-ALL OPINIONS ARE WELCOMED-

I've been reading this forum for months now, long before I signed up, and have even read MJ book (great read btw). so i figured this is the people I want to ask...

here is the scenario:
Im 20 years old (21 in august), and I have one more year left in college.
I have business aspirations, REAL ESTATE BEING MY BIGGEST FACTOR right now, but also have other business website ideas and concepts Ive been working on.

I am currently majoring in Electrical Engineering, a subject I now hate after three years of studying it. I must say that I understand that this is a very rewarding direction for a successful career in the engineering field, HOWEVER, i have bigger goals and aspirations. I am in this field only because it sounded "cool", only becuase I was told I could graduate making a starting salary of about $60-$70,000 (my slow-minded days smh), and thats about it. sounded cool when the girls asked what I did, and it also promised that "ok" paycheck.

After my first year, I started to realize that I didnt like this particular field however, I didnt want to disappoint my mother, so I stuck through with it a second year. Im 2 years in and now I know for a fact that I HATE THIS FIELD, but being me, once I start a task I never quit, so decided to stick through with it a third year. Sigh...
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So im finished with my third year now and i will be a senior in the fall (September), with my expected graduation date being May 2012. I currently have no drive for this at all, and spend my time, researching business ideas and doing a few start-ups. Now that, I LOVE to do. BUSINESS and/or MARKETING... (that probably should have been my choice for a major, but EVERYONE is majoring in business now, and it just didnt have the notoriety that engineering had, so yea i picked the thing i hate just to be different and to have that "cool" major)..sigh ...

So yea, when im not doing engineering Im doing business ventures, im making deals, im creating opportunities for my friends, im startin businesses, and this all makes me happy. Even when i fail im happy (i find myself laughing at my business failures sometimes - not sure if thats healthy or not lol), but failure just means I wont make the same mistake again so I appreciate the moment while it lasts.

I constantly ask myself why dont I like engineering half as much as I like business and I just cannot come to any conclusions. I try to love it but i just cant.

I think ive been rambling on too much so let me get to the point.
I have a business plan that im sure will be fastlane however with engineering being a blockade to my business pursuits i wont be able to stay in school while completing the task.

I just want to do what makes me happy. and clearly engineering doesnt. and on a broader note, college doesnt either. i must say that most of what i have learnt about making a living, and earning an income has been through street knowledge. NOT COLLEGE... For me college has just been a maze that you are forced to go through, never finding the path to true value, but livng to the standards that the system wants. "GO TO COLLEGE AND YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ...GO TO COLLEGE AND YOU WILL MAKE MORE THAN THOSE WHO DONT..." ...well im tired of that misconception. I find it hard to complete another year in this "system" because i find true knowledge thru the work i have already done in trying to create my own business. I want to work smart, not hard. and college is 4 - 6 years (engineering degrees generally take longer that the regular 4 yrs) that i could have been working on a business venture.

So this is my dilemma. I do not have family or close friends (that I trust) to talk to about this, so im leaving this in the hands of the fastlaners. Yea, I think MJ mentioned that its best to listen to people who has the same mentality as yours (fastlane, which noone i know is).

So please be completely honest with me on this topic. I have mentioned this issue in another forum and recieved great feedbacks. Now i just want more people to weigh in on this.

other factors to include:
1. I HAVE A FULL ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIP CURRENTLY (which has been a blessing because without it i possibly wouldnt have gone to college because, for lack of better words, im broke and I dont have family support, except my mom who already has it hard).

2. I CURRENTLY HAVE AN INTERNSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT, Department of Defense, but the pay is mediocre and I may have to go for my masters (another 2 years in school) in order to start making "ok to decent" money .

THE END - WHAT SHOULD I DO ..??? Quit or not?

p.s. I know i say I do not like engineering alot, but please do not get the idea that i want to quit because its "difficult". I have managed to maintain a full scholarship, as well as on track to complete in 4 years (most my peers will take them 5 or 6 years). I will say that my GPA has dropped somewhat over the years because of my lack of interest in it, (mostly the reason for the drop because my heart is not in it).sigh.. HELP PLEASE!!!!!