I actually ended up changing my major. After doing bioE research, I realized bio engineering wasn't something I was interested in. Why would I drop honors? I get higher distinctions (which I am aware don't matter). But I also get the benefit of getting to know faculty way better, and that had already helped me with rec letters.
I had multiple things that contributed to me not spending enough time with Orgo. It's my like I was sitting around playing COD. I'm sure you are aware of what unexpected interferences can do to grades.
Why are you even a EE? You posted that being a physician is like a dream to you. So why not focus on that instead of both that and EE? Your classes will get way harder this year.
That is good to hear that you switched your major from BioE to Biochemistry.
Honors is likely to be much more feasible as a natural sciences major.
I am very well aware of how unexpected interferences effect grades. In my circumstance, most of those interferences were out of my control due to an undiagnosed, hard-to-manage (and rare) autoimmune disease.
People do frown upon playing video games, but if it is a form of relaxing that makes you comfortable and makes life less stressful then go for it. As long as you don't play to a point where you need to start worrying about your grades you are ok.
Anyways, my disease is stressful, and I would much rather work as hard as possible every single day for the rest of my life than be disabled or incapacitated from my disease for even a day.
I am taking 9 hours this upcoming semester, all in my major. I am going to have to make sacrifices. All I am going to do is work, study, and rest when needed. I do get better everyday, and I have made significant progress over the past year, and even this month.
As for choosing EE, I love studying EE. I did not enjoy it at first, but it is an acquired appreciation. I am kind of torn between EE and becoming a doctor, but technically I could do both. I am not concerned about my GPA-it will only be going up due to my health improving. Since I have passed my weed-out courses (Circuits, EM, Thermo) I should be ok when it comes to difficulty. The material actually does not get any more difficult. But, to keep things in perspective, it does not get any easier. I DO feel like I am on the shadow of death every semester, but I end up doing fine as long as I have not been extremely sick during the semester (and subsequently was forced to take medical withdrawal).
However, I need to be able to get a decent job with excellent, if not exceptional, benefits from just having an undergraduate degree. My rare disease is extremely expensive and I am surprised I did not max out on the benefit dollars that I can receive for medical treatment in a year.
I actually had to decline a 6 month internship with a company that starts with IN and ends with TEL due to my health (I don't want the name of the company to get indexed). It makes me sick to think that I had to decline such an internship.
The point is that engineering does:
1. Causes a GPA hit
2. Is stressful
3. Takes away any free time that you have
The rewarding aspects of engineering are:
1. Job stability
2. Decent pay and benefits
3. A rewarding career (but obviously not as much as a doctor)
The rewarding aspects of my future career as an engineer are much more of a priority than becoming a doctor at this point of time, even though being a doctor would be amazing and a dream come true.