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Originally Posted by aigel

I would not get a nuclear engineering degree in undergrad. Too narrow. What if he finds out that he'd rather be a pilot after he gets to experience the different branches? What if there is a bump in the road in the long and uncertain road to commissioning? And how about life after the Navy?

Interesting perspective. I highly doubt he would want to be a pilot, but I guess anything is possible. He originally wanted to do mechanical engineering but after looking into the Navy nuke path and talking with a couple friends of friends who are current or past Navy nukes he gravitated towards a nuke major. He is aware that if the Navy doesn't work out he could be a civilian nuke of some sort. He really is interested in that field in general.

I know the Navy will send him to nuclear power school anyway, so maybe a more general engineering major would be fine too. We have discussed this with him, and will discuss more. Auburn is one of his top choices, they don't have a nuke program but do have NROTC. If he ends up there he would likely just do ME.