When I first made the decision to go back to school, engineering was not my first choice. I was torn between urban planning and nursing. Nursing seemed practical, and urban planning ignited my desire to create meaningful change. However, I stumbled across a Yahoo article that changed my course of action. It was one of those articles that compared degree's, a sort of " Get this degree instead of that" format. It just so happened that Urban Planning was on the list and it was recommended that an Engineering degree would be a wiser choice. I was convinced and started doing a little research (aka Google search).