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Hi TL.
I'm currently a third year majoring in Electrical Engineering @ UCSD and I am currently having doubts if I should stay in it or not. The courses have always been boring and difficult for me, but I stayed in the major just telling myself that it would get to be more fun in the future. Going into my third year, all it does is it get more boring, difficult, and annoying. The "hands-on" stuff that I was looking forward to when I started is a pain in the ass. It's not the stuff they showed us when we were touring the campus the first day. You work on a breadboard, tweaking the function generator to get the right reading on the oscilloscope for hours and that's that. My interest in this major is dwindling and seems to me that it will continue that way. I know it's kind of late to realize that this major doesn't seem to be for me, but I feel like I just can't stand it anymore.
I've been looking into other majors and found one that sort of interested me. This was the Management Science major. I was looking further into it and all seemed good since it would allow me to still graduate in 2012. However, after talking to my mother, she did not approve me in pursuing a path in business, saying stuff like "you have to lie in business to be successful, that's not you, you won't be able to get a job, I'm your mother, I know you the best". Basically, she wants me to stay the hell out of that field and stick to engineering. I knew that was coming since she really wanted me to be an engineer.. However, she did tell me, that if I really wanted to change majors, I should seek in the engineer path.
So I come here to ask you guys. Anyone in the electrical engineering field, did you feel this way at any time? Did you continue on and if so, how did you find the motivation?
Anyone in some other engineering field, would you recommend your major to me? If so, what do you do in your major and why do you like it?
Anyone in some sort of math/sci major, would you recommend your major to me? if so, what do you do in your major and why do you like it?
Thanks for helping me out, I'm really having a hard time right now on figuring out what I want to do.
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Look and see if there is an option for "engineering management". It would keep your mother happy, would put your foot in the door of the management world, and would let you use your engineering experience so far.
I'm looking into the same thing (not that I dislike my major, but this seems like it may be a little more interesting and useful overall). What I've found is that I don't even need to commit myself to it until next year, because some of the introductary courses to either stream (structural/geotechnical or management) can be used as electives for the other stream.
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If you are paying for your education and it is not of your interest i would highly recommend switching to something else. If it doesnt interest you now, you will hate your job before even starting.
As for Management majors, i am currently a business student and find it interesting, it is a complete lie to say that you need to lie to go forward as a manager... i actually believe the opposite as if you are a lier it is easy for people to see through you and thus you will not be effective as a manager. You need to look out for what is best for you and if what your in right now isnt working... move on.
if your mother is paying for your education i would heavily recommend that you really convince her before switching majors due to the fact of losing your "funding"
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You said the Management Science major interested you, but what exactly about it caught your interest? You should have a very good idea of what you're switching into before you make the move, because it's no small decision. If that's truly what you want to do, in the end it's your life, your choice.
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I fucking hate science so I've been happily chilling in the business side of things
you don't have to lie to do well in management lol, you just have to be able to understand simple economics and sometimes take risks. I think you should always take your parents advice on things in life but with diminishing utility as you get older and can think for yourself and what you wanna do.
that said, don't think the grass is always greener. really think about this, especially since you're gonna lose like 30+ hours if you switch to business
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Don't listen to your mom, do something you enjoy, my dad always told me 'if you love what you do, you'll never work a day in your life'.
If you aren't sure, flip a coin, heads is stay EE, tails switch majors. You'll figure out what you want when the coin is in the air.
If your financial situation allows you to do an extra year, find something you truly enjoy, rather than something that will just let you finish up when you originally planned.
If you want help finding a new field, you'll have to provide us with additional details. Do you like lab work? Do you enjoy biology, chemistry, or physics?
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you're an adult now do what makes you happy man
SERIOUSLY
if it's not making you happy do not do it, that's the best advice ive ever gotten in life
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everybody has an intuitive sense of what is really important to them in life. don't listen to anybody who wants to get in your way. your mom, your dad, your friends or ANYONE. to expect anything less out of yourself is to not live
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On October 14 2010 15:08 mOnion wrote: that said, don't think the grass is always greener. really think about this, especially since you're gonna lose like 30+ hours if you switch to business
That's always important to keep in mind for sure, but given the choice between doing something you dislike or switching to something that you may dislike, switching is the better move. Just don't rack up 150k in student loans trying to find a career...
