<p>I’m currently a 3rd year in my last year of college, and I’m a political science major. I was planning on getting some work experience and going to graduate school for international relations, but I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and I was wondering if it was possible for me to, say, go to graduate school for a program in mechanical engineering. That’s always been a subject I’ve liked, and political science has lost its luster to me. I don’t have any experience or classes for mech E though. So my question is, would it be possible?</p>
<p>Contact mechanical engineering grad programs and ask them what you need to do to be considered a good applicant.</p>
<p>It would be possible only if you found a way to take the requisite courses before applying. Graduate school is not an introduction to a field; it is specialization. Go to web sites to see what you need to take. Courses will include math, physics, and engineering. </p>
<p>Without having taken the courses, you can only say you like the idea of mechanical engineering, not mechanical engineering itself.</p>