Consider this before changing your major

Maybe this is you now, or maybe this will be you in the future, who knows….

The fun of summer has ended and another term is looming dark over our heads. Maybe summer wasn’t so fun for you and you decided to take courses to try and make up for goofing around your freshman year. Maybe (if you are like me) you needed to retake a course so that you could move on. Maybe, you didn’t fair so hot this term (or last, or next term) and are considering changing majors. Well, before you do this, let me offer some words of advice. If you don’t truly love engineering, get the fuck out. This pretty much goes for anything you do in life. If you don’t love what you do, find something to do that you love. Life is too expensive to waste doing shit you hate.

For those of you that are still here, and are saying that you love what you are studying, that getting that engineering degree is your dream, then welcome to my world. If you are in a position where you are wondering if you should give up that dream, DON’T. Make your school force you out. Even then, see if there is a way around them forcing you out. Did you fail physics three times and are facing removal from your engineering program? Find out if there is a community college that you can transfer in to, knock out the physics (or whatever classes you can) and get back into your primary school and get back on track. Not only will you be able to move on, but you will save some cash for classes as well. Are you on the verge of failing out? Fuck a social life, study…study…study. Get tutoring, get a Schaum’s guide, do something so that you can stay in your program.

My point here is, don’t give up on yourself, or your dream. If this is what you truly want, make the sacrifice and GET IT DONE. If you quit, you will always look back and wonder “what if”. And that is a shitty position to be in….