<p>I came into engineering because I like math, science and science applications. Now, I don't know... I'm getting nausea from all this unit conversion bull crap. And it's not just unit conversions. I find engineering kinda boring now. More technical labor and less design/thinking than I expected.</p>
<p>Are there anybody out there who got hooked by those NOVA programs, kind of regretting coming into engineering?</p>
<p>Don’t lose sight of the goal so quickly because some of the preliminary stuff is bland and boring.</p>
<p>While engineering definitely seems more exciting from the outside, at least IMO, you should probably give it more of a chance beyond unit conversions. My guess is you’re still a freshman.</p>
<p>i’m going through the same thing right now, it isnt what i was expecting. I am kind of struggling in some of my classes, and I wish there was more design, but i am gonna stick it out for now…</p>
<p>Fundamentals first!</p>
<p>Meh. I had a good idea of what to expect before I even started college so I’m not experiencing those freshman-reality-checks.</p>
<p>As ken285 suggests, an undergraduate engineering degree covers many fundamentals. I think that a lot of people have the misconception that as a freshman engineering major you will be doing cutting edge design work.</p>
<p>This is simply not how it works. The truth about an undergraduate engineering degree is that it covers a lot of fundamental concepts and doesn’t really get specific enough to get into interesting design work. I can tell you that looking back at my undergrad, most of the classes were somewhat bland.</p>