Oh and college isn’t about being nerdy, I look completely different from everyone else in my program and have completely different interests but that did not stop me from making friends. Engineering students tend to study together. All she has to do is make one friend who is a social butterfly and she has instant access to all study groups. Also getting involved in one or two orgs (ie being on an exec board or committee that actually does something) will help her start to build a network. And usually there are strong cultural networks that even shy students thrive in. We have the Asian Student Association, and AISES which is an engineering group for Asian students at school. Then there are the general orgs for everyone to mingle so she can have the best of all worlds: culture, people I’ll eventually work with, and engineering. Lastly, she can always switch to industrial engineering, they still get decent pay and its known to be easier. College courses can be a challenge, engineering is not impossible. There will be super smart kids that fail just because they don’t know how to study. If she knows how she can pass any class. Failing a course is not the end of the world. A lot of us do it. Some classes are just put in place to test your endurance for the degree.