<p>One more bit of advice. It is unfortunate that with engineering you need to know in HS that’s what you want to do, since entering an engineering program presents a challenge even if you decide to do so while an undergrad. </p>
<p>Reading a bit between the lines, though, it sounds as though you and your son are trying to make a career decision now. For engineering you probably need to do so, but if not then its something that doesn’t need to be crystallized right away. The first 2 or so years of college can be spent exploring career ideas, discovering interests, etc. instead of having to know going in what you want to do. Most colleges have a decent career center that can help students with this, have alums in that will talk to current undergrads about their career, host workshops, etc. The danger a lot of kids run into is they don’t think about it until senior year, but if someone works steadily at exploring careers all thru college I think they can find a good fit. There are lots of books about career discovery; one focusing on blending interests in college with real-world preparation is “Major in Success” by Combs</p>
<p>So just to throw a few ideas out off the top of my head, given an interest in science and math he could certainly become a teacher but there are lots of other fields out there. Putting an emphasis on math might suggest things such as an actuary or accountant, a market researcher, finance, etc depending on how much people interaction he wants. There are lots of areas where math aptitude is needed, these are just a few quick examples. If he has an artistic bent then perhaps something like architecture would interest him. Focusing more on the sciences might suggest patent law, technical marketing, etc.</p>