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If you don't like engineering you shouldn't do it. Explain to your parents that it makes no sense for you to do something you do not have any interest in because it will be very difficult to establish yourself if you have no passion for the subject.

Unfortunately the homework is part of your grade.

Only extracurricular activities that are related to your field are helpful though, anything else will in no way help out for grad school. You should also try to get research internships because this will introduce you to new fields of research plus you will get to know another researcher who can...

I am a mechanical engineer and I went through a semester where I really really hated it mechanical engineering and wanted to change to something else. This was because my classes were boring and seemed useless. I got through them though and I have gotten involved in a really good research...

Joining the military is a huge decision and not one that should be made because of you would rather work outside. Take up an outdoor hobby.

You should probably learn multivariable calculus and vector calculus.

If you know you are not interested in the work you will doing then what would be the point of working there. Do you think you would gain a lot of useful experience, learn things that will help you with the work you really want to do? If you do not think you would learn anything that relates to...

I just did a quick google search and came up with these websites http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/916.aspx http://engineering.suite101.com/article.cfm/mechanical_engineering_101 They give very basic overviews of the different branches of mechanical engineering. I...

I am assuming that by saying "I'm not a handman person or I feel lazy to do something by hand, I'm a person that uses my Brain in most cases" you do not like to build things. First I would like to say that engineers who build things definitely use their brain, I am sure you did not mean that to...

Have you tried to read through the relevant literature out there.

Being hardworking and passionate is way more important then being a prodigy.

I skipped both of my university's first two years of physics because of AP credit and I think it helped me a lot. I understood the material very well and did not feel like I missed out on anything. I actually helped a lot of my friends who had to take those classes. I am a mechanical engineer...

It might be a good use of time to get involved in something related to your field like research, internships or co-ops. That way you can find out what you want to do with your life.

For graduate school it is far more important what you did at your undergrad then where you did your undergrad. You just have to make sure you get good grades and gain a lot of experience in your field while you are there and you will be fine. Of course if a certain school has a poor...

In order to receive college credit from an AP course you have obtain a certain score on a standardized test. So if you scored well on the test then you should have the fundamentals down pretty well.