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On October 14 2010 15:04 Barrin wrote: Never let anyone dissuade you from finding your true place in life. Not even your own mother. sucks but this is not practical in real life. If I have a kid and he wants to be a singer and he's a horrible singer, I'll smack some sense into him. Life is not made out of cherrys and donuts, you aren't necessarily good at what you like. Though probably not drastic as my example sadly your parents in most circumstances know what's best for you. If parents see you as a passive person (or could be for some other reason), they will see you as 'not a business type' and sadly this is true. However, there is need for a balance between what you like to do and what you can do. If you don't like engineering and cannot do it, you would be better off doing business, since it seems like you at least like it.
Best way is deciding based on philosophical approaches (ie being rational). One way to do this is by making a table and giving (your own) weighting and probability of outcomes then calculating which is the most favourable.
For example,
Successful Business 10/10w (10%) ~1p (10 x 0.1) (best outcome; if I do business and I succeed but the chances are slim)
Failed Business 2/10w (90%) ~ 1.8p (2 x 0.9) (bad outcome; but at least I tried to do what I like)
Overall = 2.8p out 10p
Successful Engineering 6/10w (80%) ~ 4.8p (6 x 0.8) (good outcome; but still have that 'what if' back of my head)
Failed Engineering 0/10w (20%) ~ 0p (0 x 0.2) (worst outcome; but the chance of this happening is slim)
Overall = 4.8p out of 10p
You still have to consider that successful business is your maximum gain policy (best outcome) and failed engineering is your minimum gain policy (worst outcome).
Overall though, most favourable outcome in the example above is: Engineering (of course you need to use your own weighting and probabilty, my numbers =\= your numbers)
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Korea (South)11558 Posts
fuck the money, it doesn't do anything for you. if you want to be happy, do what makes you happy.
I as an accountant major, decided it wasn't for me, so i became a finance major, decided it wasn't for me. i then became a music performance major with classical guitar. did that for a year, i still enjoy it a ton but decided practicing for 8 hours a day wasn't for me. so i dropped the major and only play when i want to. right now, im taking this semester off, to figure out what i enjoy in life, and i'm using poker as my source of income. im thinking of applying to a culinary arts school to become a chef, as i have realized i really like making good tasting food.
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@ klm and "don't listen to your mom" people I am paying for my education with loans / financial aid but that doesn't really make me feel I have the right to stray away from my mom's wishes. She brought me up after all, and she was practically begging for me to not go into the business field.
@monion Yeah I thought what she said about the major was bullshit lol.
@team Management just caught my eye because I was interested in econ in high school and enjoyed the one econ class I took during my college career, so I thought I'd try a business major out. I researched it over the internet and found the courses + career paths seemed interesting. Plus I am done with all the math prerequisites so I just need to take a few lower divs and can go straight into the upper divs.
My plan was to take some econ/whatever major i want to change to courses next quarter without officially changing majors yet to see if I'd like it even further.
@Mol For further details, out of bio, chem, and physics, chem is the only subject that intrigues me. I am considering chem engineering but I'm afraid it'll put me way behind on schedule since I have to finish a couple lower div chem classes that can't be taken at the same time but I'll have to do more research. I'll have to consider a 5th year though I think.
@random I just started upper divs for EE and it is killing me lol. So are you saying all engineering majors will do that? :x
@ooni Thanks for your input! I'll try that.
Thanks for all the responses everyone.
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hi, ex-ee major here. this is my last qtr in university graduating in december.
i used to be a ee and comp sci double major. i find the math side of ee to be interesting but like you, i did not particularly enjoy the labs part of ee. after finding out that cs is going to give me a better future (in terms of job prospect) i dropped ee last spring in order to graduate this december (beginning of my 4th year) it was best decision i've made in my life. now i have a software engineering job with good pay waiting for me to start next year in nyc and it is something i enjoy more than doing stuff you do in ee.
so in my biased opinion, if you liked engineering or solving problems even a bit, consider the switch to comp sci or software engineering
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Hi:
An unfortunate problem with most undergraduate lab courses is that they don't reflect what the subject is really about. One possibility is looking into whether there's any available undergrad research positions (use your own judgment in whether it will just be slavework w/ no real learning value, as is often the case, again unfortunately). At best, you enjoy it and gotten a nice recommendation out of it. At worst, you can now confirm your opinions about your major.
I confess I have no idea about the workload of EE majors, so maybe this isn't practical. I would never judge the content of a major by its teaching labs though. Your results may vary.
I say this because if sophomore organic chemistry lab encompassed everything I would do as a researcher, I would have gotten the hell out of the field already.
