<p>I remember someone on Yahoo! Answers saying “Engineers aren’t trained, but born.”
not sure if people agree with this statement though.</p>
<p>I suppose that is a slightly valid statement. Engineering is definitely something that yo have to be innately interested in in order to truly be good at. You don’t think that Isaac Newton got into the sciences because he thought it would make him a bunch of money, do you? I would offer a conjecture that he probably just had one of those inquisitive, problem-solving minds. I have seen plenty of classmates who did engineering because of the nice paycheck, and they sometimes come out being passable, or even good engineers. I have seen less intelligent people become better engineers, though, based solely on their love of the subject, and therefore their willingness to work hard at it.</p>
<p>I think by your junior year in college you should decide if engineering is right for you. Do this knowing you aren’t a failure if you change majors and that you won’t make a ton of money if you stick with engineering.</p>
<p>It is a shame that we ask 18 year olds to decide what they want to be when they grow up, I am 35 and still trying to figure that out. Great thing about engineering, though, is that it is a great foundation of knowledge and skills that you can do other things if and when you figure out what you want to do.</p>
<p>I suggest Jr. year because at this time you will have a great set of undergrad classes that will aid you in changing your major or at least aid you in life. Math, physics, and sciences have a world of transferable knowledge. So, if you do switch to something like Psychology and you lose a year, at least you’ll have more math and science than anyone else in your classes, and this will lend to your success. Also, knowing that you would much rather be where you are is a bigger advantage than anything you can ever be taught.</p>
<p>So, those who say “do what you love” are spot on, because it means that you are where you are supposed to be.</p>
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<p>No **** sherlock. You agreeing with the “it’s only about effort” has not become any more valid because of this statement.</p>
<p>I’m doing engineering not only because of being good in math and physics but because I like putting things together and making stuff. Engineering will makes it more fun(less likely to blow something up or electrocute self).</p>
<p>Though sadly I know alot of people going into the major for the money.</p>
<p>Gstein, seriously, why would you respond with such a ****y attitude for something that does not require it. That comment wasn’t meant to even in the slightest way interfere with my earlier opinion. I’m sure that if that person put enough effort into it they could do decent in engineering, but that is absolutely beside the point. It is only human nature to put effort into something he or she believes that he/she is good at. Therefore effort is all that matters. A person who hasn’t touched a piano in there life isn’t going to go to school to be a concert pianist. Sure they could work at it and become decent, but they are not going to put all of their effort into it. Therefore, the comment that I made really has no effect on the argument.</p>
<p>I think too many bright students in high school (who do well in ALL subjects) are told, “Hey, you’re really good at math and science you should be an engineer.” This may not be true for everyone, but my high school was nothing like college; and high school math and science courses (even the AP cals, physics, chemistry, etc) should not be used to determine what one wants to study. I’m an engineering major and yes, I’m doing it for the job security in comparison to other majors. If I could start over, I would have tried to get accepted somewhere else and choose another major. My parents and teachers, etc fed me the good-intentioned, yet misguided BS of major in engineering because you’re good in science and they make a lot of money. Too bad I didn’t have a truly wealthy person in my life growing up who could have told me what real money is. Though I have several friends who graduated and are now working for large oil companies starting out pretty nicely :-). </p>
<p>Looking back at my high school test scores, I actually did better in the verbal/English/reading categories than in the math/science categories.</p>