<p>So.. I dream a lot, not just daydream, but.. okay, yeah I daydream.
I work hard and i have decent grades, excelling in math and science, but only because I have had so much pressure on my back to become an engineer and etc. Otherwise, I would have spent more time in english and history and the such.</p>
<p>I want to have a major to lead me to a job where i can create things... The only jobs that come to mind are the "imagineers" at Disneyland which sounds AWESOME but impossibly hard and the business/engineer people who draw up plans for the companies (o i guess jobs where you plan things).</p>
<p>I'm trying to find something I excel in, and i'm really good at planning and imagining practical things, but then again.. I guess everyone is huh. ):</p>
<p>So, right now I'm trying to find a major that will help me achieve a career where I can be a planner, an architect (yet I don't have a portfolio or anything i can send to colleges ]=). I was looking at sound/acoustical engineering which seems awesome, bioengineering, operations research and industrial engineering...I heard computer science does too?
Yeah help please</p>
<p>So you want to create or plan things, but you don't know what these things are? Why not just take classes that get you the most excited then see what major that points to?</p>
<p>Hey! My brother was an Imagineer for years! And pretty high up, too. :)</p>
<p>And, uh, he was lucky to finish high school. No college, no formal art education, none of that stuff. He's just amazingly talented and can do everything you can imagine -- paint, photograph, build, engineer, you name it.</p>
<p>I used to hang around the office with him when visiting, and I never got the impression that they put any huge emphasis on formal background. There are obviously a lot of people there who have ridiculous backgrounds, but it's not the main qualification. I think they're just looking for those quirky, one-in-a-million people who are the whole package, very self-motivated, and can do a thousand different things with natural skill and understanding. I'm not sure you're going to be able to get a degree in that.</p>
<p>And I think it's kinda interesting how you describe the Imagineers, because it's not really how I ever thought of it. That's definitely a function of the job, but there are all sorts of different departments and most people don't really have anything to do with business or engineering. A lot of it is honestly just sitting at your desk and coming up with cool ideas -- for stories, art displays, themes, etc.</p>
<p>Sorry for rambling. :) But I think it's cool that you're into this!</p>
<p>Oh, and also -- sorry, you've got me thinking about this :) -- there are Imagineering internships, so maybe that's something to consider before it's time to pick a specific major. I'm not sure if you need to be an upper-level student in order to do the internship, but it's worth checking into. And, if that doesn't work out, you can probably look into similar arts-driven R&D internships.</p>
<p>Hi MHC2011,
Thanks for the referencing the reply. Since this discussion, my daughter chose to to to Cal Berkeley studying mechanical engineering. She got heavily inspired for mechanics from her Troy High school engineering team which did a project for MIT developing a coconut picking machine for 3rd world countries(I guess alot of people die from picking coconuts). With great fortune and gratitude, she was given a full scholarship. She is having an awesome time there and her goal is still the same. Disney sends emails for their college programs available and my daughter is hoping to get something possibly in the summer. We live in orange county,california and it is convenient if she finds an opportunity at anaheim or burbank. We'll see. She also is thinking of pursuing a masters degree in possibly computer science as that is her first love and strength.</p>
<p>Ah icic, MHC, where does your brother work?
These jobs are extremely competive aren't they? i was thinking that i needed the right degree, internships, etc to become one.</p>