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I am in my second year of high school so I have a couple years to prepare for college. I have been in love with electronics ever sense I watched my grandpa fix his guitar amplifier. I have also been greatly influenced by Iron Man as a kid and has been a huge influence on my development. From my grandpa I’ve wanted to become an electrical engineer and from the Iron Man series I’ve wanted to be a mechanical engineer. Sense those days I’ve also taken a liking to biology and chemistry and taught myself a couple of programming languages over the internet. Overall I suppose my issue is that I have so many different career fields that I do’t think I have time to learn. On top of that I don’t come from a particularly wealthy family. Here is a list of engineering fields I would like to dip my feet into before I pass away:

  1. Mechanical Engineering & Electrical Engineering
  2. Computer Engineering ( having programmed before )
  3. Chemical Engineering
  4. Bio Engineering

The only fields of engineering that I have absolutely no interest in are architectural engineering and civil engineering. As you can see I have a lot on my plate and probably couldn’t humanly complete them all. I’ve read from other posts that having a double major in EE and ME doesn’t make you look good on a job interview and as I have said I come from an especially unwealthy family but I am doing it strictly for the pursuit of knowledge and worst case scenario I learn a few from the top of the list and become an entrepreneur to pay for the rest though this may be entirely unrealistic. I would appreciate some help with this problem or some insight other than people telling me it isn’t worth it.

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Have you stated the problem?

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Having to many courses that I want to learn.

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Ah, someone who is genuinely curious about engineering. I like! :-).

Stay thirsty my friend!

The practical. You don’t have to decide yet. Read! Learn, fantasize, etc.

There is a lot of commonality in all of these engineering disciplines. Some schools require you to learn about different types of engineering before you concentrate. For someone who knows what they want, these are unattractive. However, for you these might be terrific.

I’m thinking particularly of Northwestern University.

Eventually, in about 4 years, you have to decide what degree you want, but for someone like you, it’s not really as limiting as you might think in terms of what you might do with that degree.

Technology is so broad, that you can get involved in aspects of all of those things. It’s a journey.

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Thank you for such a kind reply I tend to have a bad experience with online forums.