Hi all! I apologize in advance for huge amount of text. A little bit of background, I took over 50 hours of dual enrollment courses while I was still in high school, and I spent my last two years of high school essentially early enrolled at the local college due to the fact that I took so many high school courses online during the summers before that. I’m very self-motivated (my parents were not at all involved in my choice to take extra classes), and I maintained As in all of my classes. During that entire time, I was planning to major in biological sciences and eventually go to medical school.
However, in my senior year, I started having a breakdown of sorts. While I pulled an A out of General Chem I, I wasn’t putting in the work next semester and barely made it out of Chem II with a passing grade. One more semester of that and I decided that I hated science, and I made the choice to switch majors to my other biggest interest, English. Ultimately, I was only six courses (Calc 1 + 2, Organic Chem 1 + 2, Principles of Bio 2, Physics 2) from my AA.
I am 100% sure that my grades slipped because I stopped trying as hard during that semester due to a number of very big events that were occurring at that time.
I am now just about to begin my second semester at a community college since I graduated high school. I have all the required credits for an AA in English, but due to a technicality (I missed the deadline to take a test required for graduation), I am stuck at this college for an extra semester. I have to continue taking classes or I risk losing a scholarship that I desperately need when I switch to a larger university in the fall semester. I started reflecting on my major and the path my life is taking due to this.
Now here is the main problem: after a lot of thought, I really regret changing majors, and when I attend a larger university, my fate is basically sealed. Financially, I have to choose what path I want to take now. But after a year of no science and math courses, I’m really not sure if I should take a chance and try again. I love English, and it is something that comes easily and naturally to me. I also love science, and while it is a lot more work, I spent my entire life imagining myself in the medical field. I absolutely love biology, anatomy, and I even love some aspects of chemistry. Most importantly, I feel that I am in a place in my life now where I would put in the extra effort and really succeed, whereas during my senior year I was deeply depressed and dealing with a lot of unfortunate circumstances.
Should I switch back to my original major, or am I not cut out for medical school?