<p>If your son isn’t good at math, and isn’t that interested in STEM fields…pushing him into it is not going to help him. </p>
<p>Yes…math tutors can help, as you mentioned earlier in the thread. But people that go into math heavy majors typically need to have at least some kind of a natural aptitude for math. I don’t know how far he has gone in math so far…but I can assure you that it is only going to get harder as he goes along. Engineering degrees require a pretty extensive mathematical education, and a lot of physics. These are not easy fields…and if it’s not a field that one is passionate about, they aren’t going to excel in it.</p>
<p>Many engineering schools have pretty strict requirements for acceptance. Usually around a 3.5 GPA…that GPA then has to be maintained in order to stay in said engineering school. If one doesn’t have a natural aptitude for it, it’s going to be a struggle to stay in it.</p>