Recent content by Doppz

Thanks for the input, everyone. I have decided that I will be switching; next fall I'll be taking Analysis and Combinatorics. Should be challenging, but very rewarding...and much more interesting!

Return on investment is a good point, and perhaps another reason holding me back. I come from a fairly well off family, and am easily able to pay through college, but still I don't want to waste my parents' money. Then again, would it be worth it if I end up with a job I don't like? Perhaps...

That's true that those fields are math intensive, however it's more computational mathematics from what I can see. I want to learn more pure math, involving proofs and the like. If I were to go into an applied math-type field it would more along the lines of algorithms for computers, etc. I...

This is my plan; I have already started. I've bought a few books on Analysis and algebra and have been working through the analysis one on my own time. Most nights, I spend an hour or so reading from the Analysis book I bought (Understanding Analysis by Abbott) and have been really enjoying...

The non-honors math courses at my school are a joke. Even the upper div courses like analysis and abstract algebra, etc. Which would be counter intuitive to the reasoning in me switching to math in the first place: I want to learn more. It seems like anyone can get an engineering degree...

That is comforting, I figured I was greatly overreacting to being "too late". That is true, as well. It's just that you normally hear that graduating in engineering is an almost guaranteed job, while in math it can be tough to find a job. Though, I always challenged the validity of these...

I'm finishing up my second year in EE, but realizing that it may not be the right field for me. When I applied to colleges, I didn't really put much thought into what I wanted to study; my parents suggested engineering and I stuck with it. I've always been very strongly mathematically...

I'd like to further refine my original post as I wasn't necessarily the clearest. Astrophysics isn't so much an important aspect of what I want to study, I actually didn't realize the additional courses required from my colleges program at the time of writing. If I were to change, I would...

Our stories are very similar indeed. I actually was planning on specializing in Electromagnetics/Optics/Solid State given that I stick with EE. I think this choice was spurred by my interest in physics, definitely. However, the reason why I am hesitant about sticking with EE is that I'm not...

The astronomy part was more so I could fill out the somewhat open schedule with the Physics degree. In retrospect, I would prefer physics and math; though astronomy is worth a shot. At my school getting a dual physics/astronomy degree is pretty easy given that you're already going for one of...

I'm currently a second-year student in EE at a large state school (top 30, I think). I chose EE when I applied, but I never really put any thought towards what major I wanted. I had taken AP physics, etc in high school and was always pretty good in math and sciences, so people told me to go...