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I’m trying to figure out what careers best suit me, and I’ve been considering engineering. I don’t know much about the field, but it is always in the back of my mind for consideration.
What type of interests should I absolutely have in order to study engineering?
Are there any natural skills I should possess?
What do engineers do on a regular basis?
Are there any sites I can go to to get information on engineering?
Last edited by musicislife.glee; 02-03-2012 at 12:33 PM..
hard math and science classes with strong GPA average. if that is not present stop now.
my nephew just wasted his GI bill pursuing something out of his league including the cute blonde that dumped him when he went on academic probation.
Ding! Solving problems is key. Do you like finding out answers to things by putting pieces of knowledge together? i.e. drawing conclusions? Being decent at math and having an above average memory will help - but these are things you can work on with effort. If you're not committed to putting in some effort (think 3-6 hours/day for homework) for a couple of years, outside of school, save yourself the trouble. It sucks putting in even some of that time and then switching out of the field.
Take general chemistry I. If you like it, you might like engineering. You need good algebra skills first.
Once you have completed algebra, you can take three semesters of calculus.
Once you have completed those, you can take a physics course.
If you hate algebra and calculus, you can stop right there and save yourself the trouble of taking chemistry and physics.
If you like chemistry and physics, you might like engineering. If you don't like those, then engineering will suck even more.
If I had it to do over again, I'd get a BS in physics instead of engineering.
Are you talking about classes in high school or college though?
I do chemistry well, but I like the balancing of equations and electron configurations better than knowing properties and things like that.
I absolutely love algebra, it's my favorite math.
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