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tofucake
Hyrule19031 Posts
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darmousseh
United States3437 Posts
I was told to do engineering as well based on my skillset, but after talking to a few professors and examining the courses I decided that I would probably be bored. I ended up getting a double major in math and computer science and have a good job in computers. If you enjoy problem solving then i reccomend it. I would also consider probability and statistics (sounds boring, but it's actually cool once you get past to low level stuff) or simply even an applied math program. Operations research and numerical methods are cool if you don't enjoy all of the theoretical stuff (it has enough theoretical without being overboard). | ||
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darmousseh
United States3437 Posts
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tomatriedes
New Zealand5356 Posts
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KOFgokuon
United States14893 Posts
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Servius_Fulvius
United States947 Posts
I was awesome at Chemistry in high school and loved problem solving, so I figured chemical engineering was a good fit. A little about my personality - I'm a people person and grew into several leadership roles in college. My passion is for mentoring, taking on challenges, and working for the betterment of everybody. This is not what makes a typical chemical engineer! A B.S. in chemical engineering, as I found after 3 semesters, was working in a factory churning out as much product of acceptable quality as possible. Almost everyone I could find or see in industry used the degree to vault themselves into plant management. I don't want to be a problem solver for money OR a manager, I want to be a scientist! I considered switching majors for a while. Then I took my first environmental engineering course. Finally, an area that didn't totally focus on plant design economics! I shifted this to my major's elective and sought opportunities in the area. My fourth year I went to a chemical engineering conference and grew interested in the prospect of grad school. A year later I returned and made the full committment to apply. So now I'm one semester down in grad school and, after starting research, I can confirm that it's a lot closer to what I'm looking for. Overall, I want to do environmental research and teach. Plans do change, but this one feels more right than any other! The moral of the story is that engineering professions are extremely diverse. Talk with advisors to make sure your goals are consistent with what the degree will get you. By the way, what you're feeling is normal. If you can get an internship for the summer I'd highly recommend it - it will tell you more about what you'd expect on the job than any class (which are supposed to be hard and, let's face, not very pleasant). | ||
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