<p>Please leave if you don't feel like reading a long OP.
I know I need to make up my mind in two days but I can't and I'd like to hear some suggestions from this forum.
I need to choose one engineering major now, and I'm fine with every one of them. To me the courses are ok as long as I put effort into them, and personally I'm fine with any of them. (What I really love is things like languages/history/psychology and I EXCEL at learning a language, but for various - and some of them obvious - reasons I have decided to take up engineering. Also I'm a very obvious rational thinking type so I thought I may be suitable for engineering)
I don't fancy too much math. (Using a lot of math on a daily basis is totally fine for me; having a dozen very advanced math courses is not.) I love working in different places, though I do not enjoy holiday touring any more than the average people.
So any suggestions on which engineering major I should take up? Thanks very much! :)</p>
<p>At my son’s school, a student spoke at orientation who majored in engineering and minored in German. She did a study abroad in Germany and took her engineering classes in German. You might consider doing something similar regardless of what area of engineering you chose.</p>
<p>-Lakemom
Thanks very much, but that’s what I’m doing right now (I’m not a native English speaker).</p>
<p>If you are not good at Math, I sincerely would not advise you to major in engineering. Imagine a lawyer who is not good in English or an accountant not good with numbers. You will end up getting low GPA or really hate your career. (I have been in high tech for 25 years, 8 of which as key HW/SW design engineer).</p>
<p>-yaujar
I can do very well in math, it’s just I don’t have as much passion in it as I would have in, say, English.
Thanks for your advice, though.</p>
<p>em, bump…</p>
<p>If you don’t have passion for numbers… surely you like/love science I hope to be majoring in engineering. Just a little odd like becoming a surgeon if you don’t like blood/gore, but in it just for the money. Good luck though</p>
<p>-SobeGreenTea
I like physics and chemistry, but I just had my freshman year phys2 and chem, I may be too early to judge then.
Also I’m not “just for the money” - if just heading for money I’d choose business/finance major. :)</p>
<p>hey…i gues i can kinnda relate to u…i love english and stuff…but im good at science aswell and will hopefully be doing eng…im not in college yet tho…gap year :)</p>
<p>anyhooo, u can look at industrial eng or environmental eng… i personally love industrial coz it has a bit of economics in it…
they dont have much math…or physics ( i myself HATE physics :p) but i still got an (A) at A levels :)</p>
<p>the harder ones like chemical and electrical arent really worth the trouble if u dont like maths…</p>
<p>A lab partner of mine, good looking and sociable, was an EE who went into commercial building automation as a technical sales engineer. Someone good at this can earn much more than a typical behind-the-desk engineer.</p>
<p>All engineering specialties will have jobs available where languages and a willingness to travel are seen as an asset.</p>