Am I cut out for Engineering?

Burgermeister
Tue, 15 Mar 2016 17:01:58 +0000

Focus on your likes. I hire and I size-up entry level civil, chemical and environmental engineers as outdoorsy, computer types or writers. Outdoorsy types work in manufacturing, processing or construction. Computer types are in front of computers all day. I was a writer and tended toward management and business development. Cyber security is very hot these days. Electrical is very dynamic because the technology changes rapidly. I have been in and out of the energy market a couple of times…but it keeps crashing every 20 years. Hydrocarbons still rule. The first two years of engineering college are a grind. Hang in there because the last two are much more fun.

Your state university is generally the best path. My preference for my children is liberal arts colleges that have engineering because speaking and writing skills are a discriminator IMO.

Go back to Google and you will find professional associations that engage in various ways with high schoolers. My peers and I participate in science fairs and math counts for example.

My kids take the ACT 3 or 4 times. Well worth the investment of time. Full ride and 3/4 ride. It upsets me so much that the guidance counselor says once is plenty.