The pivot out of engineering

I saw a question on Quora that lead me to tell a new story about how I wound up with a math major in college — and moreover, how I ended up without a degree in engineering, before too much time had been invested. The specific question I was answering was the following:

How does college provide countless opportunities for growth, newly emerging challenges, and an accumulation of rich interpersonal experiences?

Anyway, here’s my story, which tells the tale of my academic escapades as a college freshman and how I made initial commitments to extracurricular…