IDEA help: I am torn.

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I am torn.

University will start soon and I am having difficulties in choosing a course. I am being offered a scholarship to do engineering in which the scholarship is kind of considered very prestige in my country but I am not very sure if I want this course or not. I know I would have greater future if I choose this course. I also apply other course (some sort of business related course) for other scholarship which I am kinda fond of but then again I am not really sure. This is my future I’m talking about and I have no idea how to choose very wisely. I really need some help on how should I choose between those courses. What should I really do other than asking myself since I’m soo clueless at the moment?

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coolca #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (3 minutes after post)

wich one do you perfer

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clueless-1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (6 minutes after post)

I am not really sure yet

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Puck You 147 #
Spokane, WA, US | 5 months, 1 week ago (6 minutes after post)

really that is what it comes down to. What can you see yourself doing for the rest of your life? What do you think you’d enjoy doing more?

Help me with: I have been having a lot flashbacks of my abuse lately.

coolca #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (8 minutes after post)

wt me

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Puck You 147 #
Spokane, WA, US | 5 months, 1 week ago (8 minutes after post)

coolca wrote:
wt me

huh?

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An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (10 minutes after post)

have you looked at every opition

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chev.jame 26 #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (11 minutes after post)

What would please you the most? Designing a building or device, or landing a great business deal? Here’s something to think about: get a good, solid foundation in a discipline such as engineering–you can always “branch out” into the “business side” later on!

Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and chairman, didn’t get a degree in business, but today he’s one of the richest men in the world. What he had first was a solid knowledge of computer software and applications. He used that to develop and grow a successful business.

I’d personally advocate going into engineering. You’d have a more solid career than becoming a “generalist” in business. And this is from someone who has an MBA.

clueless-1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (11 minutes after post)

I actually apply for the business related course because as for the engineering course, I was actually picked and selected from all of the students over the country. Meaning to say, we can’t apply for the scholarship but only get picked by those company who offer the scholarship.

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clueless-1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (16 minutes after post)

The engineering course I was offered is actually petroleum engineering and I do know that I could specialise in management after 10-20 years maybe? I am not very sure. For each course, they will send to different countries so maybe this is another problem for me. I don’t really know which country I would prefer. This shouldn’t cause me a problem should it?

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chev.jame 26 #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (23 minutes after post)

I’d go for petroleum engineering, for sure!

clueless-1 #
An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (25 minutes after post)

and should I just don’t let the fact that engineering will take me 4 years while business 3 years to complete the course bothers me?

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chev.jame 26 #
An Unknown Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 4 minutes after post)

That extra year won’t matter a whit in your lifetime. The engineering degree will more than make up for a year working at some business-type entry level job!

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An Undisclosed Location | 5 months, 1 week ago (1 hour, 34 minutes after post)

thanks a lot for your thoughts! very much appreciated :) Also, thanks to the_alice and coolca.

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