I dreamt of becoming an astronaut when small, studied mechanical and work in design stage in hoping change the world(naive me) which ended up continuing family business

How can u be a good engineer if u didn't go through the hardship of learning by getting your hands dirty? U watched armageddon? if u do..remember the part where harry stamper screws up the NASA's scientist /engineer for incorrectly installing the drill machine flow line? Which one u wanna be? the NASA scientist / engineer or harry stamper?

This post has been edited by feekle: Aug 22 2011, 10:37 PM

Nope haven't watch.Haha for learning yes everyday working as a technician no~

Yes I am.

Whao~ Engineer? Which course? can tell me how you enter?

Civil Eng. Just apply lo.

even asking people how to enter...u need him to apply for u? -.- just look at nottingham website...there should have a guide for u to refer to...entry requirements, english competency...everything...

+1 Btw, go to http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1935883 for more info

Interesting hehe =) thanks ya ,under my consideration.

so you hop around and hope people to spoon feed you, from the start to the end. you're so lost and without direction.

have you consulted your parents, teachers or friends?

the school counseling board may help giving you a jump start.

That is what I felt too for this KID, seems like he just throw a generic question and ask everyone to answer him and dont even bother to take note.

Kids nowadays...

I think it quite a norm for student didnt know anything about what course to take. When I was in uni doing matriculation, everyone will have only 2 choice in their head, medicine or engineering. When ask about what actually engineering does, many dont have a clue. In the end some of them being 'lelong' because grade is not good enough to be in engineering or medicine school.
Why dont you read around on different course beside those 2? You might find some of them quite interesting. I took a geology when I was in uni. Class was easy, got field trip every now and than. Now been working in O&G for the past 10 years. And you know what people said about O&G salary...

umm, we understand that. but there's a thread on engineering which explains about most of the paths available. a good student would go read those up first, and if they wanna open a thread to discuss something specific, we're more than happy to discuss.

however, the trend of being a blackhole - which waits and sucks up all information and do little less of anything - is annoying. most of us here are in voluntary basis, the least u could do is pull ur own weight and THEN ask questions on where to go further. entertaining basic questions is time consuming and tiring.

it's all about ethics.

Best advice : Seek your parents.

They understand you best.

You understand yourself the best.

seconded.

Your parents THINK they know what's best for you.

ermm.. i think first u must find out what is ur interest is by looking through the definations of those engineering. i think the thread itself have alot of explanation.
then make sure its four years course, cause the BEM only recognize 4 years engineering course. but if u dun plan to join its okie.
the thing is, sometimes the company dun look at wat engineering u are studying as long as u have the word Engineering behind.
try to go to jobstreet and see what normally is the job scope of each engineering.
I studied Chemical Engineering, so i can tell u more about this engineering.
Chemical Engineering is not about studying Chemicals (always a wrong conception, hahaha). i like chemistry so i choose this course.. but its very physics.
Chemical Engineering's job scope is very wide. Almost every field u can join except civil. u can join oil and gas, semiconductor, food, pharmaceutical, environment, and etc. what i find most interested about Chemical Engineering is that u will have a final year Plant Design Project. wht u have studied for the last 3 years will be applied in this project. Its very fun, from nth u learn how to build ur own plant.
Other engineering i'm not quite sure, if u like buildings (Civil), anything to deal with machines movement, designing (Mechnical), circuits, robots, computers (E&E), making new materials, plastic, metallurgy and etc (Material Engineering).
Basically in the real job, every engineer have to work together in order to complete a project. Especially building a plant or factory.
i hope this helps. from wat i notice, many companies like Mechnical Engineering (dun ask me why)...hhahaha... all the best

@hitsugaya2010 what's bem?

Check it up yourself. Most browsers have quick search bar on the top right corner, and they do also provide instant search if you type in address bar. If you install what Google Bar, Bing Bar, Yahoo Bar you also can do searches right away.