<p>One can slide with the verbal-related skills a bit, but engineering programs require pretty high math skills to get through. If he’s not at least pretty decent in math and physical sciences he may have a tough time getting through many engineering schools, even if he is a pretty mechanical kind of guy.</p>
<p>A local non-flagship engineering school, such as U Illinois Chicago Circle, may have more modest entrance standards, and good students from there can got jobs, at least at the firm I used to work for they could.</p>
<p>But its really premature to say much till you have SATs/ACTs and grades in upper level advanced science and math courses.
If he does pretty poorly on all of the above he may want to re-think the plan, because getting in is one obstacle, getting out is another.</p>