What should I do?

Question

I am deciding between two majors: Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. I have taken one course in physics (mechanics) and hated it and wasn't good at it. I also took materials science and hated it. However, I took basic fluid mechanics and basic thermodynamics and found both very interesting and did very well. I also took two semesters of chemistry, did well, but found some of the material to be dull.

I would like to eventually go into the energy or propulsion fields but am not sure which major to pick.

Any suggestions??

Answer 1

Seems your course experiences so far would suggest Chemical Engineering. Later, more advanced course work in chemistry should be more interesting and challenging to you. The focus on energy or propulsion is not something you will get to until you begin graduate work. Get a good, basic foundation and then specialize.

Answer 2

Either field is good.

Much of a Mechanical Engineer's job is in choosing the correct materials to use to design and build his equipment out of, and if you didn't like Materials Science you might not like that aspect of the job. Maybe you just had a poor teacher. If you want to go into the energy or propulsion fields as a mechanical engineer materials science will be very important to you.

Answer 3

like you at the past time i hated physics but at the last term in the university my physics professor Dr Zaker God bless him, said physics means nature at the greek language , you live in nature you must know it then i was very interested in physics and study it very hard i am very sorry that you hate it . it is the base of sciences. if i were you i would study physics.