<p>Ok I'm going to be a mechanical engineering major (most likely) and I was wondering how much of a social life will I be able to sustain in this major because I heard mech.engineering is time consuming. I heard that working with a 5 year plan might help out this problem too. Is there anything wrong with taking a 5 year plan? Or am I just going to end up stuck turning down parties because I have too much work?</p>
<p>There have been zillions of threads about this, often going on for quite a while.</p>
<p>The short answer is that you can still have a fine social life, but if you're at a party-hearty school where most people do not take challenging classes, then yes, you will sometimes have to turn down parties and other social opportunities.</p>
<p>Jessiehl is right.</p>
<p>YES you can have fun as an engineer.
YES you can have a girlfriend/boyfriend/whatever as an engineer.</p>
<p>It all comes down to time management skills.</p>