what kind of engineering for me? Help!

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<p>So long story short (sorta, hehe), I graduated in 08 with a what i like to call a "generic" business degree. I had no idea what I wanted so did business by default. Very bad, I know. Oh well. There probably was not a more inappropriate major I could have picked for myself. Now I realize (i hope im right), that I need to go back and do science/engineering. I love putting together and testing/bench marking computers. i like to see how far i can increase my cpu and subsysem frequencies before a failiure occurs. I could do this all day and all night and love every second of it. So im hoping there is something on a grander scale in "adult world", career wise. Basically electricity facinates me. </p>

<p>I also love astronomy and spent a good part of my early teens learning about and enjoying telescopes. Ive always wondered how a light bulb worked so a few month ago I bought a book and looked online. Resistance! But I want to understand it so deep that I run out of "how" or "why" that keep popping into my head. I also heard programming is important these days so just recently picked up a book on python and already made a program (dos) that converts pounds to kg, i love it, lol. Ive been brushing up on my maths and currently close to finishing a calc II textbook.</p>

<p>I often look at my own hands (or anyone elses for that matter) and marvel at how amazing they are, capable of so many wonderful actions music, painting, grasping, feats of strength, surgery, etc... So im not sure if something biology/robotics related would be good for me as well? Stories online about artificial limbs are very thought provoking.</p>

<p>My favorite magazine is popular science and I love star trek. I also enjoyed reading Elegant Universe a while back. Guess I need some guidance, as i really do not have any person IRL i can ask about all this stuff.</p>

<p>Thank you.</p>

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<p>Since you already have a degree and don’t need to get that “college experience” that HS grads usually want, I’d say it makes the most sense to go to CC first and finish all the prerequisites first. It’ll probably be about 3 semesters full time. By the end of that you should have a better idea about what type of engineering you’d like to do after that. It’s hard to pinpoint something because the things you mentioned would lead to different majors. But all majors should have the same prerequisites.</p>

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<p>^+1. Definitely go to a CC and knock out the pre-reqs. Also, check out these videos, which gives a good viewpoint of a lot of Engineering majors: [McCormick</a> Video Gallery | Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science](<a href=“http://video.mccormick.northwestern.edu/]McCormick”>http://video.mccormick.northwestern.edu/)</p>

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<p>thats what i feared lol, guess i really dont have to decided now. pre reqs like chem and physics?</p>

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<p>Pre-reqs like the ones your desired engineering school requires. It will be on their transfer requirements page.</p>

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<p>Chances are you’ll have to spend 3 years after CC in an engineering school because of long university-only prereq chains of 3 years. Though if you do well in CC, you might get scholarship money to pay for it.
I suggest you look into CompSci, AerospaceE, and ElectricalE. All three have decent job prospects and seem like things you might like.</p>

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<p>ahh, ok. i was actually thinking ee and ae might be good fit too. </p>

<p>and thx for the link chucktown, those vids are helpful.</p>