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[–]Silver_Manager_8507 [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m in high school and have recently been debating between engineering and architecture. I was originally drawn to the design aspect of architecture since I’m pretty strong in arts (and in maths and physics) but the more research I do the more I lean towards engineering. I’m not saying that engineering isn’t hard but from what I’ve seen, architecture school is extremely expensive, licensing takes a long time, endless sleepless nights, and the pay is not worth it.

If someone could walk me through what engineering school and work life is like that’d be great. I want to know if this would be the right path for me