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Bio is an exception to the stereotype! I should have stated that beforehand, my apologies. Where have your experiences taken you with engineering and biology? I'm definitely interested in bio as well. Hell, I wasn't offered much chem and physics in high-school, but I got a high dose of bio, and I find molecular and cellular biology to be fascinating.

I appreciate your in-depth post, Martin. My only fear is of majoring in ECE and not enjoying the material. At this point, I cannot gauge if I'll enjoy the material covered or not, since I have so little experience in the field. You were definitely right with your MechE comment, though. I wouldn't consider myself a hands-on person. I didn't take a shop class in high-school, and I doubt I would have enjoyed it if I did. The only other majors I think I'd be interested in are physics, cognitive science, computer science, or biology. The problem I see with a lot of these is that I would theorize more than actually DO something (especially with physics). I'm sure you're familiar with the phrase, "Scientists think, Engineers do." I agree with that statement, which is why I'm in engineering. I want to see things done in my lifetime. I'm also a more extroverted person, and I think I'd feel socially constrained if I majored in a hard-science. Then again, I'm following the stereotype that hard-science majors are stuck in the labs reading books after books. One of the main things I want from college is to find my passion. It seems like a lot of people have it already, which is quite discouraging for me.

My problem is that I don't have a passion, or something I truly love. I have general interests, but that's about it.

Hey there guys, I'm currently a freshman in college and I'm trying to pick a major to stay with. I decided to come to the university with a major in chemical engineering, but I'm not interested in the current material (mainly chemistry), nor what is to come (thermo, fluid, etc etc..). At this point I'm thinking of switching to electrical/computer engineering. My problem is that I don't have a lot of knowledge in the area. I didn't toy around with breadboards in high-school or build computers or amateur robots or anything like that. The reason I'm thinking of switching over to ECE is because of its future prospects. I read a bit of sci-fi, and that's really the only thing that is pulling me to ECE (well, I enjoy physics and math as well). Reading older stuff like Asimov up to newer, non-fictional books by futurists like Ray Kurzweil makes me really interested in the near future. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-human http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_uploading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_extension I'm interested in robotics, AI, the human mind, etc. I want to do something meaningful to push the human race to its peak. There will definitely be some radical changes in our life-time, and I want to be on board. This is why I dropped out of chemical engineering, it didn't seem to tailor to what I wanted to get involved with. Is ECE the right major? I was thinking about cognitive science, computer science, or even biology, but I believe that ECE seems to works the best in this case. Any input would be appreciated. I've come to you guys because I'm not sure if any advisers would take me seriously.