<p>At first, I thought I wanted to major in finance but know I think I want to change to computer science. So could you guess tell me what made you really want to pick a major in engineering?</p>
<p>I was in a weekend program doing lab research in a hospital while in HS. We were asked to extract blood from behind the eyes of mice. Not only was I not particularly good at it, I didn’t enjoy the activity. I liked my calculus and programming classes more, so that started me on the path towards engineering.</p>
<p>I loved math in high school, and liked the idea that I could “create” buildings by using it. That was about it!</p>
<p>I’ve always built lots of random gadgets since I was little. To be completely honest, I chose to study engineering in undergrad simply because I liked building things and I was good at math and physics (at least in my high school). </p>
<p>While my undergrad curriculum had a lot of labs and hands-on design projects, most of the work was theory. So, during my first couple of years I felt a bit disillusioned. But looking back, I’m kind of glad. The whole point of engineering education is to build a solid theoretical foundation so that you can apply your knowledge intelligently.</p>
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<p>bingo!..</p>
<p>I have always loved everything about physics. Instead of pursuing particle or space physics, as awesome as they are, I wanted to learn to apply physics in a way that would directly benefit society.</p>
<p>My life’s dream was to have a job when I graduate college, so naturally engineering was my dream major.</p>
<p>^^^ You had a very reasonable dream!</p>
<p>I’ve always wanted to have the knowledge to basically build anything from scratch or fix things using creativity and an understanding of mechanics and electronics. I was heavy into music all throughout highschool and didn’t really care about academics so I did horrible in maths, though I always kinda liked it in a weird way. I graduated from Full Sail in audio engineering (a bit different from mechanical/electrical/chemical etc. lol) and worked in studios for a while, but I was always more interested in the technical aspects of it than production and such, everything from how the gear worked on the inside to the correlation between math and music. I found music these days to too superficial and shallow so I decided to go back to school and leave music as a hobby. I started out biotech but found it didn’t have enough math and decided to challenge myself to engineering. Now I’m in my 2nd year of general engineering, thinking mechanical but possibly electrical, and am loving it, especially the math and physics parts, and am doing awesome with it. So in short, I found out engineering is right for me because I love math and physics and have always wanted to be able to use it in a practical manner, got my act together and now I can’t get enough of it.</p>
<p>Moral of the story: If somebody tells you that you’re not cut out for engineering just because you didn’t do well at math/science in highschool or did poorly on your SAT’s they are full of crap.</p>
<p>To think “engineering is right for you” is an utterly wimpy question.
I chose engineering because it is an economical, safe choice. And I don’t hate it, I guess.</p>
<p>I was always interested in math/science, so engineering seemed like a logical step to take. While I dabbled around with options like Bioe and EE, eventually I settled on CS because I love computers and programming and discrete math and all of the challenges involved in making software. While sometimes I want to go jump off a cliff because I’ve signed up for too many classes, overall I just like everything about CS, my department, and the people I know that are in CS.</p>
<p>It doesn’t hurt that job opportunities and pay (even for summer internships) are better than for almost every other major right now. ;)</p>
<p>I found out engineering was right for me when I read how high the entry-level salaries were.</p>
<p>Tis very easy…</p>
<p>Easy to find jobs, high starting salary, good bonuses, good flexible hours and vacation timeoffs ( alot of people has a second gig or own a business because of this, i use the time to pursue another degree that i like). And depending on days, sometimes it is a pretty slack day.</p>
<p>I am a EE currently working and getting a llb btw.</p>
<p>I entered engineering because I liked and was good at math and science … and I disliked and was not good at English and writing … so applying to engineering as opposed to liberal arts colleges made sense … I had no great idea if it was a good idea or not. Then as a sophomore, when I was trying to flunk while playing cards (spades/hearts) all night, we took mini-courses on the specific engineering majors … in the mini-course for operations research we spent a couple lectures on game theory and the examples used were playing poker hands; and how a player could both play analytically and totally rationally while appearing to your opponents that you were bluffing and apparently playing irrationally … with that, pardon the pun, I was all in. From those two lectures … I found a major … an adviser … and kicked off my intellectual curiosity.</p>