Make sure they keep up on their math skills. I was very, very good in math. You know, the multiplication contest and things. Math is really important. Also, tell them that it's not as hard as you might think it is.
Engineering always seems to scare people away.
My father was an electrical engineer . But I didn't have any idea, really, what engineering was. I didn't know what it was when I was in junior high or high school. It's really just problem solving. Whether you're structural or electrical or civil or whatever, it's just solving problems in whatever field it may be.