Who is going into Engineering or is one?

dkjestrup

Hey, first topic here lol.

Anyway, in the grade thread, I see loads of people want to be an Engineer when they finish school or are studying to be one currently.

So, who is going into Engineering, and what kind of Engineering?

I'm still not completely sure, but I'll probably either do a double degree in civil and business, or in electrical and computer science.

Are there any Engineers on this site? Do you like your job? Would you recommend it?

Discuss anything else about the career :happybrain:
 
I am a freshman Engineering student at Va Tech right now. I dunno exactly what exactly I'm going to major in yet; the entire reason that I started in engineering was because I was good at math and that's what people recommended to me, so I think I'm going to try to get into a field that's very math-intensive, probably mechanical engineering
 
I am currently applying to do Mechanical Engineering at Edinburgh and Mechanical Design Engineering at Glasgow.
 
If all goes well with my college applications and financial aid, I hope to go to Georgia Tech and major in Biomedical engineering (specialty being biomechanics).

Otherwise, I'll probably just end up going to UF and either studying mechanical or computer engineering (fuck UF and their lack of undergrad biomed engineering!)

the entire reason that I started in engineering was because I was good at math and that's what people recommended to me, so I think I'm going to try to get into a field that's very math-intensive, probably mechanical engineering
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You should definitely look into industrial engineering, as it's very math intensive with only a little science infused within the field. Better yet, industrial engineers often go into management because of their background. It's also a very interesting field, if I may say so.
 
I'm thinking of either doing Civil + Mechanical Engineering (a double major), or either Civil or Mechanical Engineering with a Pre-Law concentration or Political Science minor. I've fell in love with Law, and I'd really like to make a career out of both engineering and law.
 
i go to queens university (canada) and am in second year engineering physics. Engineering is a mixd bag. You have a lot of work to do, but its consistent, not in large bunched like arts courses and their essays
 
Polis4rule said:
You should definitely look into industrial engineering, as it's very math intensive with only a little science infused within the field. Better yet, industrial engineers often go into management because of their background. It's also a very interesting field, if I may say so.
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Thanks for the advice ;D

I don't really want to go into management because I'm not really the leader type of person, but I looked it up and it looks kind of cool, working with efficiency
 
I plan on majoring in electrical or mechanical engineering after high school at RPI if i can get it
 
I plan on going to USAFA or USNA (but plan isn't really appropriate here since they're very difficult to get into) for either chemical engineering or aeronautical engineering. I'm not quite sure which I'll go into yet, but I'm 100% sure I'm going to end up in some form of engineering, as I'm good at and enjoy both math and chemistry, and both my father and grandfather were engineers that attended good schools.

Any advice as to which course to take?
 
i'm a senior in industral engineering at michigan. IE is great because it's a very versatile field and there's employment available in every industry. like polis said, management is a common career path....a lot of IEs also go into consulting or finance. also i wouldn't say it's math-intensive, it's mostly statistics with a bit of linear algebra and easy calculus.

as for myself, i'm going to law school after i graduate unless i get a really great offer in which case ill put law school off for a while
 
I just graduated from civil enginnering at uc davis, I'll start looking for jobs next week.
 
I plan on enrolling in OSU's Astronautical Engineering program whenever I graduate from high school and get through all of the prereq classes.
 
I'm taking electrical engineering at the university of alberta (2nd year), with a nano option. It was a tough choice for me between electrical, computer, and engineering physics. In the end, I decided that electrical engineering would give me the most flexibility in terms of job opportunities.
 
The problem with going into Engineering at this stage is it's been pushed really hard for like 6 years so when you graduate there's going to be no jobs in it outside of China and India (because they need shit built, obviously).
 
I'm currently in my 5th semester out of 9 in a chemical engineering degree. I like it and it was the right choice for me, although my ideal choice would've been professional football.
 
I am currently going into my third year at the University of California, San Diego as a Structural Engineering major (similar to what is known as Civil Engineering everywhere else). This year I will begin specializing my degree towards Geotechnical Engineering ("earthquake engineering"). I hope to be involved in disaster prevention, relief, and recovery efforts both domesically and internationally.

I work on campus at Powell Labs (the North lab is the building with the neon signs). We run tests for various private and public groups, which basically means we spend several weeks or months creating a structure and several minutes or hours destroying it. A job like this is significantly more interesting if you enjoy building things...I realize that the majority of engineering jobs involve a desk, but without appreciating the end results of your work you will not have a good time.

Strangely enough, I went into Engineering to get away from maths (I had planned on majoring in physics until I realized how much I hate maths). I understand things much better when I can visualize them easily and I understand the end result.

P.S. Double majoring in Engineering + anything can be extremely difficult depending on your school (in some cases at UCSD it is prohibited). I laughed when I discovered that many of the majors at UCSD have literally fewer than half the number of required classes of Structural Engineering.
 
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