Prospective Students
Is Engineering for You?
- Do you enjoy working with others?
- Is helping to make the world a better place important to you?
- Do you do well in school?
- Are math and science classes interesting to you?
If you answered YES to any of the above questions, then engineering may be the career for you!
Engineering Myths
MYTH: You have to be "mechanically inclined" to be an engineer.
FACT: College is where you learn to be an engineer.
MYTH: All engineers sit by themselves at their desk, all day long.
FACT: Most engineers spend a large percent of their days working
on teams, as managers, or with clients. Opportunities for engineers
range from design jobs to sales jobs, to leading corporations.
MYTH: All engineers are nerds.
FACT: Good people skills are a requirement for most engineering jobs.
What Can I Do With an Engineering Degree?
A degree in engineering… teaches you how to transform technological ideas into reality. Engineers affect all aspects of our lives by building and designing anything from air conditioning, bridges, cars, laser discs, water treatment plants, to amusement parks!
A degree in engineering… opens the door to a vast range of opportunities including: design, construction, sales, teaching, and management.
A degree in engineering… is often the first step in achieving career goals such as becoming an astronaut, a doctor, a lawyer, a dentist, a president or CEO of a corporation, a president of a university (Cal Poly's current president is a Civil Engineer) or the president of the United States (George Washington was a surveyor)!
