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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..

This took quite a bit of effort to submit but thanks for reading, this kind of turned in to a rant.

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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2014, 03:50:18 pm »
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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..

This took quite a bit of effort to submit but thanks for reading, this kind of turned in to a rant.
You're probably 14ish. You don't need to know about your future. I'm 18 and I'm clueless and so are most people. You probably don't even know what it requires to get a 40+ in methods or specialist maths because you're still doing year level maths most likely. When you hit VCE, worry about VCE and your future because you're worrying about things many years away .. and things change.

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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2014, 04:05:18 pm »
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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..

This took quite a bit of effort to submit but thanks for reading, this kind of turned in to a rant.
Well coming from Year 9, your ideas are always changing and all but have you gone out of your way and spoken to engineers or people in university who are currently undertaking those courses? They could give you some more insight I suppose... another thing is Work Experience which I highly suggest you undertake (if not compulsory at your school) and find a placement within the engineering/physics field (or in faculties like at university) so you can discover more about engineering!

And to help with your 'lack of confidence', try and see things in a positive mindset and surround yourself with supportive people who will motivate you to do better :)

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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2014, 04:35:04 pm »
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Well coming from Year 9, your ideas are always changing and all but have you gone out of your way and spoken to engineers or people in university who are currently undertaking those courses? They could give you some more insight I suppose... another thing is Work Experience which I highly suggest you undertake (if not compulsory at your school) and find a placement within the engineering/physics field (or in faculties like at university) so you can discover more about engineering!

And to help with your 'lack of confidence', try and see things in a positive mindset and surround yourself with supportive people who will motivate you to do better :)
Thanks, hopefully some people taking engineering will see this or I'll just PM them.

I've decided to try and not worry about too far in to my future and it eases the stress, hopefully this won't screw me over in the future.

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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 04:53:47 pm »
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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..

This took quite a bit of effort to submit but thanks for reading, this kind of turned in to a rant.
No, You can just get an average score and still do engineering. Your atar is not the reflection of your academic success, not entirely at least. You could think of engineering as applied physics. If you enjoy physics, that doesn't mean you necessarily enjoy enjoy engineering. You don't worry about the performance-money balance in physics but that's one of the fundamental things in engineering.
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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2014, 10:19:37 pm »
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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..

This took quite a bit of effort to submit but thanks for reading, this kind of turned in to a rant.

M8 it's okay to not have an idea of what you want to do. When I was in year 9, I was constantly getting into trouble for pranking others and frequently went into detention and nearly got suspended a few times. I then picked up my game/grew some brains/got boring going into Year 12 and did fine for VCE.

Back then, I wanted to do actuarial science, then I went to Monash open day and I decided to do Engineering/Sci with basically no research whatsoever which shocked all my friends/family as I told everyone that I'm going into commerce. I'm going into my final year of engineering and I now want to go back and work in finance which goes to show that you never know future holds. Do I have regrets doing Engineering instead of commerce? No.

Sometimes you just got to relax and go with your gut. Think of life as the impossible game. You'll never perfect that game on the first try. Treat mistakes in life as "Game Over" and keep trying. One day when you manage to finish that impossible game, you'll realize that the impossible is actually possible, but you won't remember or believe how you done it. (Am I even making sense here)
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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2014, 05:20:02 pm »
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I'm only year 9 and I'm constantly thinking about my future. I've been told numerous times to just focus on my studies and worry about my future later..

I want to have an idea on what I want to do in university, I've always leaned towards engineering for some reason. Prestige and money are probably some of the biggest contributing factors but I enjoy physics out of all sciences and I also enjoy maths to some extent, although I'm only doing year 9/10 work this is how I feel.
I think that if you're only in year 9 and already starting to feel inclined towards engineering, then definitely consider it. That being said, just because you enjoy physics doesn't mean you should do engineering because it involves a lot more than just that.

I keep researching what it takes to be an engineer but I don't think I'm good enough. My math teachers knows me the most and she always tells me I lack confidence, now I'm starting to agree.. Now, when I start to think about my future I feel like I go in to a depressed state.

I also have an assumption that the people who take engineering are the ones that score 40+ on methods and spesh. I think I can do well in methods but not so sure about spesh, probably because of my lack of confidence..
You won't know anything for sure if you don't try. So don't think you're not good enough for engineering. In fact, there are PLENTY of people who enter eng without a 40+ in methods/spesh. I've talked to plenty of people who didn't even do spesh but if you're considering eng then I recommend you do it (year 12 is not for ages anyway so don't worry). Of course it's a lot of hard work, that just depends on how hard working you are naturally. I know how you feel because I'm also constantly thinking about my future and planning it out, even after 2 years in uni. I think it's good that you have this sort of mentality because it just means you'll be more prepared for the future. Just make sure it doesn't take over your life or cut down on your studies which is much more important.

In short, keep engineering in your options if you're leaning towards it, because chances are you might suit it. Do some research, ask around, look up what it involves, etc.  Given that you have a while to go before you actually have to decide on a course, keep exploring different career pathways because there's so many out there that could potentially interest you.
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Re: I can't stop thinking about my future and its impacting me negatively.
« Reply #7 on: November 26, 2014, 09:08:11 pm »
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I'm 26 and going back to uni. You have plenty of time.
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« Reply #8 on: November 26, 2014, 09:20:20 pm »
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I'm 28 and in 2nd year, after a career change.
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