Conflicted about Major Change...

KKmama
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 03:44:50 +0000

The average college student changes majors 3 or more times before graduating.

Nothing is a failure if you learned something from the experience. You learned that you may not be cut out for the STEM career you were considering. Maybe you were considering it for the wrong reasons? Did you engineering activities in high school, or just think that it would lead to a good salaried job? If you enjoy it and want to stick with it because you are really into engineering, then continue to seek help through tutors or study groups. If you were just in it for the money or prestige, then bow out gracefully.Better to get out now than to find out five years from now that you hate it and were stuck in it.

If you are loving this new field of study and think you’d be happier as a journalist, then you are in the right place. Perhaps you can write for an engineering firm or trade magazine and combine your interests. Then you could take some engineering courses, but not be as stressed or unhappy.