Aspies For Freedom

I took and online-test and got engineer.

Uh oh, sounds like the test is "keying in" on Math skills and using that to generate a list of "suggested occupations".  I would not put alot of faith in a test.  Question: What is your "counselor"'s specialty?  Is he/she in a placement office, where the counselor actually gets students interviews, or is the counselor's task to find you a major with a given class set?  

If you're talking to a placement expert, another question to ask if what experence they have other than working for your university.  That may affect the answers that they give you.  

Quite frankly, I put very little faith in the counselors I had, because they gave people incorrect classes, and had absolutely no knowledge of most fields.

Also, extremely political. I tried something along a similar line and it didn't work out at all. I then bungled around for many years before finding myself exactly where I had started.

Only, this time the educational level that I sought was much higher. Where I had once only found boredom in an alien world I know find order and structure, as well as pleasure in the details of all that I now know.

I would recommend plotting a course toward licensure in a specific area such as law, engineering, finance, meteorology, etc.

If you get an undergraduate in the social sciences you will likely find yourself headed toward subjects such as law and finance should you continue to the graduate level. If you choose the hard sciences at the undergraduate level, you will likely be headed toward a career in in a science related field.

Anyhow, getting some sort of license helps protect you from random layoffs, outsourcing, office politics, lack of marketability, and improper placements.

You know, I completely missed your original point about dropping the chemistry course.

Never give up, never surrender :from "Galaxy Quest".

Life isn't easy and the profs make it difficult on purpose in order to separate the wheat from the chaff.

The wheat = you. Don't get psyched out.

In reality the other students are probably using Schaum's outline series {which is a good idea for a technical major}. Many of them are also networking {something that we can do given the right experience}. Also, many of them cheat {something that we never do}.

I wouldn't hestitate to retake the same subject, or withdraw before a deadline and retake the same subject, but this time, better prepared.

Well, then try to find something that will allow you to be outdoors a lot. I've noticed that lots of career tests will only give you careers that require a 4-year college degree... don't forget there are blue-collar jobs as well. Picking up trash will allow you to be outdoors a lot too, does not require you learn chemistry and pays pretty well (because no-one wants to be the trashman). Just a thought.

Getting a bit late, but you can try to read a high school chemistry book during winter break to make sure you've got your prereqs up to date... the class might not have an official prereq, but they do kinda expect you to not be clueless.

What energeia and Max said is both correct... chemistry is kind of like learning a foreign language... be prepared to just go and memorize some stuff. Also, if there are exercises (with the answers in the back of the book), do them, whether the prof assigns them or not, and if you can't figure it out, ask the professor and/or the TA (teacher's assistant). Schaums will help you focus on the most important stuff. Study groups can be useful. I got a 20% on my first Electricity test in highschool (part of my Physics class) and I majored in Electrical Engineering and got As (I dropped out for other reasons). I got a 40% on my first Calculus test in highschool and got As thereafter too. The nice thing about math and science is that they're objective... if you get a failing grade on your art appreciation essay it's a lot harder to figure out how to get an A instead, because it's kinda up to the professor's whims. Not so with science and math. Good luck.