<p>Right now I'm a freshman at a small liberal arts college that only offers a 3-2 engineering program. I am currently a math/economics double major with a 3.88 GPA (one semester) but strongly considering switching over to engineering, even if that means transferring to a school that has a regular 4 year program. I am really strong in math (750 SAT, took calc BC exam in high school) but feel as though I won't enjoy the theoretical work as much as I do just working with equations and solving them. To prove this, I didn't really enjoy Geometry and all the proofs when I took it in high school and I feel that after Calculus III and differential equations, that's what my major will mostly be. I also enjoyed my science classes in high school and was always an 'A' student in those courses. I'm a very meticulous student - everything I do is very thorough and neat and above all, I'm extremely motivated and a hard worker, all of which are good engineering qualities. My question to you is do you feel that based on this small amount of information that engineering is a good choice for me? I'm interested in the idea of a major that deals with math and science and also at the idea of getting to build new things, understand how things work, and deal with cutting edge technology.</p>
<p>Right now, I'm mainly interested/looking at architectural, aeronautical, and mechanical engineering.</p>
<p>I have a very similar story. I'm a math and econ double major who was seriously considering a switch to engineering. I was a junior when considering the switch which was kind of late. I ended up staying with the math/econ but I am applying to graduate school for industrial engineering (Operations Research). If you are asking whether or not you think you will be able to succeed in engineering, the answer is absolutely. I know many engineers and have seen their homework, books, and projects and wasn't intimidated. If you have the mind to be a math major then there is no reason you can't do engineering; of course you'll have to pick a field that you feel interested enough in so that you are motivated to do the work. If you just finished your first semester as a freshman and already have calc 3 and diff equ done then you have nothing to worry about. By the way, while you are deciding you are still a math major. That means stop putting engineering on a pedestal and start making fun of it with our physics major allies! =D</p>
<p>How about Applied Mathematics? Math is an uber-respect major and can qualify you for engineering grad school as Euler321 is doing, so don't knock it. </p>
<p>I'm a ChemE and am wishing I had taken an Econ course in college, because I probably would have done things differently. I have recently taken Econ through my MBA courses and think it, coupled with math, can be extremely powerful and useful (I will porbably concentrate in Finance). I am especially fond of game theory.</p>
<p>Ask yourself, would you be happier doing the discovery and design work (which can be tedious at times) or would you be more content making it possible for the discovery and design to happen and then be explained what was discovered. I think if "understanding" and "dealing with" is your goal than engineering is not the end all to end all path to realize this. Engineers are good at seeing gaps in technology and filling them, find inefficiencies in processes and improving them, and identifying and filling needs. They still need people to identify business needs for them, establish metrics to wish they will be held, give application to their processes, and a method of delivery for their product to the public. This requires "deal with" and "understanding" the technology, something a math/econ major with a great deal of engineering know how would be good for.</p>
<p>I'm meeting with my advisor tomorrow morning to go over all of this. Euler, I'm not genius. I could have taken Calculus III the first semester but decided against it. I'm now taking that now along with physics and a microeconomics class since I'm still undecided if I want to follow the engineering route or go the economics/math route. Taking these classes gives me a little bit of flexibility to go either way. Anyways, Japher, I think I'd like applied mathematics better however, my school only offers pure mathematics. That means I'll need to take real analysis, foundations, modern algebra, computer science, etc.</p>
<p>I'm applying to Georgia Tech and going to explore that as a possibility. I know they have a really strong reputation as an engineering program and are a strong school overall.</p>