<p>There are a lot of different sub-specialties (I’ll call them that; you can tell I’m not an Engineer, lol) in Engineering. It’s possible you will find a passion, or at least an interest, or at least an ability in one or more of them.</p>
<p>Many Engineering programs begin with a low-credit course providing an overview of all of the different Engineering fields. I wonder if there is such a course at a 4-year school near you that you could audit… just to get an idea. </p>
<p>What courses are you currently taking? I apologize if you’ve told us. It’s important that you take the courses you’ll need to be ready to transfer into Engineering. It might take you more than 2 additional years after you finish cc if you are planning to transfer as a junior. Have you consulted with transfer advisors at your cc to make sure you are on the right track to transfer into Engineering?</p>
<p>Dude, I am an Environmental Engineer at U of I and about to graduate with a BS next semester. And I STILL am unsure whether I “like” my profession. What you have to understand is that happiness is relative, you can just “grow into” whatever you’re doing - at least, thats what I’m hoping will happen to me, as I have no idea how the workplace will be like. I like the idea of engineering the environment and structures, but the actual process itself is still shaky for me.</p>
<p>Most other Civil Engineers are only moderately passionate about it. And yes, it is a very versatile degree since employers like your brain that’s what they keep tellin us!</p>
<p>Ok- I disagree with everyone who says you shouldnt do engineering. </p>
<p>You may be the kind of person who is low key about most things, and that is ok. You haven’t said you are passionate about anything in particular, and that is fine too. </p>
<p>I was that sort of student many years ago. I switched from one major(liberal arts) to another and ended up with a Mechanical Engineering Degree (Fluid Mechanics) and then went on to do a MS. I have always been employed, and in diverse fields. </p>
<p>There are great innovative people who go into engineering and design, market and invent cool technology, and then there are those of us, the rest of us, people with good minds, who like a little problem solving. I have always considered my Engineering degree as though I went to a trade school, and it has served me well. Plus, you arent interested particularly now, but Engineering classes are interesting, and you are young, and something might spark. I ended up doing an MS because of something that caught my eye in an engineering journal. </p>
<p>So I recommend it. Also, I think you asked what major? I am big on MEs.</p>
<p>enginox and strengr, i respectfully disagree.</p>
<p>a doctor may need to know the idea of chemistry but doesn’t actually need to know any real chemistry (biology’s another matter). an engineer on the other hand knows not only about the idea of physics, but real actual physics. both a physics major and a mechanical engineering major take analytical mechanics; do doctors and chemists both take stat mech? to get into pharm school the only chemistry needed is introductory ochem. no stat mech, quantum, thermo, inorganic, advanced organic, programming or instrumental analysis. pharmacists only need to know the “idea of chemistry”, not chemistry. look at their curriculum. what is chemistry? well, we can start with what it learns. chemists learn calculations and they learn hands on experimental techniques. pharmacists and doctors don’t calculate and don’t do hands on experiments. they don’t know chemistry.</p>
<p>anyhow OP, just do what you want. you might not know if you like something but you’ll probably know if you hate something.</p>
<p>I completely agree. I surely didn’t love engineering. Halfway through my degree I wanted to change engineering majors because I just wasn’t that interested anymore (which did make it harder) but I could see the light at the end of the tunnel and the $$$ so I stuck it out.</p>
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<p>No you don’t have to be passionate but you should have some kind of interest. Work is work to a certain degree. If you’re making good money and hate your job you’re probably going to be miserable.</p>
<p>Consider business… the focus is all over the place in that major… especially when you get out of college. You’ll definitely find a nitch somewhere in business after graduating.</p>
I can think of a few reasons: 1 - it’s easier, 2 - not everyone is good at math, 3 - some people would describe engineering work as their definition of hell.</p>
<p>Selecting a major and career is a personal thing, and I am personally very grateful that there are people who think business is a better major because I don’t want to do that work and someone has to. Money isn’t everything, and some people are better off getting a business degree than chasing engineering. Maybe that’s the OP.</p>
<p>Business would be a good choice because of its broad spectrum.</p>
<p>Engineering is something you that you know you have interest in, in advance… CS as well… and Nursing as well, for example.</p>
<p>But for someone who doesn’t really ‘like’ anything, then I’m sure there will be something to like in Business.</p>
<p>The simplistic way to look at the salary of any major or any job for that matter is, the more people who are able to do a job, the less money they will receive for that job. The harder and more difficult the job, the higher the pay. And jobs that require expertise will be at the top of the pay scale.</p>
<p>Well I would argue that engineering may be just as broad as business. If we’re comparing a specific business major to a specific engineering major here. An engineer can do many business jobs without any further schooling, or at most a 2 year MBA. As long as he doesn’t shut doors with a low GPA, the more versatile degree would be engineering in my opinion.</p>
<p>oh gosh no. I think engineering is one of the worse job if you don’t know what do do and not sure if you like it or not. It’s lots of math and physic which is very frustrating if you don’t like it. How about a pharmacist? I’m not sure yet either but I’ve decided for a pharmacist since last year. It’s a stable job and very rewarding. It can be frustrating but its all memorization.</p>
<p>Well yeah it’s going to be a lot of work, and harder to get a comparable GPA. If you aren’t willing to work don’t go into engineering. But if you are, and you honestly don’t know what you want to do and you could see yourself doing business just as much as engineering, I say do engineering because after you graduate you still could go back to business if you find you don’t like engineering. </p>
<p>Obviously don’t do engineering if you hate math and science, that goes without saying.</p>
<p>i’d like to put in my 2 cents on this.
I have been going to community college for 3 years this spring. Just like others on this thread, I was thinking about having a good career and bringing home a good paycheck. I fell upon environmental engineering and have been working ever since. In high school I was never interested in any subject except weight lifting for football haha, I took algebra multiple times in high school also. but I finally realized what I have to do. I am finishing up my calc 2 class and have been accept to SDSU for environmental engineering and Cal Poly Pomona/ Long beach for engineering technology. I believe that I will be transferring to SDSU for environmental engineering. Although I do not know what the future has in store for me, I believe that engineering is a great choice of a path. Just put your mind into it and know what you will be dealing with. Also, put into account the small bumps you’ll have along the way. DONT LET IT STOP YOU. just keeeeeeep going.</p>
that’s what they keep tellin us!</p>