Switch Out of Engineering?

Toomanymiles
Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:13:02 +0000

So, I’m sure everybody majoring in engineering goes through this but I need some advice. Chemical Engineer with a concentration in biomolecular at Notre Dame- really hate it but I’m in my sophomore year which is apparently supposed to suck. So, I’m struggling through the curriculum and I’m fighting just to stay above a 3.0 and everyone’s telling me that it gets better and my advisor keeps telling me to stick with it and that my GPA will improve. Well here’s my problem: I don’t know if I will ever like this. I know I can get through it, but I don’t see the point if it makes me miserable. I picked this because I liked the idea of working for a biomed or pharmaceutical company. I’d love to write for a scientific magazine. I don’t know- is that a valid reason to go through this. I like writing and English and despite this unedited post I am a very good writer.I also absolutely love philosophy and I take the electives whenever I can. Each lit and philosophy class is an easy A for me and it doesn’t even feel like work. So to be honest that’s what I love but I don’t really see any career prospects for those. I am genuinely interested in chem and bio, I helped with some research and really liked it, and I like the career prospects but I don’t know if I’m cut out for this and I don’t want to pursue this if I in the end will be so passionless and unhappy. Weed out courses make me livid-its like they are knowingly just wasting two years of my life. Also I could switch to business. I’d hate that too, but it’d probably be easier.
Anyone with life experience gonna give me a hand??? Please?