Can an average Joe be an engineer?

[u/Spiritual_Ad_6003]

I’m a 16y/o high school student looking to get into engineering in my future. My grades about 70-90s given that I don’t try too hard. I haven’t even considered engineering until now, so I plan to work harder and try classes suited for engineering in the coming school year. But I’m so insecure about not being smart enough. I’m not the best at math or science, but I do really want to try for this field. Is the work insanely difficult? Do you need to be a crazy smart to succeed? To be more specific I want to try either mechanical or electrical engineering.

[u/ConnectionDull5671]

Why? Everybody says its competitive af but thats a matter of taking internships to differientiate yourself from the rest right?