Well, like I said, I plan to drop biology for neurobiological sciences, which is a less common major and probably isn’t as flooded. I won’t have any decent opportunities without medical school (maybe psychology but that’s flooded too), and I’m completely willing to put in the work to deal with all the premed harshness. I know that if I have nothing to do, I can always become a teacher. It could be a placeholder of a job while I decide what I truly love. My mom switched careers and went back to school in her mid-life, so I’m completely okay with doing the same. I’m not entirely worried about expected income, so it’s not a big deal.
Computer engineering is somewhat of the same deal. I will have to go on to graduate school to get anywhere in life, from what I can tell, so I don’t see why going on that track would be any smarter. If I’m three years in and realize “this is too hard” or “I can’t spend all these hours per day with computers,” then I’m in just as bad of a situation. I’ll probably be a teacher. I’m not interested in repairing computers for people or working retail for my entire life. I could always do a startup, but it’s not particularly common to become successful with those, and it’d still be best for me to have a stable job on the side: teaching.
Thus, their undecided value to me is about equal. I’m looking at these both from a worst-case-scenario perspective because I’m not interested in their best-case outcomes. They’re both viable options.
I’m thinking of starting off my summer & first two semesters (you’re required to have at least one semester in the summer, so I’m doing it early) in premed with biology. I set up the scheduling, which may be inaccurate since I didn’t do this at orientation or anything, and, with my APs, I can technically handle both majors’ course loads at first (especially since you can’t declare computer engineering until your fifth semester). I won’t have an excessive amount of classes either (four and a lab, then five and a lab), and their classes overlap a bit at first - besides electives, which would be the bane of my existence if I dual majored in the two.
I don’t think I can go in and say “hey, I know I was admitted to the college of arts and sciences, but I want to be put into the theoretically more selective school of engineering” without taking at least some classes first. I’m stuck with biology for now, then, unless I can switch into computer science. Although I really don’t want to lose biology and becoming a doctor as an option since my entire childhood has led me to believe that that was my “destiny.” If I can’t do it then… well… I can’t do it.
I understand what you’re saying about minors and random classes too, but can I go onto graduate school with a computer engineering minor if I realize that it’s best for me?