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On October 14 2010 15:47 CaucasianAsian wrote: fuck the money, it doesn't do anything for you. if you want to be happy, do what makes you happy.
I as an accountant major, decided it wasn't for me, so i became a finance major, decided it wasn't for me. i then became a music performance major with classical guitar. did that for a year, i still enjoy it a ton but decided practicing for 8 hours a day wasn't for me. so i dropped the major and only play when i want to. right now, im taking this semester off, to figure out what i enjoy in life, and i'm using poker as my source of income. im thinking of applying to a culinary arts school to become a chef, as i have realized i really like making good tasting food.
Didn't know you attempted the music route. The practice regiment killed it for me too. That and having an unstable income which probably would never exceed what I'll be making my first year out of college.
Anyways, to OP.
I'm EE at Virginia Tech. I'm also a junior and I suffer through the same crap as you. Yes, it sucks. However, real engineering is NOT what you do in school.
It's important to know that EE allows you to do basically anything you want. If you like sitting around playing with circuits, I'm sure you can do that, but that's really a small niche of what people really do.
I strongly recommend sticking with the major. You're already this far and it'll set you up to have a stable source of income later, which means you can be completely independent instead of on your parents' couch. Even if you decide you don't like it, it's better to have a job that pays 80k to put yourself through school again or allow you to start up a business than have 80k in debts from graduating with a useless major.
If you really wanna talk more about it, throw me a PM.
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Working in something you don't like sucks, but being completely without options sucks a hell lot more. You're at a critical age, stop wasting time on stupid shit like games, the internet or friends and start doing some work. Work on whatever, sooner or later you will find something that is of your liking and you won't get distracted by garbage that won't leave you anything in the future.
As for your choice in career. If you're in engineering and you're just attending classes and doing homework then you're fucked dude. You need to take some initiative and do projects on your own. Actually that comes naturally because that's how you prove that you actually like your career. Like a software engineer that really enjoys his career can easily be seen throwing code everywhere as soon as his 4th semester.
That thing about science management, are you really sure you would like that? Like do you understand fully what does it entail or did you just decide you might like it from skimming over some university's description of it? Your mom probably knows you better than you know yourself. If the main thing in your mind is garbage like games, friends, internet, etc. then I wouldn't place too much faith in you to actually make something of that career.
Also, don't listen to the "don't go for the money" bs. That is just the way to stay mediocre when you're depending on your parents or other people for money. Making money should be your goal at this stage. If you're in engineering then having the goal of making money means that you will be focusing on designing and building shit that is actually worth selling. Little jobs like teaching in highschools or working as a technician or as a salesman or whatever can teach you a lot of skills and you do them for money.
Also you should plan and envision yourself in 5 years or something. If you can't imagine that, then you know that you're wasting time and need to start working on your life.
If you eliminate all that crap, then you may even start liking your career. It's not like each person has a calling from birth to do x.
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Doesn't really matter what you graduate in, life can take you in any direction. Having a college degree in a 'respectable' major (such as EE) will help you get jobs anywhere. If you really really can't stand it, then switch, but I promise it doesn't matter a whole lot. I'm sure it seems like it does now, because it's your whole life, but it isn't as important as you think 5 or 10 years down the road. The important thing is that you _got_ the degree.
But your mom's right, a science degree is better than some management degree. If your determined to switch, you could try CS. I started as a Math major, realized it was more work than I was really willing to do, and just had more fun doing CS. Loved almost every class, even when they were hard. And now? Yeah, I don't do coding at all. So go figure.
Good luck!
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On October 14 2010 15:04 Barrin wrote: Never let anyone dissuade you from finding your true place in life. Not even your own mother. Because we know everything. (art major cough)
Listen to your mother Business isnt a very stable field. Relax you go to UCSD (Same school as me) so it shows you have what it takes to turn things around. Make a list of majors that you can reasonably transfer to check it with the dean, then choose the best choice from there. If you are attending on loans you pretty much can't extend ur stay by 2+ more years because that would be disastrous. I am a computer science major because i loved anything entirely theoritcal/abstract plus it has great job prospects and a good future ( dont listen to the news, random internet people, or wikipedia research it at bls.gov and reliable sources). At the end of the day you are working to get money, I suggest you not put so much emphasis on what you are studying and look more into what career you want to get into and one that would fit into your ideal lifestyle.
