Should I major in engineering?

bray93
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:55:36 +0000

@Tinuviel8- Since when do engineers take accounting courses? Also, each type of engineer has different salary AND job employment. If you’re majoring in ChemE and I’m majoring in accounting, I’ll be the first one to find a job. Moreover, you said that engineers make more money than accountants, I disagree to a certain extent. You’re forgetting the fact that there are more than one type of engineering. Let’s say you’re comparing ChemE with accounting. You’re comparing ~31,700 of chemical engineers with ~1.3 million of accountants. Of course, the average of ChemE salary will be above accountants’. Not all accountants are CPAs.

The potential for accountants to get high salary can be found here and keep in mind that these are usually non-CPA accountants-
[Careers-in-Accounting.com: Your Guide to Salaries](Web Page Under Construction)

Back to the OP, it doesn’t matter if you think you’re confident or not because you haven’t seen the workload of engineering before. Before you know it, you’ll be dropping out of classes. I’m not saying that you shouldn’t go for engineering but I’m saying that don’t be too confident because you’ll be surprised with how complicated engineering or any other type of major is. Go for something that you’re interested in. Ask yourself these questions-

Will this major keep me interested for 5, 10, 20 years?

Will I be able to find a job with the economy we’re in?

Will I be able to maintain a high GPA?

Will I be able to handle schoolwork, internship, clubs, activities, etc simultaneously?

Am I going for this major for salary, job opportunity, or interest?

If you can answer these questions honestly, then you can definitely find a perfect if not good major.