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Hey, I've been browsing around just trying to research about engineering etc, and this forum seems like a really nice friendly place with some good topics and answers knocking back, so I thought I'd ask something, I am not sure if this is right place to ask but I am going to try anyway.
To put you all in my situation, I am 17 and at the stage in my final year of 6th form where I need to select which Universities and what I want to study etc, with my final exams coming up soon. but this is exactly where the problem falls.
Through my life, I've seen a Hercules up in the sky and thought, awesome I'd really love to be way up there flying that thing, or watching Stargate on TV and seeing Daniel Jackson translating Egyption hyroglyphs and wishing I could do that; but never, did I really set something in cement that I wanted to do, or be and I am not sure if that's the reason for my main fault.
We're now being pushed to make our choices, quite a few people have already made their personal statements and already applied to the Uni's they've chosen, and I am sat here still clueless on what I want to do, and as I see it, if I don't have a clue what I want to do how can I even choose the right Uni, let alone the right degree.
The subjects I am currently learning are Maths, Physics and Biology, I am also considering taking an AS level in Further Maths and trying to complete that befre my years over, I am in Britain by the way incase some things don't add up in terms of doing things differently, different names for exams etc. I am pretty happy with my subject choice, I really do hate biology a lot though but I enjoy Physics (with the right teacher) and Maths I like going to, but I have a big draw back, and that's my lazyness.
My dads told me I have an intelligent brain that's trapped inside a bone-idol body, and I guess that's true, I have the ability to do all of this, but I let myself down by not putting the effort into work, be that in or out of college. I am soneone who just drifts away from the real world whenever I loose concentration for a split second; its like I may have a piece of Math homework due in the for next day but I'll end up just sitting and thinking, not doing anything, and I can do that for countless hours, getting no work or studying done, and not even playing a video game ... I just think. Even when I am interested in something I am listening to I may end up day dreaming and I really don't know why it happens.
With my personal problems out of the way, I was trying to say that I am taking the subjects that will lead to tough degrees, and can get the grades I need in them, but don't feel I myself will be able to cope with the work load degrees related to my current subjects will give.
My dad, who did electronics engineering at uni is trying to push me in the engineering direction , by pushing I mean he's doing a load of research and everytime I try to mention doing a different degree he will work out some way of making that one sound terrible and going back to engineering, like he says I shouldn't do archaeology because that's a hobby degree, I don't really understand that. And like I really like Ancient Greek Myths and things like that, but I can't pursure that because I didnt take History at A Level, and I didnt do that because the only choice for that was modern history, and I don't like that at all.
But my problem is, which I am too worried to talk to my dad about, is what if I hate engineering, what if I am not born to be an acedemic sort of person, don't know what he's going to think of me, I know its my choice, but I know I can't make the right one.
I flick through books from Uni's, I search through their websites looking at all the degree's on offer and none are catching my eye, and I am really starting to worry, how can I not like everything, surely there must be something.
So my question to you guys, is what would you do in my shoes?, what's engineering like in terms of enjoyment, work load? Are there major differences between the different aspects of engineering?
I know there's a lot of rubbish in this post, and I've realized I've written quite a lot but I just want to make sure you all know my situation.
Thanks.
To put you all in my situation, I am 17 and at the stage in my final year of 6th form where I need to select which Universities and what I want to study etc, with my final exams coming up soon. but this is exactly where the problem falls.
Through my life, I've seen a Hercules up in the sky and thought, awesome I'd really love to be way up there flying that thing, or watching Stargate on TV and seeing Daniel Jackson translating Egyption hyroglyphs and wishing I could do that; but never, did I really set something in cement that I wanted to do, or be and I am not sure if that's the reason for my main fault.
We're now being pushed to make our choices, quite a few people have already made their personal statements and already applied to the Uni's they've chosen, and I am sat here still clueless on what I want to do, and as I see it, if I don't have a clue what I want to do how can I even choose the right Uni, let alone the right degree.
The subjects I am currently learning are Maths, Physics and Biology, I am also considering taking an AS level in Further Maths and trying to complete that befre my years over, I am in Britain by the way incase some things don't add up in terms of doing things differently, different names for exams etc. I am pretty happy with my subject choice, I really do hate biology a lot though but I enjoy Physics (with the right teacher) and Maths I like going to, but I have a big draw back, and that's my lazyness.
My dads told me I have an intelligent brain that's trapped inside a bone-idol body, and I guess that's true, I have the ability to do all of this, but I let myself down by not putting the effort into work, be that in or out of college. I am soneone who just drifts away from the real world whenever I loose concentration for a split second; its like I may have a piece of Math homework due in the for next day but I'll end up just sitting and thinking, not doing anything, and I can do that for countless hours, getting no work or studying done, and not even playing a video game ... I just think. Even when I am interested in something I am listening to I may end up day dreaming and I really don't know why it happens.
With my personal problems out of the way, I was trying to say that I am taking the subjects that will lead to tough degrees, and can get the grades I need in them, but don't feel I myself will be able to cope with the work load degrees related to my current subjects will give.
My dad, who did electronics engineering at uni is trying to push me in the engineering direction , by pushing I mean he's doing a load of research and everytime I try to mention doing a different degree he will work out some way of making that one sound terrible and going back to engineering, like he says I shouldn't do archaeology because that's a hobby degree, I don't really understand that. And like I really like Ancient Greek Myths and things like that, but I can't pursure that because I didnt take History at A Level, and I didnt do that because the only choice for that was modern history, and I don't like that at all.
But my problem is, which I am too worried to talk to my dad about, is what if I hate engineering, what if I am not born to be an acedemic sort of person, don't know what he's going to think of me, I know its my choice, but I know I can't make the right one.
I flick through books from Uni's, I search through their websites looking at all the degree's on offer and none are catching my eye, and I am really starting to worry, how can I not like everything, surely there must be something.
So my question to you guys, is what would you do in my shoes?, what's engineering like in terms of enjoyment, work load? Are there major differences between the different aspects of engineering?
I know there's a lot of rubbish in this post, and I've realized I've written quite a lot but I just want to make sure you all know my situation.
Thanks.