Since most mechanical engineers work together, you should be a team player and have excellent communication skills; both written and oral. This will be important when you are planning and creating new projects.

You should also be curious, creative, innovative, and practical about how things work and the world around you. You should have the desire to help people and improve the world around you. At the very least, you should enjoy learning how to make things work more efficiently.

Mechanical engineers are typically very good at math and science. You should especially enjoy working complex math problems.

If you can tackle the math and science hurdles and graduate with your degree in mechanical engineering, you will be positioned to make a very nice salary. Mechanical engineering is thought to be a very prestigious career. Just imagine, you will be working on solving the problems of tomorrow.