<p>I put civil engineering as my intended major in my application and applied math as the second choice. But after getting accepted I was informed that applied math is the best major Brown has to offer and the engineering department is rather mediocre compared to those of the other elite schools. Should I change my major?</p>
<p>Well… what do you want to do after you graduate?</p>
<p>undecided… I guess I’m more interested in civil engineering but also enthralled by math. Majoring in applied math will probably get me into a better grad school</p>
<p>Majoring in applied math will get you into a better graduate applied math program. Majoring in civil engineering will get you into a better graduate civil engineering program.</p>
<p>Isn’t Brown pretty flexible when it comes to majors anyway? In terms of requirements?</p>
<p>If you want an engineering job afterwards, you’ll have to do an engineering major. Applied math is interesting (I feel your pain, I had to decide between physics and engineering) but you won’t be able to do engineering afterwards, especially not civil, which is really regulated and you need the appropriate licenses.</p>
<p>Evidently, if you want to work as an engineer, you will need a degree in that field. if you want a broad choice of careers, I would take maths with computing in a joint honours option.</p>