What kind of high school student should consider majoring in civil engineering?
Any student who has an interest in the sciences, such as mathematics and physics, yet also has a passion to improve our society would make a good civil engineering major. At NJIT, we teach our civil engineering majors to use engineering techniques to build a resilient and sustainable infrastructure. And improving America’s infrastructure improves life for our generation and for generations to come. It’s important work that we do and it’s enjoyable. Civil engineers are also in great demand and are well paid. So if you want a secure engineering field that offers variety and enjoyment and good compensation, you should major in civil engineering. You said civil engineering is a uniquely interesting major because it has variety. Can you explain that? Civil engineering is such a flexible major that you’ll never be bored. You won’t do the same calculations and the same number crunching over and over. You’ll go through the phases of your class project quickly. These phases include planning, de
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