<p>Hi guys,
I'm kinda stuck figuring out what to specialize in.(undergraduate)
Well,i love engineering and hands-on experience in addition to theoretical work.
As for my best subject; maths and physics of course but no science and biology and i love CS too and have some liiiittle experience in programmign but nothing big and can't compete with 12-year old programmer(we sse a bunch of those everyday)
I'm leaning toward Aeronautical and aerospace engineering but thinking of my future job more like a consultant:i don't want to limit my self, i want to be versatile and push the limits.I used to like civil engineering but from what i heard it won't be building sky-scrapers, just construction tasks????
BTY,i am an international and hoping to study in top US schools but i want to go back to my country(max::10 year of work experience)::so, something international like with the multi-national companies!!</p>
<p>So what do you advise me to study ???
Thanks,</p>
<p>well, i d olike hands on tasks but i’m not well infromed in mechanical and honestly don’t like it because my education so far has been theratical and doesn’t include material comportment and all!</p>
<p>Not sure yelling at and insulting posters for not responding, and then rejecting the suggestion is going to get the response you are looking for.</p>
<p>I’ll take a stab, if you don’t yell or berate. My s’s are engineers (mechanical and chemical). Older one did not want petroleum engineering, but sounds like you might. Can major in mech E or Chem E to pursue petroleum E.</p>
<p>so for the lack of anners;i appreciate the fact that you’re helping and i’m considering your suggestions!!
However,i’d like to mention that i’m leaning to sth that could help me get into aerospace(aeronautical grad program )!!!</p>
<p>Mechanical and aerospace are so related that if you are already convinced you won’t like mechanical engineering then you might as well forget aerospace engineering too. Mechanical isn’t just hands on stuff. It is plenty of theory.</p>
<p>Still, without more information there isn’t any way any of us could give you a useful suggestion. Math and physics come into play in just about every engineering field, as does theoretical work.</p>
<p>Thank you all but whta kind of info are you looking for ;like EC’s?? or tendencies??As for my curricular, in my country there is like sections to pursue(fields to specialize in) in high school and mine was math(math,sciecne ,technology…) and usually mechanical and electrical engineers come from the Tech sections because they learn mechanics and electricity and teh yend up in germany with scholarships and job offers at automobiles companies, however the math section is more versatile and in physics we cover many themes but no detailed courses about mechanics and technology!!Therefore, i feel disadvantaged compared to those who learned about mechanics!!!</p>
<p>Ec’s nothing significant in what concerns engineering;;but did attend a summer camp::electricity,aerospace + robotics course(organized by a tunisian who works at NASA) and i participate in math olympiads!!</p>
<p>i think; more like aerodynamics, trajectories, programming machines and all!!
However,being a part of designing let’s say : bridges, sky-scrapers excites me; but i’ve heard in this forum that the best job are consulting and managerial jobs and those need a general Meng;like engineering sciences, technologies or engineering systems or operations or industrial engineering;;i don’t know much about those but they look interesting!!</p>
<p>You can do consulting or management with just about any engineering degree, so don’t worry about that. It should be based on what interests you the most and what leads to the career you want the most.</p>
<p>thanks guys for the help;
the reason why i am asking is that my top school is MIT and it will provide most of the mentionned fields but my reach and safeties have different fields and if i can change my major in my second year that may not be possible with a reducd number of choices in other schools which i can’t choose unless i determine the most important fields i intend to major in.</p>
<p>It really depends on what school you get in and their individual programs. At my school, we didn’t have a “general engineering” major, but there was something called “Engineering Physics” and another called “Engineering Science”, though I’m not really sure what the difference was between them. They weren’t as popular as the other engineering majors, so I don’t know much about them, but I’m sure they were both rigorous and useful.</p>
<p>My previous employer really liked Harvey Mudd graduates (I think someone in upper management must’ve went there) so I got to know a lot of Mudd guys with General Engineering degrees. They have a very good program and those guys were all well prepared for many different types of projects. If you’re applying to MIT, you might as well apply to Harvey Mudd too. I’m not sure which one is more affordable, though.</p>