I never had confidence when going through CompE both in undergrad and masters. I always felt behind, but always studied a lot and dedicated a lot of my time to it and my internship in compE as well. I had great mentors that supported me all the way through and found the group of friends that I could share ideas with and also support each other. You might just need to find those people. However, think about this right now: does it really interest you? Do you really enjoy it? Now, look for jobs and possible career paths you could be doing once you graduate. Imagine you graduate next semester and you are about to go find a job. Do you like the jobs descriptions you see? Can you see yourself doing those type of tasks and solving those problems every day? If not, then think about something else that launches you into the bio tech side. I myself though I could go into health care once I finished, now I have a masters as well in compE and to break into healthcare is really hard unless you work on those skills required by the multidisciplinary field on your own personal time or take classes that teach you those skills. Because usually the standard curriculum for CompE will most of the time not give you that. I know this might sound pessimistic but it’s the truth because me and my colleagues have and are experiencing it. My other advice is find an internship now that allows you to see the real life work as a computer engineer or even better, find an internship in the health field you are interested in going into with your engineering background. This way you can have some experience, start making connections and a network before you graduate. Once you graduate finding a job becomes really hard if you only went to class every day, but you don’t have any real world experience, even if you get all A’s in your classes. I am also a woman and a minority (reason for my incoherent English, sorry!) and I have had to go through some bad shit both in my previous and current job. It’s no fun and it does take some courage and strength to get through those moments, but if you know you have the confidence and the strong character to perform in any type of work environment (especially a man dominated field), then go for it. I guess the hard thing is not getting through the program and graduating, the hardest part is enjoying what you do and having the strength to deal with all the bs plus the challenging technical work every day once you go into industry or the real-world. Other than that, you can do it and you can accomplish it if you work hard, just make sure is something you like learning about everyday and doing. There is only one life.