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InfeSteD
United States4658 Posts
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lilsusie
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No one ever knows what they want. If you feel that this is the best choice for you, then do it. Especially since you said that you can be finished with your CIS degree in a year as opposed to the engineering that will take another 2-3. However, if you were gonna finish CE in 1 year and CIS was gonna take you 2-3, then i'd tell you to suck it up and stick with it. In the end, it's the B.(ull)S.(hit) that counts. | ||
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blue_arrow
1971 Posts
But don't go crazy, i think 70%? or something like that, of undergrads switch around at least once before finding what they really wanted to take | ||
Chill
Calgary25987 Posts
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StarN
United States2587 Posts
Can't you just go for a Masters in CIS or something after you get your CE Degree? | ||
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
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miseiler
United States1389 Posts
And since that's only research, you get to do ANYTHING you have passion for (only strangely, what you're passionate for tends to be startlingly similar to what your advisor has passion for as well). And you get to do it on your own time, and you get paid. So don't sweat undergrad. If you aren't going to grad school, do it anyway. It's a solid economic choice in these times. | ||
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shavingcream66
United States1219 Posts
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Salv
Canada3083 Posts
Good luck though, I know what it's like to be second guessing academic choices. | ||
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Chill
Calgary25987 Posts
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AttackZerg
United States7465 Posts
On December 10 2008 11:27 micronesia wrote: For many people this is very difficult... Thats why for 90 % of us it is useless advice and for the rest, they never needed it  | ||
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
On December 10 2008 12:53 Chill wrote: Listen, these pie-in-the-sky kids don't know what's up. Finish the engineering degree. The idea of finishing my CE degree isn't out completely. What I'll probably do is officially switch to CIS and see how things go. If things go smoothly as I planned then I'll continue the course of the double major with the CE/CIS combo. Part of the reason why I'm making the move towards CIS now and not finishing my CE degree first is that I've had a taste of the "pie in the sky". I have several websites now that provide me with a steady cash flow each month (and lately it has increased two-fold). | ||
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kidd
United States2848 Posts
Always have a back up plan. | ||
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eth0x
Canada208 Posts
On December 10 2008 10:30 Spartan wrote: ..for choosing to major in Civil Engineering instead of Computer Information Systems. I've so far wasted the last 3 years (12 quarters) of college in taking CE classes. I'm making the switch officially over to CIS at the beginning of next quarter and I just wish I would've done it sooner. My parents are going to kill me once they find out I've wasted all their money. I know they'll be disappointed, hell I am, but I am confident that this switch is the wiser choice rather than try (and fail several more times) and finish CE. I'm so far behind in CE that it would take another 2-3 years after this one just to finish (because my school is very impacted). In CIS I can finish by the end of next year. I really don't know what I'm trying to say.. just venting a little. I guess for all you college bound students.. make sure you really find out what you have a passion for doing before making your final choice in a major. Its so difficult to decide what you truly want to do for the rest of your life/study in post-secondary when you're young. (17/18/19ish) How did you do it, heh? | ||
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Spartan
United States2030 Posts
On December 10 2008 13:18 eth0x wrote: Its so difficult to decide what you truly want to do for the rest of your life/study in post-secondary when you're young. (17/18/19ish) How did you do it, heh? I learned the hard way.. which no one should ever have to go through. | ||
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thoraxe
United States1449 Posts
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BuGzlToOnl
United States5918 Posts
On December 10 2008 12:53 Chill wrote: Listen, these pie-in-the-sky kids don't know what's up. Finish the engineering degree. I'm with Chill, suck it up and finish it. You can always go to grad school to do what you actually want to do. I'm sucking it up with Biology, won't matter if I like it or not if I manage to get into med school like I want to. | ||
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Faronel
United States658 Posts
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
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Orlandu
China2450 Posts
Don't you ever listen to someone that tells you to just suck it up, that's very bad advice when your future is on the line. It doesn't matter if the job will make you filthy rich, which unless you're pretty lucky it won't, because in 10, 20, 30 years down the line you're most likely going to hate your job and have some serious issues and regrets with your life. It's not as if switching from an engineering degree will mean that suddenly you won't be able to find a good job. And while a lot of people do say that statistics show that many people end up getting jobs that have little to do with what they majored in, sucking it up basically leaves you with two options: you either get a job that does relate to your major, and you end up doing work that you really don't like and aren't happy with, or you get a job that doesn't relate to your major, and you end up putting yourself through a bunch of crap during college that you really shouldn't have had to go through, especially considering college years should be some of the best years of your life. You seem to be making the right decision. I had to make a similar decision several years back, and I can say with complete confidence that it was the best decision that I have EVER made in my life, and the only thing that I regret was that it took me as long as it did to make that decision. This may not necessarily be the case for you, but if you're really certain that you don't like where you're at, and CIS is where you want to be, then making that switch would be a very smart move. | ||
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