ADVICE on Major Change- Business or Engineering (Big Difference)?

hisllama
Fri, 11 Aug 2017 01:44:42 +0000

I would suggest you think about your high-level post-college and during-college goals. Is your goal to graduate in 4 years? To have a high paying job after graduation? Graduate with your sanity intact? Minimize college debt? Get a prestigious degree? So don’t think in terms of my goal is to work as a _______ at ______ company after I graduate. Think more in terms of I want to work 9-5 in an office once I graduate that pays decently well. Once you have that, figure out what decisions you need to make to accomplish that goal. I know it sounds like a lot, but facing the scary decisions of what you want to be when you grow up are part of the college experience. You’re basically now grown up.

As for engineering, I’m not going to lie. Its hard. It’ll require a lot of calculus and a lot of science classes that have to be done in a series where one is a pre-req for the next. So you’re going to have to pass the class in order to be able to take the next one, with no wiggle room. I love what I do as an engineer, but it might be different for you. If you withdrew from Calculus because of the material or the class itself, you are going to be in for a rough ride if you want to do engineering as a major.
I’d suggest you talk to the college of engineering at your current school to see if they have an intro to engineering course you could take. They are generally designed for freshman or people who want to get into engineering to see if ChemE or engineering is even something you want to do.

It also doesn’t sound like you are tied down to the accounting major, so give the other business majors a chance if that is what your advisor is recommending you do.

And, lying to your parents is a horrible idea from which literally no good can come of it. Especially if they are paying for you to be in school, they deserve to be told the truth. This doesn’t mean you have to do exactly what they say, it is you who is going to be doing the studying after all. But don’t lie to them.