I’ve never taken a HS engineering course- Can I still do it?

CTScoutmom
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 19:56:17 +0000

You’re interested in STEM, it is yet to be seen whether you will be interested in engineering, because you haven’t been exposed to engineering. That’s ok, because the vast majority of students entering BS level engineering programs haven’t been exposed either. Focus on STEM classes, make sure you’ve taken the toughest math and science classes you can, and you will be as prepared as 90% of the student in your classes. Yes, there will be that one student who has already had multiple summer internships, and wrote 4 apps that are currently bestsellers, but that’s not the norm. I would apply to universities that have good engineering programs, but also offer other alternatives, in case you get through those introductory engineering courses and discover it’s not for you. Not all high tech jobs are in engineering. You want to work with technology, but do you want to design and build technology? Until you take those intro courses, you won’t really know.