The number of engineering majors quitting their engineering programs is, from what I understand, at least 50%, give or take depending on the program. I want to major in biomedical engineering at Texas A&M, which is one of the best engineering schools in the country. However, I don't think I possess the traits people often associate with engineers.. I don't "tinker" with things or take things apart and put them back together. I do have an innate curiosity and love for learning, but I don't think it is engineering-specific in any way. I have taken many hard classes throughout high school (I will finish high school with 12 AP classes including AP chemistry, AP physics, and math through Calculus 3/DiffEq.) My strongest areas are English and writing but these days there's not many good jobs that rely on either of those, and considering I have science and math skills more advanced that the average person, I feel it would be a waste to just ignore them.. However, I don't want to start biomed engineering and just become part of another drop out rate statistic. How can I tell if it's right for me? What does it take to survive undergrad engineering?
Engineering is all about applying science to accomplish something useful. If you are more interested in pure research, to figure out how things work, then you should be a science major. Your writing skills will prove useful in either field.