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DarkAnt said:
I'm just a highschool student, but I hope to become a computer engineer so I can do cool stuff with robots.
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We'll here I am at Umass Lowell studying to be a computer engineer. If you think you might want to be an engineer then there are some things I've learned over this first semester that I'd like to share with you.
Taking calc and physics in highschool helps enormously in the first semester
You have to enjoy math and science. If you don't, you won't enjoy engineering.
You have to be willing to put in a hell of a lot of work. People in your dorms will be playing video games and having a great time partying at night. You won't be able to do any of that for the most part. You'll be studying.
My biggest complaint about engineering? There are very few females in it. My 150 person lectures have about 5-8 girls in them.