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Originally Posted by cadre
It seems like 80% of the Engineering majors I know have either switched or dropped out too. I think a lot of people get into it without realizing that it actually is a challenge. Same thing happens with my program (photo) when I was taking lower level classes there'd be 40 people the first couple weeks and it would slowly dwindle down to about 10 when people realized there's work involved.
College is more like real life in that they won't give you something unless you're willing to work for it but at the same time no one is really out to get your grade or job in the same way people will be in the real world.
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Part of it is that by the third year people realize that it probably isn't worth it unless you are gifted. For the schoolwork engineers have to do, the get 1/3 what lawyers and doctors get after they graduate. Business students have salaries all across the board. But I learned that that is where I should have been. But I don't kick myself for the choice I made in college, it all worked out 5 years later.
My advice is to take longer to finish. It may mean you suffer 2 more years, but I wish I hadn't rushed as much as I did (and I took 5 years). The real world will be there whenever you get done. You will be able to focus on a smaller number classes and do better at them. As well as having time for other stuff.
Then make sure you take some road trips, make some friends, and go to at least two parties a month.
(Do you like the college you are at? I know people that switched after their first year back to the state college where they knew a bunch of people from high school and had lots of friends instantly)