<p>I love learning science, especially physics and chemistry. I love learning how the universe works. I don't like doing labs that much because I'm really clumsy and i don't like to work with others too much. I love doing problems in the textbooks and learning theories and concepts. </p>
<p>I'm okay at math. Not that great, but not bad at it either. I do enjoy it sometimes though, especially applied maths. </p>
<p>I also don't think i would enjoy design courses. Thinking about doing that senior project scares the heck out of me... like I don't want to do it. I suspect that the senior project would be how engineering as a profession is like, right?</p>
<p>I've never really tinkered with things, except chemicals (does mixing things together to form lotions and potions count) </p>
<p>So should someone who loves science and math, yet hates the thought of having to do something like a senior engineering project still become an engineer?</p>
<p>no necessarily. I don’t like my design courses either. like intro to engineering design. I think it was useless. my math is ok. I have to really work at it. a lot depends on what type of engineering you want to get into. you should research the different fields of engineering. some fields have more math and problems than other engineering fields. example mechanical engineering vs mining engineering. </p>
<p>I wouldn’t let the final project scare you. Its usually related to your major (field of engineering you pick) and a topic that you choose. and the school work you do up to that point kind of trains you for it. so don’t worry you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>if you don’t pick engineering what would you do?</p>
<p>Engineering is more involved than just sitting at your desk 100% of the day solving conceptual problems. It would be great if it were that easy, but it’s not. Depending on your job, you can expect anywhere from 10-90% of your time at a desk, and the other portion setting up test equipment, recovering test results, collaborating with people, traveling, attending meetings, and other various non-desk related tasks. </p>
<p>Many high school students believe engineers just sit at their desk all day with big thick glasses solving text-book style problems. This simply isn’t the case. Even research-oriented PhD’d engineers will need to break away from the theory once and awhile and do the miscellaneous tasks that supplement their research.</p>
<p>About the only engineering position I can see that doesn’t involve “getting your hands dirty”, so to speak, is an engineering professor. And even professors have to travel once and a while for work, attend conferences, and give painful presentations.</p>
<p>This is just reality.</p>
<p>It would be great if it were that easy, but it’s not. Depending on your job, you can expect anywhere from 10-90% of your time at a desk, and the other portion setting up test equipment, recovering test results, collaborating with people, traveling, attending meetings, and other various non-desk related tasks. </p>
<p>THAT SOUNDS AWESOME</p>