<p>I'm honestly posting this for a friend. He graduated last year, but all he talks about is becoming an engineer. He's a smart kid, but I think he got sidetracked by the partying college lifestyle. What're the steps he should take to pursue this? A second bachelors? Any input is helpful!</p>
<p>I think he can apply as a second bachelor’s degree applicant and go from there. He will need the second bachelor’s.</p>
<p>Yes, he will need a bachelor’s. If he had a technical degree, he could have tried for an MS program. But with a Communications undergrad, he needs to start over.</p>
<p>THere is one way that I know of that you can get a masters degree in engineering without a BS. Boston University has a program could LEAP (Late Entry Accelerated Program). There are students there with degrees in music and psychology. Your friend should take a look at it. Even if he doesn’t like this, there must be copycat programs out there!</p>
<p>One of my Engineering professors had a BS in Psychology. Then he wanted to do engineer so he got a MS EE then a PHD.</p>
<p>He didn’t start over.</p>
<p>Psychology is a little different. Quantitative Psychology can get very heavy into statistics and modeling. That can be a match with certain types of engineering.</p>
<p>Basically, if you have a technical degree that is somewhat of a match for an engineering field, some schools will let you take leveling courses, then directly earn an MS. On the other hand, a degree that’s not technical (such as communications, business, international affairs, etc.) would require so many leveling courses that it’s not practical to admit someone to an MS program.</p>
<p>The OP’s friend’s best alternative is to a look at a field that’s like engineering, but not engineering. For example, getting an MBA in operations management, psychology, engineering technology, etc.</p>
<p>I went back and Looked at his website, he has a BA is Psychology. So I doubt it was Quantitative. Most psych students don’t really even touch math.</p>