Civil Engineering math?

What are the chances of people who are good at only math in engineering?

• Sorry for asking this again but here goes nothing. Hey all, I am a 20 year old John Abbott College student who is planning to switch from computer science into something else(mainly social science) because of 2 bad teachers who completely make my life miserable(and I completely suck at programming regardless of the fact that I had a peer tutor). The thing is, I'm not sure what I am supposed to go into because there are many options, my mom suggested things such as Information and Library Technologies, Social Science/Commerce(Due to the fact that I am good at math), trade school computing support and many others. I am too unsure because I am good at math but it doesn't benefit me because I am not good at programming, and I failed Physical Science 436(36% ON MID TERM EXAM and my mom switched me to Science 416 and told me that I passed it by chance) because it's chemistry and I suck at chemistry and I also failed Math 436, although when I retook it in Abbott, I easily got a 91% with a different teacher and an 82% in Math 536. The thing is, I do believe that there are good and bad teachers, but I don't feel I belong to computer science, nor will I belong with any program that requires math(commerce, science, engineering tech, etc). I wished I can do those, but it's already too late for me because I only have math, and I suck at chemistry. I never took physics, but my mom explained to me that the laws in physics are completely different than math because it's a real world application, and she told me that I have to choose a program that not only suits your interest, but to your ability as well. I feel that I am good at math but not enough to do physics, and chemistry along with engineering, but I don't like to go into programs like liberal arts, social science, etc because of the 1500-2000 word essays that I have to write if I were to be into those programs(she even told me that word problems in physics, and mathematics are your greatest weakness). By the way, I am a logical-mathematical learner because when I was in high school(9th grade), I was doing a multiple intelligence test and I received that result, as well, I did several tests, but I got the same result but I feel that I might not be those correctly. The thing is I am unsure what program I should go to since I am good at math, but it's useless for science. Also, my Science 436 teacher told her that I will fail any program that is science related because I suck at chemistry. The reason my mom told me to be careful of what program I should choose is because of the fact that I lost 3 years of my education(1 year lost because of the pathway(I needed to make up for the math that I failed in high school because of the stupid high school teacher that failed the majority of the class in Math 436 and caused them to retake it in summer or switch to Math 514 or Math 526), another year lost due to Programming I(43%), and another year lost because of User Interfaces(44%). I also recently failed Algorithm Design(42%) but for those, I didn't feel that programming was right for me(Programming I, had to repeat it twice and got 71%), but the other 2 courses(User Interfaces and Algorithm Design) was because again, I suck at programming, but also, the teachers were extremely bad in terms of their way of teaching and how they are as people(they have a bad personality and they bully students and other teachers and the class average for both User Interfaces and Algorithm Design. But I also feel that I don't deserve to go into science because I missed the prerequisites(Science 436, Physics 534, and Chemistry 534(although I suck at chemistry). I hate reading texts and writing essays on them because it's useless. But I guess that life is not easy for good people:)

• Answer:

  First of all. You should try to make your question more concise and clear. By the way your questions were stated, your mom seems to be making decisions that you are supposed to make by yourself. You asked: "but I don't feel I belong to computer science, nor will I belong with any program that requires math(commerce, science, engineering tech, etc)". So are you looking for something that uses math or not? All engineering degrees require that you pass General Physics 1-3, Chem and Calculus 1-3 for lower division. Physics is real life application of math. Chemistry is usually just a course requirement needed to have a better understanding of how things work but you won't be using it too much (unless you go for chemical or petroleum engineering). One thing about engineering is that you have to be capable of learning things by yourself. It will happen often in college. It will happen more often at work. By the way you complain about science courses, you don't seem to want to be an engineering or computer scientist at all. If you only want to do math without dealing with the science courses, you should do accounting or economics. But even for those degrees, you will have to apply the math to real life situations. Also, 1500-2000 essays are nothing compared to 10-25 page lab reports that you'll have to write. You should do more research on other careers and talk to the college advisers about your options.