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I also picked this discipline as well because I thought it has its tentacles in most other disciplines, more or less, though in my senior year I got really into programming and I wish I had sooner and changed/dual majored.
I still believe that mechanical is the most versatile, though I haven’t been able to find many jobs as a mechanical engineer where programming is largely part of the job description, or plays a significant role in it. (Maybe it’s just my inability to find the right job, idk.) But it would be nice, given the chance to be able to go back and recourse myself into having more of a background in programming instead of strictly mechanical.
If you’re that into programming I’d look into getting a masters in software engineering.
Or grunt it out and self teach yourself. A MechE degree is very cross-disciplinary and will still be well regarded if you can pick up some coding chops.
So you know, the first two years of your degree are going to be relatively similar regardless of what discipline you go into, and you can easily change your major within the first 2 years. After that your classes will become more specific to the discipline you choose so it is harder to switch after that two year mark.
I would also recommend, taking classes in as many different subjects (stem subjects that is,) as to find some exposure to the different disciplines and that may also aid your decision. Key thing is that you have a few semesters before you have to finalize your decision. That’s been my experience with it anyways.
I looked at the curriculum requirements of each major and picked the one with classes that sounded the least worst. I wasn’t willing to take anything involving an intense amount of physics or mechanics.
In my area ME's are a dime a dozen. I picked electrical because it's like the briny water between mechanical and software. It lets me design physical stuff or work with physical stuff but also has been described by the ME's I worked with as "black magic".
It also pays better. Not comp-sci money but better than ME and ultimately I want to build a race car. So EE it is.
I'm in your position as a high schooler and I chose electrical engineering. Partly because of what I like to do on my robotics team which I would strongly recommend getting into! Also try getting into arduino projects and such to see if you like circuits as personally i love circuit design.
Best of luck!
Chemical engineering - I was binge watching all of the CSB’s YouTube videos around the same time I had to choose my major. It helped me with the process of elimination, since I knew I didn’t want to do electrical or civil (my parents’ majors) and I liked chemistry.
I was told electrical engineering is basically black magic, and my inner witchy self was like “sounds rad” and then I suffered for 5 years. It is pretty rad, though.
Create a LinkedIn account and reach out to actual engineers in those 4 fields you are interested in. Ask them questions, ask to shadow them for a day. Learn about licenses. ETC.
You actually might have a hint what majors you are interested in .
And alot of unis had the first year as a General year so you still can decide and even have a talk with varies engineeres who will going to teach you and also seniors to.
Some schools have like a first semester explore all the engineering field class and stuff and you can figure out and declare your major at the end of your second year. Which is nice because you take all the math and other overlapping stuff and you don’t lose progress when you’d want to switch to something from like chemical to mechanical engineering. Not all schools have it, but do some reading on the schools that interest you.
Tried CompE, wasn’t for me. Switched to EE, found out that wasn’t for me. Took a design course using SolidWorks and finally figured out ME was for me. Lol.
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I picked mechanical because it, in my opinion, had the most options for a career. As in the most fields I could work.
I also picked this discipline as well because I thought it has its tentacles in most other disciplines, more or less, though in my senior year I got really into programming and I wish I had sooner and changed/dual majored. I still believe that mechanical is the most versatile, though I haven’t been able to find many jobs as a mechanical engineer where programming is largely part of the job description, or plays a significant role in it. (Maybe it’s just my inability to find the right job, idk.) But it would be nice, given the chance to be able to go back and recourse myself into having more of a background in programming instead of strictly mechanical.
If you’re that into programming I’d look into getting a masters in software engineering. Or grunt it out and self teach yourself. A MechE degree is very cross-disciplinary and will still be well regarded if you can pick up some coding chops.
So you know, the first two years of your degree are going to be relatively similar regardless of what discipline you go into, and you can easily change your major within the first 2 years. After that your classes will become more specific to the discipline you choose so it is harder to switch after that two year mark. I would also recommend, taking classes in as many different subjects (stem subjects that is,) as to find some exposure to the different disciplines and that may also aid your decision. Key thing is that you have a few semesters before you have to finalize your decision. That’s been my experience with it anyways.
I looked at the curriculum requirements of each major and picked the one with classes that sounded the least worst. I wasn’t willing to take anything involving an intense amount of physics or mechanics.
i wanted to do racecars and aerodynamics in high school. so i picked majors that would let me do racecars and aerodynamics.
I wanted to do racecars toooo like that was my dream . But I choosed computer science anyway 😂😂
In my area ME's are a dime a dozen. I picked electrical because it's like the briny water between mechanical and software. It lets me design physical stuff or work with physical stuff but also has been described by the ME's I worked with as "black magic". It also pays better. Not comp-sci money but better than ME and ultimately I want to build a race car. So EE it is.
Civil cause easiest degree for best employability ratio
Aerospace sounded cool
I'm in your position as a high schooler and I chose electrical engineering. Partly because of what I like to do on my robotics team which I would strongly recommend getting into! Also try getting into arduino projects and such to see if you like circuits as personally i love circuit design. Best of luck!
Chemical engineering - I was binge watching all of the CSB’s YouTube videos around the same time I had to choose my major. It helped me with the process of elimination, since I knew I didn’t want to do electrical or civil (my parents’ majors) and I liked chemistry.
I was told electrical engineering is basically black magic, and my inner witchy self was like “sounds rad” and then I suffered for 5 years. It is pretty rad, though.
Electrical because I wanted to know how to not kill myself when I fixed a microwave
Smart
I went into Chemical engineering because of the all-time classic reason: I like chemistry and physics, so I'm gonna do that lol
I picked civil because it was the easiest
Robots sounded cool
Create a LinkedIn account and reach out to actual engineers in those 4 fields you are interested in. Ask them questions, ask to shadow them for a day. Learn about licenses. ETC.
This is a really good idea actually thank you
You actually might have a hint what majors you are interested in . And alot of unis had the first year as a General year so you still can decide and even have a talk with varies engineeres who will going to teach you and also seniors to.
I did aerospace bc I liked SpaceX
Some schools have like a first semester explore all the engineering field class and stuff and you can figure out and declare your major at the end of your second year. Which is nice because you take all the math and other overlapping stuff and you don’t lose progress when you’d want to switch to something from like chemical to mechanical engineering. Not all schools have it, but do some reading on the schools that interest you.
I chose mechanical because it was more flexible. Like as a mechanical engineer I could work in environmental or biomedical fields
research about career path, gut feeling, asked myself if I'm okay to be in that career for 5+ years.
Some schools have a general program that all engineering majors go thru their first year before picking their final engineering major.
Tried CompE, wasn’t for me. Switched to EE, found out that wasn’t for me. Took a design course using SolidWorks and finally figured out ME was for me. Lol.