<p>Ok, so Im a senior in HS right now, and will be going to an engineering college next year.
I really am not sure at all what the best engineering is for me. I have found alot of engineering majors interesting (just by research), but i really dont know what type of engineering BEST FITS me.</p>
<p>I LOVE math, especially calculus. So i want to make sure that my career involves math/calculus on perhaps a daily basis. </p>
<p>I also am very interested in helping the environment, and am interested in having a career that is related to renewable energy systems AND also involves math.</p>
<p>So i guess i really have two questions:</p>
<p>1) What type of engineering involves more math than the others, for both college and a career?</p>
<p>2) During freshmen yr in engineering, do students usually take classes that touch base on all the possible engineering majors?? or how do engineering majors usually find out what type of engineering they are most interested in??</p>
<p>Please gimme some advice, i would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>"I LOVE math, especially calculus. So i want to make sure that my career involves math/calculus on perhaps a daily basis. </p>
<p>I also am very interested in helping the environment, and am interested in having a career that is related to renewable energy systems AND also involves math."</p>
<p>judging from ^, your best bet is mechanical engineering or environmental engineering. typically, if you’re working with tools and such, math will definitely involved (measuring and testing). since you love math so much, your best bet would be to become a professor.</p>
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<li><p>I think electrical eng, mechanical eng, computer eng and computer science are among the obvious math-oriented majors.</p></li>
<li><p>it really depends on where you’re going for college. most public schools dive right into engineering/CS subjects during the first year, but places like stanford might allow you maybe 2 years until you decide your major. some colleges offer seminar courses on engineering as a whole during the first semester of freshman year, so do look into that when signing up for classes. however, if you want to save time, I recommend you do research for yourself. try searching on google or going through other threads on CC =)</p></li>
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<p>There isn't much, if any, renewable energy in environmental engineering, contrary to public belief. It's mostly remediation work, wastewater treatment plant design, etc.</p>
<p>I once asked the same question, and didn’t find a very clear answer. The lowdown: it depends what kind of math you’re talking about. Yes, electronic, computer and mechanical have huge use of advanced math. Civil is based more on linear geometry, up until the material strengths and such. Biomedical, chemical, etc might work less with standard equations, but that doesn’t make them much easier.</p>
<p>Environmental engineering is the way to go to help the (duh) environment. A huge environmental technologies boom is expected somewhere in the near future. Not sure on the math content, but applying other engineering forms for solar cells, wind turbines, green roofs, etc.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if I’m reading the OP incorrectly or if everybody else is… but if he’s a senior right now, wouldn’t he already have applied to schools by now? Suggesting that he apply to HMC is kind of late.</p>
<p>If you are really that into maths, I would reccomend mechanical engineering. I believe it is the the engineering major which is the most intensive in its use of mathematics. However if you are into studying aspects of renewable energy, i would go environmental engineering as others have said. Nonetheless, I believe mechanical engineering is going to be your thing rather than environmental.</p>
<p>Thanks for all of the responses, i think i should definitely look into Mechanical engineering more.</p>
<p>And yes, i will most likely be going to VT or UVa next year, so it’s a little late to apply to HMC, haha.</p>
<p>BTW, does anyone know anything about Systems Engineering?? B.c. i was just reading about it today, and UVa has the option to have a concentration in Economic systems or Energy/envrionmental system. Im also very interested in Economics, so it was kinda interesting to see that systems engineering can potentially allow me to study both engineering/economics in college.</p>
<p>Can anyone give me any info on systems engineering?</p>