Economics or Engineering?

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<p>Economics or Engineering?</p>

<p>Two completely different subjects. Which is why I am here.</p>

<p>Hello. Just abit about myself:
I am 18 years old, just graduated high school. I will be going to a community college in a couple of weeks and am planning on transferring to a major university (UC/USC) in a couple of years. I currently work as a bank teller and i've taken some classes and an internship about general finances, etc. So I guess you would say I am more "prepared" for the economics field. </p>

<p>The problem here is that I've been doing some thinking lately and I'm not sure if econ. will be right for me? I hate retail. So anything that involves retail I will completely disregard. Which leaves careers such as advisors and planners, and I dont think that is what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. </p>

<p>Which led me to research more majors and fields to see which one I could be interested in.
I've looked up on some engineering majors and aerospace seemed very interesting. My dream job would be working for defense designing aircraft and weaponry. But I know abseloutly nothing about that. Only the bare minimum from playing video games. But its still something that have always grabbed my interest. They say do the thing that you love, and I think that is what I would love doing. But would it be right to go down a completely different path than the one i'm in right now?
I figured working at a bank would give me an edge especially with an business/econ. major when transferring, or in the corporate world. But I just don't know if I would want to work with retail and finances for the rest of my life.</p>

<p>I understand that it sounds like its a bunch of rambling and none of what I say makes sense. But this is what is going through my mind now and if anyone has any insight, I'd appreciate it. </p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Go for it.</p>

<p>Depending on how well you like the natural/physical sciences, you could look into math or computer science, too, in addition to engineering. They are less heavy on the science, which you might like, since you were leaning towards finance (a quantitative subject, but not too much to do with science).</p>

<p>Mathematicans and computer scientists work on aspects of weapons design, too.</p>

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<p>Something to keep in mind is that if you want to study engineering, your course of study would be different at a community college than if you wanted major in economics or a science. I’m not sure what the difference is, but I remember hearing or reading somewhere when I was looking at general ed requirements for transferring that some majors, such as engineering, are different than other when it comes to requirements. Sadly I can’t tell you what the difference is. So, you might want to look into what you’d have to do if you wanted to study engineering after you transfer. Perhaps a transfer counselor can help you out, but make sure to check out other resources as well.</p>