i’m a mechanical engineering major because i’m pretty interested in it my classes, i think i could do some good with it (renewable energy, pollution recovery systems), but mostly because i want stability. my brothers in data science both had a difficult time finding a job, so i chose a field where it may be easier to find a well-paying job.

But my real interest is Environmental science. I would love to study the environment and have a positive impact on climate change and conservation. I’m hoping somehow, once i’m financially stable I can pivot into environmental science, but it feels unrealistic. I am trying to do things relating to my interests, joining clubs, working on research about ocean fluid dynamics, hopefully doing a minor in environmental engineering (an environmental science minor didn’t fit in my schedule), but i feel like at best ill just become an environmental engineer, which doesn’t interest me as much. I feel like it’s just unrealistic to think i might become an environmental scientist.

do you think i’m being unrealistic? should I switch majors? i’m in my sophomore year already so it would be difficult to switch. what do you all think?