Please help!!!!

I just failed first year of chemical engineering. I found the physics modules really difficult and advanced engineering math as well. I had to retake yr 12 due to health making me miss half the year, and did a foundation year after sixth form, which now means I’m 21 and going to be starting a new course.
I’m conflicted between choosing chemistry or history degree. My foundation year uni personal tutor recommended I do chemistry a year ago, because I did really well in the chemistry modules (2:1) without much revision. My current school of chem eng has also recommended I do chemistry. I spoke to the Director of Year 1 Chemistry how hard the course is, he said it’s completely different from chem eng and the first few weeks are A level chemistry. There’s like six exams in one year for chemistry as well. Meanwhile for history, it’s been my favourite subject forever and something I enjoy a lot. But doing it was a degree would kind of make me feel not satisfied, like I would ideally like to stay in STEM and pick my favorite science chemistry and get a 2:1 in it.
My fear is: what if I find chemistry as difficult as chem eng (even tho most at uni said it isn’t as hard, and the foundation year marks for chemistry required 40%, meanwhile for engineering they required 60%).
I don’t want to fail again. A chemistry degree can give you more skills like data analysis and quantitative modules, more than history degree. But chem eng has made me scared to fail again; which puts me off chemistry, and makes me go towards history. I am unsure whether I will find chemistry okay with the work put in, or hard. What if I put the work in and still fail?

Hi there! (:
Really sorry to hear you've found your first year difficult ☹️ - totally get the change between school & uni is pretty overwhelming and different at first to get used to
course wise (i get this is kinda unhelpful lol) but it really is your decision to make!! - for my first year of chem i found it to be okay, i had 2 modules in general chem, labs, maths, biology (elective) + physics (elective) - i'd maybe ask your uni about if a history elective would be an option that way your getting the best of both worlds! 😊 - but if your really really unsure its also an option to take a year out to work this out, means your not stressing over a course that your not 100% sure on!
If you've got any chem course questions feel free to ask me! - guessing im probably a different uni so the course will differ a tad from place to place but im more than happy to share my experience if theres anything really putting you off that you'd like to know a bit more about🤗
I have people in my classes/labs who are on the chem eng course - they dont take the exact same stuff but some of it does overlap, if you were enjoying the chemistry & labs then this could be the right option! - maths wise i had a maths module which wasnt too bad, mainly maths from adv higher (scottish a-level equivilant) + a bit more expanded & a bit more linked to the actual uses within chemistry, physics wise i take a physical chemistry module which is more so applying chemistry to physics problems 😊
i'd have a wee look at the course content involved in the chemistry degree and see if it sounds interesting to you, a history degree still would give you tons of valuble transferable skills and if thats something that interests you more - there is no shame in switching out of stem!!!!! - degrees that aren't stem are not any less valued, obviously wouldnt be able to go into a science job with a history degree lol, but you were mentioning fiance/law and a history degree would provide you with great transferable skills!
hope this helps, wishing u the best of luck! (:
Emily
Year 3, Chemistry
Official University Of Strathclyde Rep