<p>If my goal is to be able to have a job in which I work with airplanes, preferably in the government, what should I do under these circumstances: </p>
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<li>I am going to UMBC soon which does not offer Aerospace engineering but does offer mechanical as a bachelors.</li>
<li>I can transfer after my freshman year of UMBC to University of Maryland, College Park and switch to aerospace (since they offer it as a bachelors)</li>
<li>OR I can finish my bachelors in mechanical at UMBC and then attempt to get into an aerospace graduate program (maybe Maryland maybe somewhere else)</li>
<li>I will probably go to grad school for aerospace even if I have a bachelors in it so I have a better chance at a higher salary… Is that a good Idea?</li>
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<p>Thanks to anyone and everyone who answers because last time I posted a thread nobody even attempted to answer. -_-</p>
<p>do mechanical where you are, and try to transfer to Maryland-CP to do aero. if you can’t transfer, just get the BS in MechE at ur school and try to go to grad school.</p>
<p>So should I go to grad school regardless of my b.s.? Will it really give me an upper hand in the job market?</p>
<p>I’m not sure, so someone correct me if I’m wrong but I think experience is much more important for getting jobs and higher salaries so it will probably be better to start working right after a b.s. in aero than to get a m.s. I’ve heard that after you’re first job, all jobs after that don’t care much about schooling (degrees/prestige of school), just experience. Once again, this is just what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>How about a double major in Mechanical and Aerospace? I’ve heard they both have a lot of the same classes so it’s not that difficult to complete both…</p>
<p>you dont need to double major.
and yes, go to grad school. you should get some experience through internships though.</p>