Sorry, didn't want to strike a nerve there, Mitch.

But back on topic, you shoud have no problems switching majors if you must before Freshman year.

Though I am far from impartial, I do reccommend mechanical because there are a number of distinct, diverse diciplines in which to specialize, and I feel they really drive a "good engineering sense" into you, which makes you a good all around engineer if need be.

Good luck making your choice though.

Some background... applied to A&M as AERO, accepted as ChemE, transfered to ME. Have taken CVEN, ELEN, and even INEN (not that excuse for a class 302) courses.

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My weewee is sooooo big because I design thermo nuclear defribulators that require precisely 1.21 gigawatts of power.

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Lots of good advise so far, but one that I had not seen is the one where you will be challenged and continue to get up each morning to do the job. Find what you like to do.

For all of the bluster of this discipline is better than that discipline, when you get in the "real" world you will probably be placed on a team with other engineers to do a task. You cannot build a 1.21 GW nuclear plant without nuclear, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineers. Designing and constructing a building requires people with civil (geo-tech, horizontal, and vertical) experience, mechanical knowledge, environmental hocus-pocus, and electrical know-how. Similar breakdowns can be done for building a plane to building a petroleum refinery.

What I am saying is that you may be the subject matter expert for a small part of the project, but it is the team that suceeds to get the job done.

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22% of the CEO's of the Fortune 500 Companies are have Engr. Degrees. It opens doors even if it is not Engineering related. No one in Human Resources has an Engineering Degree...most don't have enough math to balance a check book...ie education majors as well...so they think anyone with a technical degree or advanced degree know something.
True, there aren't good looking "hides" in engineering...but when you finish they will find you. Women recoginze tallent and smell money and security.