<p>You of Eh I agree. My favorite classes so far include brit lit, econ, and all of my math. I’m a 2nd year mech e major yet these classes seem to point me toward being an english major (and writing for 20k a year), econ (and never getting a job), or math (and teaching kids for 30 years… reliving the high school dream for very little money again). Engineering fits in no way.</p>
<p>^ehh Econ is far from “never getting a job”…</p>
<p>I enjoy collegiate engineering, for the most part. It’s day after day of spending all my time on campus doing projects/homework/studying that makes my interest in the subject less meaningful and pronounced (maybe I’m getting senioritis?). After all, it seems like you work your ass off in college to, for the most part, work a 40-50 hour/week job that’s not as time consuming or necessarily consistently strenuous (at least in my field). </p>
<p>To me, the collegiate engineering system in the U.S. needs to be reworked. It needs to place more emphasis with preparing a graduate of the system for industry, grad school, etc. rather than making the student an expert of nothing, and a “well-rounded” disciple of everything. Maybe this way you wouldn’t make people feel like they spend thousands of dollars for a mere piece of paper and “critical thinking skills”.</p>
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<p>Math + econ is not exactly a “never getting a job” major. Quantitative finance and actuarial jobs look for people like that (throw in a few statistics and computer science courses for good measure).</p>
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<p>oh no, we have an engineering student heading to be a captain of industry</p>