<p>Me again. Still looking at colleges. I've been looking more at colleges in the Southeast lately...</p>
<p>Anyways, my new question is this - Should I bother looking at engineering in college? It's weird - I think I'd enjoy some form of engineering, but a few weeks into AP Chemistry and I'm realizing that I really don't do well with any type of lab based stuff. If I know how to solve a reaction, for example, I can do it really easily - that always makes sense - but getting information from labs doesn't work as well. I don't really know what category engineering majors fall into - formulas/equations or labs. I'd love to do Aerospace Engineering, it sounds like a really interesting field, but I don't know how likely that it. </p>
<p>In terms of colleges I want to go to... Somewhere in NC, SC, Virginia... Around there would be nice. I really don't want to go to an extremely prestigious school - Harvard, anything like that, but I also don't really want to go to a major partying school. Currently I've been looking at UNC, Northwestern, and UW - though I really don't want to go to UW, too close to home.</p>
<p>If this doesn't make any sense, I'll blame it on attempting to write this while doing math. Thanks!</p>
That’s what learning is about. If it’s difficult a few weeks in, you just need to learn how to do it. Also “don’t do well with any type of lab” based on a few weeks of one type of lab? Hang in there. Make your decision later. Apply to engineering colleges, and see how you do at the end of AP Chem when you’re making decisions in April. Postpone it further and start in engineering and see how you like it after a year in college. A few weeks of one class is too soon to make this decision.</p>
<p>There are a couple of differnt types of engineering. Mechanical, chemical. civil and EE/Computer. There are a bunch of different “speciality” engineers geological, ceramic, metalurgical, petroleum, mining, aerospace, nuclear. I’m sure there are others. Anyway a chem lab in no way resembles a civil or mechanical lab. If you really aren’t good hands on then you might want to consider EE/Computer. Not that they never get hands on, but they at least almost never get dirty. Engineering is far and away the best salary of all the bachelors degree level careers. And if you enjoy the sciences it is worth making a run at it. Missouri S&T has a great Freshman Engineering program where they will help you figure out which area you are most interested in. You don’t have to determine your major until you sign up for Sophmore classes in the spring of Freshman year. [Missouri</a> S&T, Freshman Engineering](<a href=“http://futurestudents.mst.edu/degrees/undergraduate/fe.html]Missouri”>http://futurestudents.mst.edu/degrees/undergraduate/fe.html)</p>
<p>You shouldn’t “try to go for” engineering. It is a very demanding discipline and you should understand that from the outset and have the dedication to complete the major. The good news is that the first two years of an engineering degree consist of basic classes such as Calc, Chem, Physics which can be used for pretty much any major so you have some time to decide whether to pursue engineering or change majors.</p>