<p>I've applied and been accepted to VSU in southern Georgia and they have a program allowing me to do pre-engineering, or as the foreign teacher called it "engineering studies", and I've decided to do that. I don't have the strongest background mathematically throughout high school, but always do well on it regarding testing, such as the SAT and any tests GA can throw at me. I have a decent knowledge of high school level sciences as I have never gotten below a mid-B in those classes, but that was just one. :P</p>
<p>What kind of mathematical knowledge will I need to know, regardless of having taken the class or not, to survive the transition into college as a student striving for an engineering degree? If needed, I'm doing either Mechanical or Chemical Engineering, maybe even a different "branch" of engineering, it just really depends on what I find the most interesting to me. Kudos if anyone can link me to a resource that would help me decide between which degree. :)</p>
<p>Loving the subject matter is one of the biggest keys to doing well in engineering. If you don't, the massive problem sets will quickly erode the incentive the high initial rate of pay offers.</p>
<p>Also, I remember way back when I was trying to find out what major I was interested, the Princeton Review had a great page outlining a ton of different majors. Just type in "engineering" and you should get a pretty complete list.</p>
<p>What's funny is that they no longer list Materials Science & Engineering, instead putting it as Materials Science. If I was hunting around the website nowadays I might not have found it. :(</p>
<p>The Bureau of Labor and Statistics also has a fairly thorough list of types of engineers and the kind of work they do.</p>