Industrial Engineering Career/Major?

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>I've done my reading on this career but I'd like to read the facts/opinions from someone who is actually in the field and does it for a living or anyone knowledgeable just so I can gain a more comfortable idea of what I am getting into for the next chapter of my life.</p>

<p>Can you describe a day in a life for me?</p>

<p>Pros, cons?</p>

<p>Would you say that there's a certain trait or personality that may be suggested for this career?</p>

<p>Outlook and what's to be expected in the future?</p>

<p>And last but not least, Is there a lot of complex mathematics involved? Calc is sorta killing me right now... I may have a lack of attention to detail (bad test taker).</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>I’ve applied to Cal Poly SLO, Cal Poly Pomona, CSULB, and CSUF. How should these schools be ranked in terms of being good for IE?</p>

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<p>If you look at the curriculum and course listings of an Industrial Engineering degree program:</p>

<p>[Bachelor</a> of Science in Industrial Engineering (IE)](<a href=“http://ime.calpoly.edu/programs/bs-ie/]Bachelor”>http://ime.calpoly.edu/programs/bs-ie/)</p>

<p>you will see a significant number of courses which involve applying math and/or statistics to various problems.</p>

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<p>that was hardly a scratch to my overall inquiry…</p>