u/LobsterUpper5331

I’m a CSE major but now I’m not sure if I should even be calling myself that because this past year I somehow managed to ruin my whole life because I couldn’t handle the load and burned out hard. Ended this year with a 1.6 gpa, and now I’m on academic probation. I’m planning on changing my major, because the subject I’m in just doesn’t align with me anymore.
This summer I’ve been working hard to develop new study habits and routines to improve my life in general. I’m retaking Math 1172 this summer and so far it’s going really well, and I’ve really been on top of familiarizing myself with material ahead of time. But even if I get an A in the class, I’ve already been deemed ineligible for financial aid and they don’t reevaluate eligibility until next spring. I know I could save a lot of money by commuting, but it’s too late to back out of my housing contract. So now I have no idea what I’m supposed to do because I’m finally gaining confidence in myself, but even if my academic success goes up from here, my terrible first year is going to follow me for the rest of my college career.

I’m about to pay my summer tuition bill. I’m planning on changing my major and leaving the engineering college, but my appointment to do so isn’t until after the payment deadline.
If I officially change my major (likely going into university exploration) before summer classes start, would I get a refund on the engineering program fee (Which accounts for almost 25% of my tuition bill)?

(I wanted to post this rant to r/ statistics but apparently, I'm still too new to reddit, and I figured I'd post here because statistics is a kind of math)

I'm currently a CSE (comp sci engineering) major, but I like every other engineering student have been hating my life, I'm about to fail 2 major core classes, and I just don't think it's worth it anymore. I’m looking into changing my major to statistics because math, probability and data have always been interesting concepts for me. The scary part is that for as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a computer engineer, and throughout high school, I scheduled classes based on the goal of going to engineering school. And now I'm realizing that engineering isn't for me, I have no idea where to go next, and I'm about to jump into a major that sound interesting but have never imagined myself doing. I haven’t taken a college level stats class yet, but I plan to either for the summer or the fall semester, and I also have to retake calc 2 at some point because I got a D in the fall and at my school, you need to get a C- or higher for the prerequisite requirement to be met. I've had to do a lot of refection to try and figure out why I'm doing so poorly, and I realize there is a big difference between being overwhelmed by a class vs not having the heart for a class or subject. I'm also going to have to really step up my game in terms of my study habits and time management skills, but hopefully this summer will be good practice with that. If I do end up declaring myself as a stats major, I likely won’t be doing it officially until this fall or even next spring.

I'm planning on either taking an into level statistics course or retaking calc 2 this summer depending on what my advisor who I'm still waiting to hear back from recommends, and the other one I will do in the fall.

Also, would I be making a mistake by changing to stats? The job market and AI outlook for CSE is terrible right now, but is it the same for stats?

Thanks