I'm transfering to San Diego State from Palomar Community college. I start at State this fall. I'm very interested in the mechatronix stuff. I like to build and design things.

I'd say if you are not quite sure as to your major, you can ask your self a few things. Are you a book worm? I don't mean this in a bad way at all, just are you very into theoretical stuff? If so, not that ME is a bad major, there are more theoretical sides to it, but typically it is more of a hands on job. A physicist, Chem E, or even an EE are more theoretical then the ME would normally be. Now even ME's aren't always ME's. For example, my dad is a project manager for an air conditioning company. Basically he's a salesman and an estimator. He doesn't use much of his ME degree but he needed it to get in the door. I'll likely be an R&D engineer and use much of my ME degree in my daily job. I'm a very hands on type of person. I like to make up the prints, make the parts, and see how it all works. If you like to tinker with your car and often see better ways to do something, you'd probably make a good ME and enjoy the job. Like I said though, there are many sides to it. If you go to www.sdsu.edu, you can check out the engineering department and see the areas of specialization. It's quite diverse even within the ME portion.

I've been a tech for years in R&D labs and got to see some different aspects of engineering, electrical, computer, and mechanical. As a result I'm very much sure about the mechanical part for myself. I don't know what you are doing for a job, but if you can get an internship or job with some tech firms it's great experience and really helped me to see what I'd really like to do for a career.

Hope this helps. I might be more helpful if maybe you looked into some areas of specialization (all college web sites will list 'em) and asked me about 'em. If I have any experience, I'll gladly share it!

Frank.

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