Just want to say thanks to the female engineers posting.

Female, ChemE here. Echoing what others said. Engineering school is difficult and many end up dropping out. We used to refer to EE (Electrical Engineering) as "Eventually Education". Grain of truth.

I’m a woman who earned an electrical engineering degree a few decades ago. It was a very hard major for me because I didn’t really want to be an engineer, but chose the major for earning potential. I actually worked in my field - many who earn engineering degrees do not.

Anonymous wrote:Most people don't realize how much harder an Engg degree is compared to other strong degrees (science, econ/finance etc)

My DC engineering student has almost double the amount of class hours (class, discussion, labs) as non-engineering friends. It is more difficult than most kids realize and many drop out.

Anonymous wrote:Most people don't realize how much harder an Engg degree is compared to other strong degrees (science, econ/finance etc)

So hard. I switched majors. I wasn’t lazy but it was harder than I ever imagined and not for me.

It gets sifted rather fast, most peeps brains just cannot handle that much abstraction, especially at EE or ChemE level. Try to understand Maxwell's equations and or Quantum physics and then we'll talk. Majority of UMC people around me struggle to multiply two digit numbers in their heads.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but how many actually come out w/ engg degree?

Not too many. I actually am an engineer (Aero undergrad and EE masters) and I can tell you that TONS of people dropped out when I was in school. I'm old, so was often the only woman. That was....interesting.

I guess you thought you were Cindy Crawford at some point?

Most people don't realize how much harder an Engg degree is compared to other strong degrees (science, econ/finance etc)

I do wonder what the drop out / switch rate to another major is...its just crazy to see kids who fail high level math classes still thinking they get through a full engineering degree but maybe they struggle through somehow and manage to still get a job...

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but how many actually come out w/ engg degree?

Not too many. I actually am an engineer (Aero undergrad and EE masters) and I can tell you that TONS of people dropped out when I was in school. I'm old, so was often the only woman. That was....interesting.

I agree. I am an engineer myself. Many, many, of them dropped out as well. We didn't have too many women either.

Ditto from another female engineer here.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but how many actually come out w/ engg degree?

Not too many. I actually am an engineer (Aero undergrad and EE masters) and I can tell you that TONS of people dropped out when I was in school. I'm old, so was often the only woman. That was....interesting.

I agree. I am an engineer myself. Many, many, of them dropped out as well. We didn't have too many women either.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, but how many actually come out w/ engg degree?

Not too many. I actually am an engineer (Aero undergrad and EE masters) and I can tell you that TONS of people dropped out when I was in school. I'm old, so was often the only woman. That was....interesting.

Yeah, but how many actually come out w/ engg degree?

I think people know it is a very stable career path. It is also very hard and requires a lot of math.

Does everyone think they can be an engineer? Feels like every kid I know is either an engineering major or trying to get into a program. Several of them seem to be struggling to take a full load or get decent grades...is this a sign of the times where its considered a super stable career path so it the "hot" option...