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United States261 Posts
You might try to find an internship or as someone said earlier a research position to actually see what you would be doing in EE. At least, you say I tried an internship and I really don't like EE.
Also, just do Engineering Management if you really wanna do management. Probably would just have to take a few management classes and still get out on time.
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On October 14 2010 15:42 ooni wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2010 15:04 Barrin wrote: Never let anyone dissuade you from finding your true place in life. Not even your own mother. sucks but this is not practical in real life. If I have a kid and he wants to be a singer and he's a horrible singer, I'll smack some sense into him. Life is not made out of cherrys and donuts, you aren't necessarily good at what you like. Your example doesn't really relate to the OP at all. The focus seems to be on the fact that the op is questioning whether or not to continue and spend the rest of his life on something that he does not enjoy, while you're emphasizing that he shouldn't pursue a career that he's not good at, which isn't even known to be a fact anyway. Good job picking singing as an example to totally over exaggerate your point; and what, all singers are natural born talents?
Anyway, to the OP, it's a really good idea that you're stopping to think about this decision, as it will greatly affect your future. If it's consoling at all, my brother started as comp sci, switched to a premed route, then ended up in econ by his third year, though he did take Summer classes to catch up. It's really down to you in the end because none of us know how you really feel about your current situation. Also, speaking to the advisers of both departments could be really helpful.
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haha im a EE major at rutgers and I am not enjoying it either. I am almost finished so I will stick it out, there are plenty of jobs to go into while you are in EE so dont sweat it.
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3rd year already? you say you won't delay graduation but I find that hard to believe. one option is to just finish out the minimum course requirements for your current degree program while taking electives in stuff that interests you, and apply for a master's or PhD program in whatever else you really want to do ASAP. it's what I did.
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On October 15 2010 01:46 palanq wrote: 3rd year already? you say you won't delay graduation but I find that hard to believe. one option is to just finish out the minimum course requirements for your current degree program while taking electives in stuff that interests you, and apply for a master's or PhD program in whatever else you really want to do ASAP. it's what I did.
This is good advice. Undergrad isn't all that important anyways. It's a bunch of bullshit for 4 years and then you go into the workforce and none of what you did matters anymore at all. Grad is where the real learning/specialization begins. You don't even have to do grad in a related field (though it might be more work if you don't).
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Calgary25940 Posts
Stay in engineering. I've heard of engineers and I've never heard of a management scientist.
Switching engineering faculties is a viable possibility. Your "Tell me your major and what you like about it" is a terrible way to go about it, though.
Edit: I feel like I represent the older, more realistic, and possibly jaded side of TL. TL university students would have you sacrifice everything in your life to "be happy." Many times more often that not, switching majors to "be happy" is a foolish decision.
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On October 15 2010 01:46 palanq wrote: 3rd year already? you say you won't delay graduation but I find that hard to believe. one option is to just finish out the minimum course requirements for your current degree program while taking electives in stuff that interests you, and apply for a master's or PhD program in whatever else you really want to do ASAP. it's what I did.
That's what I did as well.
I did my undergrad in Systems Design Engineering (mostly control theories), while I could understand and sometimes even appreciate the concepts, I didn't even bother pursuing a career in it because it was just so abstract, and almost no firm would hire anyone straight out of undergrad.
I took mostly computer science classes in my 3rd and 4th year as my electives, and I'm now doing CS for my Master's, which, I think, is something I enjoy.
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As someone who recently graduated with a Ph.D. in genetics and am working as a Postdoc at UCLA let me tell you something right now. Don't do what you enjoy, do something where there are jobs at the end. I wasted 6 years of my life getting a Ph.D. and am wasting even more doing Postdoctoral work. Why? Because only 5% of Postdocs in my field actually make a career of it and it's largely who you know and what kind of mega lab you can weasel yourself into.
Hell, after 8 years in this field I only know of 4 people who have landed a job. Two as a professors and two in industry.
Going into biology is like saying 'I don't give a shit if I ever get a job'.
I hear nowadays electrical engineering is the same way. Watch out for this trap man. Electrical engineering may be awesome but will there be a job for you when all is said and done?
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Engineering is respected everywhere. So you will not lose anything if you finish your degree. I did a degree in EE at Queen's. Did an internship, didnt like it. Then now I am in Consulting. I had no loss moving from Eng to anything. But it isn't the same for all other degrees. Finish what you started but in the meantime, spend extra time to figure out what you enjoy so you know what to transition to. "Management" is not really a career. If its project management, you have to understand what kind of project you are managing to do a good job. So you do need hardskills in the end.
