Why should I major in engineering???

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<p>I'm heading to NY city college next year thats focused on business
But I'm also considering a state college with a decent engineering program!</p>

<p>I can't really see myself doing anything besides those two</p>

<p>When I start thinking about it thought, studying money and the market is not appealing to me at all</p>

<p>I'm an HS Senior right now in a comp sci major</p>

<p>I find myself hating my Computer architecture class, all we do is wire circuits on a breadboard and make LEDs display things and count up and down..
I was asleep thru most of the conceptual stages such as binary and logic so that explains why I'm having difficulty at these things, could be the cause of my boredom but its hard to be sure..</p>

<p>On the other hand my economics class is pretty interesting cause I'm learning about stuff I knew nothing about like stocks, managing my own finances, loans, insurance, market trends, etc etc its pretty cool and I'm doing well at the class</p>

<p>Engineering is appealing to me because I like math and applied physics sounds really cool but I'm afraid of how difficult some of the concepts will be.
Problem solving has always been appealing to me as long as its something I can enjoy and not tedious like what I'm doing in comp arch..
I don't really mind working with my hands as long as its not too tedious
I don't mind studying & working hard but I want my major to really interest me</p>

<p>I have no idea if I'll like engineering or business, its probably to early to decide at this point but I'd rather know now so I'll be prepared to transfer out of my city college</p>

<p>I'm basically looking for input on what kind of student should study engineering and what kind should go for business..</p>

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<p>Perhaps you should look into a computational-oriented economics degree? Then you get to do the financial figuring and problem solving you like, combined with the econ/business side which you might enjoy in a different way.</p>

<p>As for what type of student should do which, I feel a larger portion of engineers feel driven towards the field than business majors do towards theirs. It's more of a calling, as it's something you love to do, and not just something you do from 9-5 to put some food on the table.</p>

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<p>Part of the problem may be the way your classes are taught. In my undergrad computer architecture class, we eventually designed a CPU at gate level and wrote basic software for it in Assembly. It was one of my favorite classes.</p>

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<p>Why not look into Financial Engineering or Industrial Engineering?</p>

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<p>Those sound like great suggestions for a person like you.</p>