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Originally Posted by anomalous

I've always been a very unmotivated student, and have generally hated and avoided studying/homework. In high school, I told myself, "it'll change once I get to college and start taking courses in what I like." Not so. Then throughout undergrad, my new excuse was, "I'm only miserable because I have all these gen-ed's distracting me from my real classes."

I was pretty unmotivated in high school, but I'm pretty smart so I was able to make decent grades without doing much work. College obviously isn't like that and I really wish my parents had pushed me to have a better work ethic like all my friends had in high school. I think I'd be able to work through my difficult classes better that way. Also the general ed classes are actually what save me because they're so easy to me. Give me chemistry 101 or calculus any day and I can do amazing. I find it so easy, however, my specific major's classes I do not. So frustrating!

Originally Posted by RoninDistance

Anyway, if you hate it so much, why not go for a hard science degree instead? I assume chemistry, physics, or some specialized field of biology would be as good a gateway into the world of nanotechnology as an engineering degree. Maybe major in one, do a minor in another. Your GPA shouldn't be as much of a factor as in engineering school and you'll probably enjoy the courses more. Good luck.

I've thought about switching to a hard science before, but I don't know. Engineering was great for me because it combines all of those sciences together instead of just focusing on one, which is what I'll need. I'm a nerd. I love chemistry and physics and even find biology fairly easy so I don't know. I've looked up other majors and I think biochemistry might be alright, but I don't know. It does look a lot easier though, but would I still develop the skills to pursue a full on engineering degree in grad school?

Originally Posted by Ospi

So if it is not your passion then I can understand the lack of motivation however the other thing with engineering courses (sure it is the same there) is that the first year or two are very general and more or less cover the basics, it's only the final couple of years where you really branch off into the specifics. So if you really do enjoy the biomedical stuff etc then either stick it out until you start specialising or at least try to get your marks up to a level where you can switch to biomedical engineering which will be more up your lane of interest.

See I figured, "Oh I'll just wait it out and I'll have better classes junior and senior year," but looking at the curriculum that's not the case. I dreadddd junior and senior year because the classes sound so awful and it probably shouldn't be like that. I need to get my GPA up to even switch to biomedical, but I don't want to waste any more time or money.

Originally Posted by HustleRose

Yes!

I'm majoring in Modern Languages and Literatures, and minor-ing in Gender Studies.

I really feel like I'm learning things I'm interested in, and also things that will be useful to me in the future. Hell, I like it so much that I can't wait until Summer is over so that I can take my Chinese Calligraphy class... =|

That's fantastic! I'm so glad to see that you actually love what you're doing. I wish so badly that I was like that. I hate feeling like I'm going no where because I can't stand what I'm doing.