If 2015 is going to be your last school year than you need to start figuring out what you want to study at university. It is often a very difficult decision to make, which is why you need to take a good hard look at what you are good at doing. Some of the most popular university degrees hail from the engineering department. The question is, is industrial engineering the right career path for you?
In order to answer this question you need to look at the skill sets you have already been blessed with. In fact trying to figure out what you want to study in your final year of school is a bit late. Before entering Grade 10, you need to pick your subjects for the rest of your school career. This means that by the age of 16 you would have already thought about what type of career you wanted to go into. There is a need for you to have a good understanding of mathematics and science in order to even consider having a career in industrial engineering. Which means that you will need to continue on with these two subjects throughout school to help you get a place in an industrial engineering course. This is the first step to figuring out whether or not it is the right career path for you, if you cannot grasp these two subjects than you were not meant to be an industrial engineer.
The next aspect that you need to take into consideration is how exactly your brain works. If you have an analytical mind than you are the perfect candidate for this career. You need to be able to juggle both practical and creative aspects while working in this industry. It is not as simple as just relying on the machinery to help you to achieve your desired outcomes. Instead you need to be able to use you own brain to figure out how the end result can come about. The one aspect that can be misleading when it comes to industrial engineering is the name. This type of career, does not merely focus on the manufacturing industrial side of things, instead it looks at the methodical and quantitative approach on how to improve the process, system and/or organization and how they operate. It is a far more complex career choice than you may have initially thought and as such you need to have the ability to adapt to the settings that you are thrown into. It is certainly the most diverse degree that you can do in the engineering fields.
If you strongly believe that you have what it takes to become an industrial engineer than you need to look into the options available to you. Make the necessary adjustments and start applying to different universities to secure yourself a place.
