<p>ChemE, EECS, Mechanical, IEOR, Nuclear, Civil, Materials, Eng Sci, and BioE</p>
<p>Some background about me:</p>
<p>-I am 'proficient' in maths (I'm not inherently math oriented, but I study a lot to make up for it)
-I enjoy building things and taking them apart
-Not good with communication/public speaking skills
-Friendly
-I would like a profession where I can be outside and do first hand work on my projects
-I'm doing Air Force ROTC
-Not interested in 'fluff' classes such as sociology or german studies</p>
<p>I've basically narrowed it down to CivilE, EECS, and ChemE. However, I've heard EECS is super tough at Cal so I don't know how I feel about that level of competition. I like competition but not to the point of being cut throat. </p>
<p>Thoughts, comments, advice?</p>
<p>I'm currently in another college at Cal and am transferring into CoE and I need to apply under a specific major.</p>
<p>Civil would give you the most opportunities to work outside and be hands on (though you won’t actually be building anything, just designing/managing). </p>
<p>For any engineering profession, communication skills are important because you won’t be working alone. You will always have to work with teammates, managers or clients.</p>
<p>Civil E seems like a good choice for me, but I’m worried that it might be limiting in career opportunities (as in stuck building roads/towers). How valid is this? I like variety haha. </p>
<p>Also, I’m planning on getting on going on to grad school, specifically for an mba - how many civil engineers apply to grad school (as in an approximate percentage)?</p>
<p>What else might you be interested in doing? There are civil engineering majors who end up doing infrastructure and buildings, but also designing space shuttles or going into real estate development, business, law or medicine. Of course, this won’t all be at the same company and it would be pretty difficult to switch fields after 10 years.</p>
<p>Many civil engineers go to grad school, but usually for a MS in civil engineering. Some do get an MBA, usually those in construction or real estate development.</p>
<p>EDIT: It doesn’t matter what your major is for MBA. Business schools admit people by work experience, not by major. This shouldn’t factor into your decision.</p>
<p>Eh, it’s tough to say what I’m interested in at this point in my life because I honestly don’t know. I would just to do a job with work that is ‘interesting’ and ‘stimulating’ as opposed to a cubicle job. </p>
<p>For this, I’m trying to avoid EE and CS majors because I just picture myself sitting in front of a computer for hours on end programming.</p>
<p>I read a bit about mechanical engineering and have to say that I’m interested. Also, Cal’s mech E program is ranked #3 so that’s a plus.</p>
<p>if you’re gonna transfer into EECS, you would probably have to take some CS courses freshmen year. I think you’re better off going ME or CE. ME offers the most career opportunities because ME’s can virtually go down any career path which it seems like you want. ME is competitive to switch into though, especially from another college.</p>
<p>Mechanical engineering will give you more industries you can go into upon graduation. There’s automotive, aerospace, biomechanical, robotics, HVAC, and probably much more that I can’t think of off the top of my head. </p>
<p>Undergrad departmental rankings at this level isn’t of much use. Berkeley is Berkeley!</p>
<p>forget electrical, go civil or mechanical, or chem E if you love chemistry. Put it this way, civil is for people who like dirt or sewage, mechanical is for people who like grease and cars, chem E is for people who like moonshine, lol.</p>
<p>Mechanical is the most diverse, you become a jack of all trades so to speak. Mechanical would also have a lot of application in the air force. Jets, Jets, more Jets.</p>