u/aviatortheinflator

I want to buy a MacBook air as I go into university for engineering however I am unsure how well it will run the software I need. I am a electrical engineer but I like to dip my toes in many things. So I will definitely be doing some CAD. I have a gaming PC laptop so this macbook would need to supplement the gaming one since it is heavy, loud, hot, and needs to be plugged in nearly all the time. Here is some of the following software titles I will need for ee according to school website: MATLAB, LabVIEW, Ansys, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, JetBrains, Origin, Tecplot. I know MATLAB works, but do the others work well? I also plan to use CAD for clubs and projects. Is it smooth to remote onto my pc from a mac(gaming laptop in dorm)? Additionally, any electrical engineering students are there any other software titles I will need not mentioned above Finally, how much power will I need(RAM: 16gb, 24gb, 32; SSD:512gb vs 1tb; GPU cores: 8 vs 10)?

I want to buy a MacBook air as I go into university for engineering however I am unsure how well it will run the software I need. I am a electrical engineer but I like to dip my toes in many things. So I will definitely be doing some CAD. I have a gaming PC laptop so this macbook would need to supplement the gaming one since it is heavy, loud, hot, and needs to be plugged in nearly all the time. Here is some of the following software titles I will need for ee according to school website: MATLAB, LabVIEW, Ansys, Mathematica, Microsoft Office, JetBrains, Origin, Tecplot. I know MATLAB works, but do the others work well? I also plan to use CAD for clubs and projects. Is it smooth to remote onto my pc from a mac(gaming laptop in dorm)? Additionally, any electrical engineering students are there any other software titles I will need not mentioned above Finally, how much power will I need(RAM: 16gb, 24gb, 32; SSD:512gb vs 1tb; GPU cores: 8 vs 10)?

Do they take any accredited degree? Like really any? I have read that they do but I am not sure. I am between two programs. Electrical Engineering at Iowa State and Bachelors of Science in Aviation Business(something like that) with my flight school partnering with a college. My flight school will award 60 credits for all the flight training and the rest are done online with the total cost being something like 9k for the bachelors itself outside of the training. Getting all my certs would probably be a lot cheaper than going to college. Additionally I would get to work and fly. However I am also rather interested in engineering/designing things and I know it is a preferred major. However how big of a factor is it? I know I can do good in both. Additionally if it helps I speak a critical language fluently on top of English fluency. Also how do I verify it is a accredited institution approved by the Navy? Additionally lets say I did a engineering online bachelors while studying flying, would the navy let me be a test pilot? Overall though, do you guys have any recommendations on which path I should take?

To recap on my questions(TLDR):

- Do they take any degree at all? Like really?

- Will being fluent in a critical language help me stand out even with a bs degree?

- If I did a online engineering program, could I still become a test pilot?

- What do you guys recommend Electrical Engineering at Iowa State(maybe NROTC on the 3 year scholarship) or Bachelors of Science in Aviation Business with a partnering college with my flight school(this would be cheaper and let me fly and pay off my own costs)?

Can I request flight following for a destination that is the same as my departure. This is for a scenery flight around a busy bravo. Does anything change if I request it on the ground? Should I tell them its a scenery flight or is that unnecessary? Thank you all.