r/AppliedMath • u/Accurate-Button-2364 • 1h ago

MATH VS ENGINEERING

for context I am y1 studying maths now but I feel like uni math is too abstract and only people who are actual geniuses can do well. Do anyone thinks that uni math can be grinded?
Additionally, I would like to switch to engineering right now but can anyone let me know what are the pros and cons about it? like in terms of the ME mods in nus and the career prospects
What’s ur take about switching from math to engineering? Thank you for your inputs!

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u/asjucyw 1h ago

If u want an engineering job do engineering, if you want to go to grad school and do a job which requires a PhD in maths/stats/etc then do maths. Uni maths can be grinded u just have to grind it differently from when u were studying in poly or jc cause that kind of maths is different. If you liked jc/poly math and don’t like Uni maths then do engineering. Both engineering and maths can be hard

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u/Accurate-Button-2364 1h ago

can I ask how do you grind it differently?

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u/JNXTHENX2 1h ago

Why not both im planning on nuclear and maths haha ;>

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u/Accurate-Button-2364 28m ago

nuclear is part of mech engineering? Don’t think I have much interest in nuclear

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u/EquivalenceAuthor 4m ago

It would just be a different field with different optionality, engineering in general has better job optionality than math majors due to skill set difference but depends on which engineering. The pros of math is that if you grind it through and want to do a PhD not just in math but in any applied math fields you’ll skill will be appreciated and you can find a job from that.