<p>I wouldn’t worry too much about Autocad. My son is in a similar situation as you but is abit behind you in high school…he’s taken everything he can fit in during high school and Autocad has been part of it, but it’s just software…if you think about it…and smart people can pick up software basics pretty quickly and like someone said you can take that software as far as you want in terms of learning the ins and outs. More importantly you need to get a taste of engineering classes and then decide where you want to go with the major in terms of specializing. I agree mechanical is a good general start. My entire family are MEs (except for me) and they have all gone on to specialize…one in power management, one in the digital world, one in manufacturing, one in optics…you don’t have to figure it out as a high school senior…</p>