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I am thinking of pursuing Electrical and Electronic engineering for my Bachelor's degree. On a purely intellectual level, I don't think I have problem; I never faced any difficulties with complex Mathematics/Physics at high school. But I am worried that my extremely poor motor skills will be a severe handicap during the many lab sessions that are required of an engineering degree. Do you forsee a problem in the course of my study, especially during projects/lab sessions? Does EEE require a lot of "hands on" work?
This is probably the only thing that is putting me off from studying engineering.
Seriously, though, the stereotypical engineer is a complete klutz. Engineers would not have gotten that rep if you couldn't get through engineering without stellar fine motor skills. If you're interested in engineering, don't worry about it! Do what you can and get help for the rest.
You'll be the kid that does really well on homework assignments, hopefully helps his friends out, and then when lab rolls around your friends will be willing to take on the hands-on parts of lab (since they might enjoy that section, as well).
"Do you forsee a problem in the course of my study, especially during projects/lab sessions?"
Nope. Soldering might be a little harder for you, but pretty much everyone sucks at starting to solder, so I wouldn't worry. You won't be alone, either.
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If you're interested in engineering, don't worry about it! Do what you can and get help for the rest.
