[beef_bourito]

k well i didn't read the whole thing because i've got to be quick. i'm in first year electrical (i want to switch to mechanical, long story why i didn't get into mech) engineering

So, you need to look at the universities you're interested in, check what courses they need. courses that might not be required but that you should take are: computer sciences of some sort, you're going to learn programming and it's a hell of alot easier if you do some sort of programming beforehand. in ontario, canada, it's called geometry and discrete mathematics, this deals with proofs, vectors, etc. you NEED vectors, i can't emphasize this enough. first year mechanics 1 is all about vectors and if you havent taken a course about them you will find first year hell. i don't mean stuff like simple physics vector addition and stuff, you should be very familiar with vector addition and subtraction in both 2d and 3d planes, you should know all about dot product and cross product, stuff like that.

other than that, take the ones that are required. I'm finding first year pretty easy actually, it's alot of review for me since my math teacher made high school math really hard to make sure we're prepared for university. it's more difficult than high school obviously, but i'm doing better.

as for the job, it's a challenging job but it's fun. you're doing things that nobody has done before. nobody has ever designed exactly what you're making. plus you're dealing with a new challenge every time you do a new project, it's not repetetive at all so you don't get bored. engineers tend to love their work, someone also told me they get the lowest health insurance because there's less stress involved since it's enjoyable and we tend to live longer.

make sure you go to an acredited program because if you don't, you're going to have to pass all of your exams again, from first year to fourth year.