Theres a lot to business so keep exploring.
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I was an EE undergrad and I seriously considered going to UCSD for Ph.D in EE. I visited the campus near the end of the winter quarter this year, so maybe I could have seen you there lol.
If you don't like it, that sucks, but with a degree in EE from a good school like UCSD, you can get a job doing a lot of different things both in and outside of that area. Actual work isn't like class or lab, so there may be some things out there that you enjoy. Whether or not these opportunities are worth two more years of struggling is up to you.
@GreatFall: Both employment and graduate studies in most sciences is not really the same as employment and graduate studies for most engineering disciplines. There are much fewer postdocs, and those that are there are mostly looking to sharpen some skills, get some more recognition, or wait for a faculty position to open up somewhere. Almost every grad student I know has at least one job offer by the time they finish, Master's or Ph.D., and I'm not even at a top-regarded institution. The lab environment is also not that similar.
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Dude im a thrid year Mechanical engineering student and I find the stuff we are doing to be fascinating. Right now im taking linear algebra, diff eq, dynamics and thermodynamics. On my free time i hang with friends and do math for fun and study. What I have realized is that the rigorous training they put us through is very beneficial in terms of thinking skills, surmounting challenges and overall intelligence boosting.
If you do all the work and look into things that relate to your field you start to gain a sense of vast knowledge and the power of learning. Dont waste your time when you could be getting smarter no matter what field you are in. I guess what I am trying to say is stick with engineering because after you get through it you can pretty much go back and learn ANYTHING because your critical thinking skills will be sharp.
I recommend mechanical though dude, EE looked WAY too boring for me but MECH is actually useful stuff. Even in the two classes i have right now (thermo and dynamics) we learn about REAL LIFE systems that I could actually picture in machines and everyday items like refrigerators, cars, you name it we know how to equate it!
I would also recommend minoring in math because it just opens your eyes to higher levels of thinking and it looks great on a resume.
Stick with engineering but switch disciplines would be my 2 cents.
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On October 15 2010 02:07 Chill wrote: Edit: I feel like I represent the older, more realistic, and possibly jaded side of TL. TL university students would have you sacrifice everything in your life to "be happy." Many times more often that not, switching majors to "be happy" is a foolish decision.
I agree with this. I mean, I switched majors but I was only a year in. If you're third year, you may as well stick it out, get the degree, and then decide what you really want to do. I'm sure you could apply for MBA or something business related in grad school with an engineering degree (you definitely have all the math required).
A year of doing liberal arts and I decided this was not for me. I didn't want to read a bunch of books and then go back to class and discuss each other's opinions. I could do that on my own time. If I'm at college I should learn something valuable and that I really enjoy, which is mathematics.
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Thanks for all the responses, I've read them all and I really appreciate it.
I've decided to stick with EE and finish it up. As many here have said, there are many opportunities in the field after I am done, which after a lot of thinking, I figured is most important.
Thanks again!
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I have a couple of observations with regards to the EE major
1) From what I've seen there aren't actually that many EE positions for someone with a bachelor's. However, the reputation of the degree will still open up plenty of jobs that are not necessarily directly EE related. Basically, I think EE is a safe financial choice.
2) Have you been primarily pursuing the circuits branch of EE (I'm guessing because you mention breadboards)? There is a wide spectrum of topics that is encompassed by the EE field, and I think you should be able to find something that interests you. For example, I find the topics of information theory and signal processing to be quite fascinating, which are both EE, but have little overlap with circuits. Try branching out within the major as an alternative to the drastic choice of changing majors.
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TossFloss
Canada606 Posts
If you want to get into business don't change your major. Instead, finish your engineering degree and immediately go for an MBA.
Business is a very broad field and the amount of lying you may need to do depends on what you get yourself into.
Take your mother's advice into consideration. But ultimately, you make the decision. That means owning your successes and failures.
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Im assuming that your interested in math if you were majoring in engineering. Why dont you major in mathematics or something like that. I fucking love math and i am considering engineering as my major next year, maybe thinking i should look for something thats just pure math.... Idk yet.
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biomedical engineering here.
Stay with your major. An EE degree will get you so much further in business than just some "management" degree. Like most people are saying, finish your degree and get an MBA if you really like business (although I don't really like it...).
