<p>I am currently thinking of going with accounting when I go to college. Wich is soon, however I have one year before I choose major. I know engineering is alot about math and I'm really a burrito at math..</p>
<p>I'm into the awesomeness of weapons(MechE), aero and something else.</p>
<p>But since I suck at math I would need some guidance from some zen-masters here at CC.</p>
<p>So zen-masters, could you tell me wich Engineering major has the least complicated math? Is MechE and AeroE alot of extremely difficult math (I am probably a Level 2 out of 5 in math.)</p>
<p>Both Aero and Mech will have pretty serious math, at least from what I’ve seen. Lots of differential equations and Cal-III stuff for the Aero’s, anyway.</p>
<p>If you play your cards right in Computer engineering, Software engineering, or perhaps Civil, Biomedical, Bio, or Industrial (although these to a much lesser extent), you could probably pull it off.</p>
<p>I don’t think ChemE or ElecE are great picks if you don’t want math, and I don’t think MechE and AeroE are either… but perhaps not as bad as the first two.</p>
<p>If you’re not good at math, and presumably don’t like it, why major in engineering at all? I’d go with business or, perhaps even better, just blow people’s minds and go for liberal arts. People do it all the time, it’s ok, and in some sense, the liberal arts people are the ones actually going to college (rather than the engineers and business majors). Pure science is another option, but that’s bad on math too.</p>
<p>Perhaps the craziest idea… why not major in math? If it’s a weakness, perhaps you can turn it around. College is about making yourself better, not avoiding areas you can improve in. BTW, don’t take this advice (well, I might, but I’m a masochist).</p>
<p>Well, I understand you when you say why go for engineering at all if I suck at math. But, I really like it, and a few people in my family is really successful at it, and I want to follow.</p>
<p>And the reason why I really want to make sure I pick the right major is that I can’t afford a singel screw up during my studies, if I do, I will get shipped back home in a banana boat.</p>
<p>ElecE is alot of math for obvious reasons, it was my major in high school and I pretty much failed it so hard that everyone could feel the wrath of F’s comeing their way. I don’t like computers because I think they are stupid, so CE is out of the question.</p>
<p>What is the difference between biomedical and bio?</p>
<p>I really appriciate that you took your time to answer my questions.</p>
<p>If you don’t like computers, you won’t succeed at ANY engineering. The engineering world in modern time revolves around computers. If math is not your thing and computers are not your thing, you would have a hard time in any engineering. Sorry to burst your bubble there.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, accounting is a fairly math heavy major as well. You will either have to work your butt off to get better at math or you will have to choose a different major.</p>
<p>I would not discount either major–if you are not as strong in math as you think you need to be, as a previous poster mentioned, you might be able to turn it around in college. You may have to study longer than a lot of math whizzes that may be in your classes, but it will definately pose a challenge for you, if you are up to it! Our own student, while indeed very proficient in math and a Sr engineering student has survived with a lot of hard work. Writing is truly very easy and we have often thought that a liberal arts degree would have been a better match; however, the challenge of learning something new has proven to be much more interesting according to our student. Yes, computers and programming do play a part in engineering and fortunately our student was very proficient in that as well. You can always switch majors as many people do that start out in engineering. I guess the real question is are you up for a challenge?</p>
<p>If I switch major it means that I switch classes, wich means I have to pay more money. Money that I am not incharge of and I can’t change major neither can I drop school and pick it up later. I get financial aid.</p>
<p>Financial aid has nothing to do with it. The government and the school don’t care what you major in when it comes to financial aid as long as you are majoring in something. Changing majors does NOT affect financial aid. As far as switching majors makes you switch classes goes… well duh… that is the point of switching majors. Do you not think it is worth it to take an extra semester or two if you decided after a year that you really want to be doing something else? Trust me, the extra time is definitely worth the benefit you would reap in happiness. The fact is, the majority of college students these days end up switching or adjusting their major at least once during their schooling. If your parents are the ones that refuse to let you switch majors once you pick one, then they are a couple of sadly misguided people.</p>
<p>Accounting requires no more than Algebra. You rarely solve equations. You need to know elementary algebra for Break-Even Analysis and the Profit function. And you need to know exponents for the present value techniques 1/(i+P)^n. Everything else is just adding and subtracting. So if you like Math, don’t expect much of it in accounting.</p>
<p>I had an accounting roommate in undergrad who routinely had to know basic calculus as well. I usually laughed at the fact that it was quite a challenge for him to simply find the maxima of a polynomial, something any crappy engineer could do in literally about 90 seconds.</p>