I have a friend that really wants to be an engineer. She does many camps and constantly talks about her future as an engineer. I am concerned though that she can not cut the program. She has her mind set on a big school, 40,000+ students, with a world known engineering program. She thinks she knows about the career of an engineer but I think she just wants the title and the money. I heard that engineers should take the highest level of math and science classes offered at their school, is that true? She however as a junior isn't taking or planning on taking AP chem, AP calc, physics, computer science, or any upper level science or math course. She has no plan B, and says that because she is solely a girl she will become a engineer, I am worried she will go off to college and her life will end if she finds out then that she can't get into any engineering program. She takes a robotics class, where they just tinker with remote control robots. That is not the life of most engineers they need to be strongly skilled in STEM fields. What should I tell her? What classes are absolutely necessary for engineers to take in high school?
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