Engineering Preparation in High School

<p>As a prefrosh going into engineering next fall :slight_smile: I have taken 2 years of each, chemistry, physics, biology and calculus as well as English, history, art, music, Spanish etc. </p>

<p>I really wish that I had some computer science/programming experience of some sort, however, my school doesn’t offer computer classes beyond typing. Yeah seriously typing. Sigh. I digress. If you have any way to get involved with computers, robotics, things of that nature, I would highly recommend it. Also, something I am struggling with is figuring out what engineering actually means, like what kinds of topics would I study and what kinds of thinks I would do as a job. I haven’t had any real experience with this elusive catchall phrase “engineering”…I mean sure, math and science are my favorite subjects and I can look stuff up online about the specifics of the field. I will find out what engineering is when I start taking classes, but I also discovered (once it was too late to benefit from them) that there are summer programs and weekend programs at various universities meant to expose kids to engineering, so I would also recommend looking into those.</p>