<p>I am kind of at a crossroad right now as too what to major in. I am torn between Mechanical Engineering Technology or Geology. I am a freshman at the moment for Mech Eng Tech. I went this route rather than Mechanical Engineering because of the more "hands on" approach(I'm more of an hands on person). I also LOVE to be outside, though... I am thinking Geology might fit the bill better for hands on and being outside, but, there seem to be more job opportunities post graduation in the Engineering field. Can anyone comment on this? And possibly a couple Geologists and Mech Eng Tech's give some input..</p>
<p>Thank you for your time...</p>
<p>Mike</p>
<p>I would imagine that mechanical engineering could be as hands-on as mechanical engineering technology and (just as an assumption) would figure that mechanical engineering offers more career choices. Don’t know if that’s completely accurate though.</p>
<p>The tech classes include some welding, machining and various other hands on skills that the normal Mechanical Engineering degree does not. Also, I am good at math, but do not prefer to do it and that’s why I went the tech way…</p>
<p>Have you considered geotechnical engineering? It’s a branch of civil engineering. It would contain some elements of both geology and mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>[Geotechnical</a> engineering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotechnical_engineering]Geotechnical”>Geotechnical engineering - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Too much math for me to be honest…</p>
<p>if your afraid of math, i wouldnt even consider any engineering related stuff. you really need to appreciate math and physics to enjoy engineering.</p>
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<p>I don’t care how good you are at math, it is tough to be a good engineer without being at least mildly interested in it. It happens a lot that people who don’t like math go into engineering, and they usually end up with bad GPAs, dropping out, being miserable, or having to work much much harder than average, or a combination. I really don’t understand how people think that they are going to be a successful engineer while avoiding math. It astounds me.</p>
<p>Seriously, you will have to embrace math as part of life if you want to do any kind of engineering.</p>
<p>Also, geology isn’t the only way you can work with your hands outside in a technical field. Look at any kind of civil engineering (or civil engineering technology), for instance.</p>