Changing Majors. What to?

[porsche4life]

So I am currently a Pre-Pharm Major and I have been around a Pharmacy and think I would enjoy that but I am not enjoying chemistry and there are 3 more of those required before I can even apply for pharmacy school. Then there are more chem classes if I make it into a very very competitive program.


So do I ride it out and hope I didn't waste 2yrs of schooling/scholarships or do I change majors?

I am really enjoying my general psych class too. Maybe go to something in that field? Of course there is also my love of mechanincal stuff. I would love to find some way to make a stable solid living playing with German cars. So what do you guys suggest? I am open to all serious suggestions. I would really like to find something I can learn here at SWOSU just because it is where all my scholarships are at.



Oh also I hate dealing with people and I am an Eagle scout.

[BRPORSCHE]

Geology. I know whose hiring.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

You'd leave pharmacy to go into psychology?

Chemistry classes aren't made to be enjoyed. If you REALLY hate the material and don't do well with the classes, that's one thing. If you're just wondering why you're taking all those "hard" classes when everyone else is taking "easy" ones, I'd say suck it up and continue.

Even if you're really not doing well with the chemistry and are feeling that it's really not something you're cut out for, I'd avoid going into psychology - IMHO it's a totally quack pseudo-science that's going to be pretty much worthless in the real world. OTOH, pharmacy will make you more $$$ than you'll know what to do with (unless of course healthcare gets nationalized, but that's another discussion I suppose...)

If you like to tinker and/or design/build stuff have you considered an industrial design program or perhaps something in engineering (particularly mechanical)?

[porsche4life]

But rocks are so boring Tom and will they still be in 4-6yrs?

[vash]

never chicken out from a class or topic...ever.

i did, and i was not very happy about it. for me, it was math in general. turns out, that with dedication, you can learn ANYTHING! i made it to the top class in engineering, and now i have a very good job.

[porsche4life]

Jeff I don't think I would actually go into Psych. It was just a thought. My problem with chem is that I really dont enjoy it that much and its not that hard now but it gets progressively worse over the next 6yrs.

[nostatic]

Chemistry isn't for everyone...

[RedBaron]

If you are good at Math, look into engineering.

[Rot 911]

Things get harder after the first two years. That is what weeds out the slackers from the serious students. If it was easy, everyone would be an "A" student. Stick with it.

[porsche4life]

Kurt the problem is that if I am not a 4.0 after the first two years I don't stand a chance. Then I have wasted 2 yrs of school.

[nostatic]

Assuming a modicum of smarts, performance in chemistry classes is directly correlated with the amount of work put forth.

Do you do chemistry problems every day (as in 7 days a week)? If so, for how long each day?

[vash]

COME ON! i have an effen art degree. this is the direct result of my fear of math. i always, "wondered, what if?", and went back to school for engineering. i would flip forward in my text books, and break out sweating, with a WTF? i was absolutely lost, but college builds on itself. study, work problems, meet study-mates, and ask questions.

chem, and o-chem, were both very difficult classes, but my university set us up for success in the form of a fantastic tutoring center. i studied ALOT, and powered thru with six very good friends. my EIT (engineering in training) exam was so chemistry heavy, i was stunned. thank god i passed. i never looked back. dont give up.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Stick with it and get a tutor. To fulfill my bio/biochem double major I had to take physical chemistry. hated it. couldn't do it. didn't make sense to me. really glad I got a tutor and doubled down.

as an Eagle Scout, you don't fit the entitlement generation stereotype, so maybe pull from some wisdom you learned while earning that badge.

[porsche4life]

No I haven't been hitting it hard yet. Problem is that I just floated through HS with As. Didnt need to study it didnt do me any good then.

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Welcome to college.

If you're sailing through without having to bust your ass, you're not going to a good college.

[Rot 911]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Kurt the problem is that if I am not a 4.0 after the first two years I don't stand a chance. Then I have wasted 2 yrs of school.

Nothing like quitting before you have even found out. Quit on this and it will get even easier to quit on something in the future.

[porsche4life]

True

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

No I haven't been hitting it hard yet. Problem is that I just floated through HS with As. Didnt need to study it didnt do me any good then.

Well, either change or fail. Or change to an "easy" major, skim through, then be bitter when you have a degree and no job.

When I got my act together at went back to college I entered as a music major but ended up in chemistry. I learned my lesson in Calc 1. If I waited until the night before assignments were done, I struggled. If I did problems every day, it was easy.

It is very simple. At some point brains alone are useless. Work ethic is what separates winners from losers. I did chem problems every single day. Including weekends. I would do the same worksheets in o-chem multiple times, and asked the prof for extra problem sets. I crushed curves.

[HHI944]

Switching from poli-sci to geology was one of the best things I ever did........well maybe not for my liver.....

[vash]

todd is exactly right!! cal 1 was my litmus test also.

dont give up. kurtV's response is also dead on. quitting is easy, makes future quitting options easier to take.