<p>Hey guys I was wondering how you guys handle the workload for the engineering classes. Im still in highschool at the moment but I really do enjoy physics, because I see it as a pretty challenging class that gets me to think hard! For this reason, I am interested in majoring in engineering and I wanted to know how you guys felt about it! Also anything good about engineering that you guys enjoy that you would like to share? Any regrets also? Thanks!</p>
<p>majoring in engineering in college is going to be rough, no matter which branch you pick.</p>
<p>having said that, my mother used to say that nothing worthwhile comes easily...</p>
<p>in this economy, there are still jobs for engineers.</p>
<p>If you enjoy your discipline you won't even notice that all you do is study. Any discipline will be that way. When I was in school the labs for each major were in the same building just on different floors. At any hour you would find people studying in each one. Thing is, you do make friends with people in your field, so studying and hanging out become the same thing. Also, if you treat school like a full time job with extended hours you will do fine, and get your monies worth out of your education.</p>
<p>So, if you want to go to school to party all the time don't do engineering. However, if you can handle only a party once or twice a week than engineering can work for you.</p>
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<p>This is so true. In undergrad I loved my classes and didn't care that I was dropping 10-15 hours on every problem set. Now in grad school I'm taking classes I'm not nearly as interested in and I loathe doing even the sets I manage to get done in less than ten hours.</p>
<p>My brother had the opposite problem. In undergrad he hated all of his classes and struggled to do well, but now that he's in law school and studying what he finds truly interesting, he doesn't mind the fact that he spends more time doing work in one semester at law school than he did in the entirety of undergrad.</p>
<p>Poor high school student. I was the same as you were, but just to provide a different perspective, I lost all interest in solving complex mathematical problems when I realized that there are no real life applications. In high tech industries or grad school where every decimal place counts, you will need to use your superior mathematical and programming skills to analyze problems. However, what I want to do now does not require me to have demigod-like mathematical abilities.</p>
<p>While the math probably doesn't have much use in real life situations, the actual problem solving skills you gain and ability to use variables is very important in engineering. But honestly everything but calculus I can find a good use for in real life...and calculus in the basis for physics so I guess we need that too.</p>
<p>I used to think that calculus has no good use for in real life until I started doing research. Now all I use is those seemingly random meaningless equations from calculus and differential equations.</p>
<p>Alright thanks for all your replies!</p>
<p>JoeJoe!! Did you really say calc has NO applications????</p>
<p>YOU ARE A FOOL</p>
<p>Uh oh, math nerd sighted. Everybody hide!</p>
<p>(Plenty of real-life uses for calc, though. It's really useful.)</p>
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<p>I didn't say it had no applications lol</p>
<p>Engineering is pragmatic. It does contribute to our human society!!
So don't worry about it's interests;everything would be interesting if you absorb yourself in.</p>
<p>You will study more than most students. You will be stressed. You will get a good job.</p>