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STEP 1 - Take the classes that will prepare you. It will help you get into engineering school, and make school easier.
Take math and science classes, as many as you can. If possible, take an AP class or two. Many would suggest AP Calculus, but not every high school offers them.
STEP 2 - Do extracurricular activities that help you prepare as well.
Look into a summer engineering program. Many of them are fun, and can get you learning faster.
Have a fun engineering related hobby. You can have fun, make good money, and get down the road of engineering at the same time. You could fix computers, build speakers, build websites.
Find a mentor who is an engineer.
STEP 3 - Don’t worry about getting into the best college. Engineers get paid well no matter what school they are from.
Sure, Stanford and MIT engineers can get paid $150k at age 23, but really, engineers from any legit college do great.
STEP 4 - Start to think about what kinds of Engineering you would like. You don't need to decide, but it is good to think about it.
Petroleum engineering pays more, but know that most jobs are outside big cities.
Aerospace engineering is really cool (building fighter planes), but can be a bad job market if the defense budget is being cut.
For the short term, maybe the long term, software and computer engineering will have tons of jobs.
Best of luck for your future.
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