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I'm in Civil Engineering at Mcgill and so far, I really like it. The classes are hard, but quite interesting for me at least ( I know some people who seem to hate them ). But what I really like are the projects outside of classes like I'm on the Formula SAE team ( even though i'm in civil) and the concrete canoe stuff.... But that's just my point of view and you probably have more experience than me in all of this since I'm only in year 1 >.>
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On October 15 2010 01:14 djcube wrote:Show nested quote +On October 14 2010 15:42 ooni wrote:On October 14 2010 15:04 Barrin wrote: Never let anyone dissuade you from finding your true place in life. Not even your own mother. sucks but this is not practical in real life. If I have a kid and he wants to be a singer and he's a horrible singer, I'll smack some sense into him. Life is not made out of cherrys and donuts, you aren't necessarily good at what you like. Your example doesn't really relate to the OP at all. The focus seems to be on the fact that the op is questioning whether or not to continue and spend the rest of his life on something that he does not enjoy, while you're emphasizing that he shouldn't pursue a career that he's not good at, which isn't even known to be a fact anyway. Good job picking singing as an example to totally over exaggerate your point; and what, all singers are natural born talents? Anyway, to the OP, it's a really good idea that you're stopping to think about this decision, as it will greatly affect your future. If it's consoling at all, my brother started as comp sci, switched to a premed route, then ended up in econ by his third year, though he did take Summer classes to catch up. It's really down to you in the end because none of us know how you really feel about your current situation. Also, speaking to the advisers of both departments could be really helpful. gotta love people who stops reading after the first paragraph... Bless them my heart~
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I felt the same way about computer science at UCSD. I took a quarter off about a year ago to figure out what I wanted to do with my life, and in the meantime took a job at a neuroscience lab as a student researcher. After doing some really cool research with glow-in-the-dark neuron cells I realized that computer science was something I could see myself doing down the line.
Sometimes it's hard to see how your degree translates to a job you can enjoy in the future, and that's why I'd recommend for you to do an internship and see if you enjoy EE.
My summer internship at salesforce.com was awesome (great pay, awesome location, free food, kickass project), and when I came back to school I realized how useful some of the upper-division engineering courses they make us take at UCSD really are.
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On October 15 2010 10:24 TossFloss wrote: If you want to get into business don't change your major. Instead, finish your engineering degree and immediately go for an MBA.
Do not immediately go for an MBA. It is a waste of time and when you graduate you will have nothing. It is very hard to get into a top MBA school without work experience. So the ones that will accept you will be pretty crappy. And since everyone else has 3-5 years of work experience, when they hire from the school, you have nothing to really show for yourself.
Always work before MBA, its a requirement for most schools. If you want to go into business, I will try to apply to business positions with an Eng degree. It is tougher than if you did a degree in commerce but they still respect engineers and will still hire them.
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I know how you feel. I'm currently a second year Aerospace Engineering student at Virginia Tech and am quickly loosing interest in the field. It's not the work, there's a lot and the classes are kicking my ass, but I wouldn't question it if I had the passion. So what if I have to retake a class if it gets me to point B right?
Trouble is I don't have the passion I did entering school and now find myself in a similar position to you. I try and think "how will I view my work a decade from now?" My problem is that my passion is politics and journalism, so a switch for me is a complete 180. Just wanted to let you know you aren't the only TL'er out there who is having a "crisis of major" at the moment.
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Canada7170 Posts
4th year Engineering Physics here (practically EE with some more phys/nanotechnology stuff) I've doubted it every year, but this is my last year and the project I get to design makes me feel so good and makes the entire experience worth it. I think 80% of my year has had second thoughts on the degree just because of pure coursework. So you're not alone, especially amongst EE's
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On October 15 2010 10:33 Laerties wrote: Im assuming that your interested in math if you were majoring in engineering. Why dont you major in mathematics or something like that. I fucking love math and i am considering engineering as my major next year, maybe thinking i should look for something thats just pure math.... Idk yet.
Go with engineering man you will get to do PLENTY of math and you can minor in it. a minor in math is a few pre-reqs for calc, calc 1-3 then 3 more classes of your choice so you get plenty of it!
Either major is great though.
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On October 16 2010 07:04 mikeymoo wrote:4th year Engineering Physics here (practically EE with some more phys/nanotechnology stuff) I've doubted it every year, but this is my last year and the project I get to design makes me feel so good and makes the entire experience worth it. I think 80% of my year has had second thoughts on the degree just because of pure coursework. So you're not alone, especially amongst EE's Are you from Queen's University?
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