How smart do you have to be to become an aerospace engineer?

I just want to know if i would be able to be in this field of work, or if it is just for the really smart people. Also what is a good college in illinois for aerospace engineering?|||The question shouldn't be how smart you have to be to become an aerospace engineer, or any type of engineer for that matter. The question should be how hard do you have to work. Obtaining a degree in engineering takes a lot of work and commitment, being smart helps but an average student can do well in engineering if they put forth the effort. I have seen many intelligent students do poorly in engineering simply because they didn't put forth the effort needed to do well. If you work hard and are committed you will be fine, and the great part is there are always professors and other students there to help you.





As for a good school in Illinois for engineering, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a top notch engineering school. They have a top 10 Aerospace engineering program in the nation.





Engineering is not just for smart people, its for people who enjoy the field and aren't afraid of hard work.|||To excel in any field of engineering you need to have at least these three abilities.





1... Think one step ahead.


2... keep on learning new things that are related to aerospace engineering.


3... Good with programming because they are helpful in computer simulation.





in all engineering fields , mathematics is necessary to understand atleast. For example you may not know how to solve the problem exactly but you do happen to have a vague idea what the question represents in real life and what kind of solution should be expected.


ofcourse you can't have all these unless you have deepest interest in engineering. If you love engineering because it exactly fits in the way you think about life then yeah you can do it very well. But if you are a party type person then you are going to have some trouble in gaining these abilities.


also keep this in your mind always


"to be a successful engineer, you must know when to, where to and what to look , for a solution of a problem"





about the college well i can't answer that due to my limited knowledge.|||I don't think it matters how smart you are, but rather, how interested you are. I have worked as aerospace engineer for 25 years, and my continued involvement is more related to a intense interest in the field, and also a willingness to review what others have done on a problem and what needs to be done to address the problem at hand.|||You need to be smarter than the average bear, but no smarter than any other engineer.|||Most importantly you have to be smart in


math,


math,


and math.|||idk how smart you have to be but i know you have to be good with fluid mechanics and things like that|||Unless you want to get a PhD, don't even bother.