'Don't try to memorize the material. Try to understand it. Memorization will only work on certain types of problems and will only get you so far. On the other hand, if you can understand what's going...|||If you want to go into academia, you should at the very least tolerate teaching, writing proposals, and occasionally presenting at conferences. Also, the stereotype of the absentminded professor is...|||Depends on what you mean by superior. I think both are good in terms of job placement. What will really help is if you get an internship.    Depends on the university.   I'm guessing both...|||Engineering is a good bet. The pay for college graduates is relatively good, and it's pretty easy to find a job from what I've heard. Something like mechanical engineering or civil engineering is a...|||I agree that you shouldn't let your family dictate your career. If you love a particular career path, go for it. Also, don't be scared to move if you get the chance. I've moved a couple of times for...|||Take a bunch of introductory classes and find out which subject you're most interested in. College is different from high school, so you may actually end up liking the classes you hated and hating...|||If you're going to switch, do it early. There's nothing worse than finishing your junior year and realizing that your major is wrong for you. I've had friends go through that experience, and it's not...|||I like math/science/engineering, but I like literature as well. Out of the 200+ books I own, the vast majority are fiction/poetry. So I can easily see how an INTP would prefer literature, history,...|||Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation with a bit of Walter White sprinkled in.  OK, that's probably wishful thinking. Maybe a more accurate answer is Malcolm from Malcolm in the Middle.|||Trust me, I know the feeling.   I read mostly general fiction, so that's what I would write. Some of the contemporary writers I like include Cormac McCarthy, Ian McEwan, and Haruki Murakami. So I...|||Welcome! What sort of writing do you do? I've always wanted to be a novelist. Maybe one day...|||IQ tests are meaningless for several reasons. They don't measure creativity and tend to favor people in STEM fields because they primarily test pattern recognition. Also, if you get the right answer...|||You need to ask yourself whether paying for another degree is a good idea. Student debt is a bitch. My advice is to find whatever job you can at the moment and then transition to another position at...|||A Love Poem  Words can't describe how much you mean to me, So I'm ending this poem right here.|||So basically, an introvert is like a cat.|||I took a few upper level English classes as well. The most upper level class I took was the one with the short quizzes. Outside of reading, there was no actual homework we had to turn in. I also...|||I wasn't an English major, but I took enough English classes to know how it works. For English and a lot of the humanities, you have a lot of reading. For some classes, we had class discussions, and...|||Pshaw. Everyone knows that single malt scotch is the best.|||Like a friends with benefits type of thing.|||One night stands = no.  Casual sex = sign me up.|||Is there a used book store around where you live? That's where I do most of my book shopping. You can get amazing deals there, and you can find some real gems that you won't find anywhere else.|||I second Catch-22 and Brave New World. While I'm at it, I'll recommend Nineteen Eighty-Four as well. If you want comedy, pick up anything by Flann O'Brien.|||White light is a mixture of mostly visible light. So if white light exists, so does blue light, red light, yellow light, etc.   All objects emit light because all objects have a temperature. The...|||Anything having to do with physics, math, philosophy (especially philosophy of science), and literature.|||Bookstore for sure. I could spend hours in a bookstore.|||My field is thermal/fluids, but my work is more thermodynamics/heat transfer. I rarely use fluid mechanics (I still had to study it, though). In engineering, a lot of the fluids research that's being...|||It depends. Some engineers professors do more theoretical stuff. I'm an engineering student, and my research is all theoretical. Also, one benefit of being a professor is that you can focus on the...|||It's not that bad. I just learned today that a well-known campus in the northeast is going to be recruiting a lot of engineering professors over the next two years. So it depends on the field. I hear...|||Have you thought about getting a PhD? That's really the only practical solution I can think of, and you would be able to work on more theoretical stuff by yourself (depending on funding and assuming...|||I play basketball, though it's not competitive. I just play for fun. I've taken up running recently as well. I think getting some sort of physical exercise is good. Even going for a walk can do...|||Thanks for the welcome, everyone.   Mechanical engineering.|||Hi all, I've been lurking for some time now and decided to join. This seems like a great community, and I look forward to participating and getting to know some of you. I'll keep this short since...'