it. To me, I love science and math classes and hate engineering classes but we all have our own demons. Buckle up, the next four years of your life will suck!</p>
<p>To me it seems like she would be fit for the following three majors. </p>
<p>Math: If she is very picky in details and a hard worker at math then she will probably like math. Once you get to higher math classes in college a lot of it becomes theory and logic which is the stuff that I like. They may require her to take physics or chemistry or allow her to choose several tracks in math. (They do this at Ohio State)</p>
<p>Biology: Anything in biological case since will entertain her. If she likes working things down to itty bitty then this may be perfect. She seems like someone who wouldn’t like gen chem but would love organic. In college I got a C, C+ and A- in general chemistry then a solid A in organic because I love memorizing things to the detail. Stick with it! </p>
<p>Biomedical Engineering: She seems like she like to pay attention to details. The major I am in requires a lot of it. Logic and Math skills are of essence so this probably would be a good choice. </p>
<p>*** My recommendation would be for her to take AP Chem, AP Physics, AB Calculus and a few classes at a community college. This would maximize the amount of college credit she can start off with in college. Good classes to take at a community college would be social science classes. I don’t know what state your in but in ohio, the state pays for it. Also make sure she has a maximum amount of exposure to topics this way she can avoid the freshmen struggle I went through.</p>
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<p>And back to the main question, “can you do it?” It’s really up to you really. Physics might be really really hard for some people but when they get into engineering, they say that it’s a lot easier than physics. You might find abstract concepts a lot harder than details (which is great for engineering). I personally like abstract and “out there” concepts more than just memorizing the details. Same goes for math, calc 1, 3 and linear algebra is pretty conceptual but calc 2 and differential equations are very detailed (used a lot for engineering). I can tell that you will do well in math if you work hard at it though. So not to worry about that.</p>
<p>My friend got a 2.5 GPA in highschool and he isn’t really good at math but he worked very hard in his first 2 years of college and earned a 3.7 GPA as an EE major. So it’s too early to tell right now for you, you will have to see it for your self. If your semester doesn’t go well, you can always change your college career. There is really no reason to rush it.</p>