Originally posted by: filthylopez
Imp, I'm seriously interested in what you say. How can someone hate math and not be good at it and be an Engineer? I thought you had to be very good at math to even get on an Engineering degree?
I'm not Imp, but I have something to say about math
I'm an engineering student, (not at MIT, I didn't bother applying, I knew my chances ) and I'll be about 12 credits away from a math minor after taking all my required math classes. You'll need math for engineering.
You'll need math for math.
You'll need math for physics. You'll be doing calculus based physics.
You'll need math for chemistry. You'll be using calculus for error propagation.
You'll need math for *insert engineering major here*'s classes.
You'll need math for programming. You'll be calculating the efficiency of algorithms.
You'll learn not to be afraid of it, hopefully. I didn't (don't?) really like math very much, but I wasn't bad at it. Math in college is a bit more interesting, can be applicable, depending on how it is taught. If you are planning on going to MIT or any engineering school, you should ideally have a year of calc in high school.
At any rate, there are many more schools than MIT. If you are looking for engineering focused schools, you might want to look into WPI, RPI, Stevens Institute of Technology, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (I'm a bit biased on that one). If you are applying to MIT, you'll need backups.