<p>OP-- get yourself over the counseling center NOW. Do not wait another minute.</p>
<p>You need three things:
1- a plan for finishing out the semester by passing all your courses.
2- a plan for moving forward in a discipline you like better than the one you are in
3- a communications plan and a practical “here’s what I’m doing” checklist for your parents.</p>
<p>If your academic advisor wasn’t helpful, go get an appointment with a Dean of Students or the Dean of Undergraduate advising. NOW.</p>
<p>You need to salvage the current semester before you get ahead of yourself and start fantasizing about starting over, taking two extra years to graduate, etc. Since you’re proving to yourself your Grade A skill at procrastinating (remove the word “all-nighter” from your vocabulary going forward), don’t let your new fantasy of ditching your major and starting fresh with one you love distract you from reality… you have to pass your courses this semester. </p>
<p>I promise you… you will have a much better dialogue with your parents when you’ve got a completed semester behind you (regardless of your grades- passing is passing, and the credits count towards graduation) than if you have to try and come up with a plan after having failed. Offense, not defense, right???</p>