My story for those who are scared.

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<p>This is a short story that would surely become much longer if I kept up with it throughout the years to come.</p>

<p>I've been on this site for a while now and I've read a lot of threads started by people who truly want to become engineers but are scared to try it because they've got it in their heads that no matter what they do, no matter how hard they try, it's just going to be too hard and it will never happen.</p>

<p>Well, I'm certainly no engineer; in fact, I'm only a college freshman. However, I know the feeling that most of you guys have.</p>

<p>My story starts during my freshmen year in high school. I did pretty bad that year. I ended up completely failing physical science and barely passing everything else. The school I went to was terrible. Still, I blamed myself for not trying hard enough. I switched to a different high school my sophomore year. I had to take all of the sophomore classes plus physical science again. That year I had a 4.0 GPA. It gave me a confidence boost and I ended up going back to my original high school to be with everyone that I had known my whole life. I thought I would have no problems, but I did. My junior year I had mainly Fs with a couple of Ds. That school was so bad that parents were receiving letters warning that the school was probably going to be shut down and that we'd all have to go to a different school. It never got shut down though, and I tried to switch schools again. I wasn't allowed this time. Something about living too far from the school even though I had gone to it the previous year.</p>

<p>I dropped out of high school and got my GED. I didn't get to study and learn a lot of things that the typical high school graduate would, but from my disappointment came this powerful urge to continue my education. The university wouldn't accept me until the date that I was supposed to graduate, so I went to a CC. Unfortunately for me, I was 17 and my urge to continue my education wasn't accompanied by any responsibility. I ended up taking it lightly and failing two consecutive semesters with straight Fs.</p>

<p>I took a break after that and got some jobs. I worked at Walmart for a while and then for Amazon. Last Spring I started at another community college As a full time student. I'm taking as many transferable classes as I can here before transferring to the university to study mechanical engineering. I didn't do well in high school and I didn't do well when I first started at the CC 2 years ago, but now I'm taking everything very seriously and I'm not letting anything stop me or hold me back. I have a 4.0 GPA as of right now, and I'm doing very well so far. I don't think any one should worry THAT much. If you are driven, work at it, can manage your time, and know that this is what yoú want to do, then do it and don't look back.</p>

<p>Also, don't look so far ahead. Take it easy and go at your own pace.</p>

<p>Maybe if I'm here long enough and this site stay up, I can update this in thê future.</p>

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<p>just try not to fail i guess</p>

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<p>Who, me? Or anyone who’s viewing this?</p>

<p>I have a hard time seeing myself failing. The enjoyment factor is there; the work-hard factor is there. I typically don’t allow discouragement to get the best of me, even when I get comments from friends and family who think I won’t be able to do it. I suggest everyone else do the same.</p>

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<p>Good story, work hard and you will get there. Just don’t rush things. I had a similar experience of community for 2.5 years, transferred to well respected undergraduate focused program and that semester… was the only MechE transfer student. Just keep up the good work. I think those tougher life lessons will help you more than you realize, it brings high level of maturity that man students even in engineering are lacking.</p>

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<p>Nothing is impossible. I watched PBS program long time ago about a medical doctor whose undergraduate major was in Music. His grades were ok but his music career was not good. Then he went back to school to take deficiencies classes for medical school like Bio, Chem, physics, etc…and finally he took MCAT prep classes too. He worked so hard like crazy because he wanted to be medical doctor. AND he got very good grades and passed the MCAT with flying color. Finally, he was accepted at med school and eventually became a doctor. He told the viewers you can major in anything in undergraduate (of course has to have high grades) and pass MCAT then the medical school accept you…So, Nothing is impossible with med school, math classes, etc. Just work hard, focus and have strong desire to succeed. May the Force be with you.</p>

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<p>Thanks JonJon, for posting your path. It’s very inspiring. Helpful, I think, for parents who itch for their kids to ‘get it’ but have to wait and watch and hope that things turn out for them the way it did for you. </p>

<p>Good luck and keep us posted!</p>