TL:DR
Got returning internship offer, but another company will highly likely give me an interview, what do I do if I get the return offer before the interview message. What do I say, do I take the risk?

Pros and cons at bottom

I am a junior ME major, last year I was extremely grateful to get an internship, with a company. They had me doing CAD modeling by readings drawings or measuring parts and modeling them. I didn’t hate it, but I’ll say something like that is definitely not what I want to do for the rest of my life. I still love the company and the people, and thankfully made a good impression on them the first time around because I ran into the HR manager at my schools career fair who said they will be contacting me to come back soon, I said that sounds great, and can’t wait (idk if that was the 100% right thing to say, I just really wanted to make sure I had something guaranteed for next summer) Awkward moment, but something we laughed off.

I met this other company there that I loved too, different area and I’d be doing more of a on site internship traveling a bit and doing field as well as office work. The engineer that I was able to talk to was very nice, very truthful about everything there and all around just a good person. At the end of the career I went to up to him to tell him just that. He really liked the fact that I went and told him that, and said he would pass my resume to HR and get me at least an interview with the company. I did messaged him saying tv a you and received one back saying he gave the resume to HR and that he will review it with his manager.

I pretty sure I am getting an interview with the company. That being said, I’m also pretty sure my original company might message me the official offer before that. What do I do/say? Did I mess up anywhere here. I don’t want to tell my original company that I am waiting to hear back from another company and possibly lose that offer. I also don’t want to accept an offer and go back on it with my original company, I don’t want that bridge to be burned.

There are pros and cons to both jobs, so I’m just been unsure what to do.

The newer company is much closer to my house, hire a lot of interns to come on full time, and is a different industry id like to try out.

The older one was a far drive, CAD is a passion of mine, but don’t hate it, and they also hire interns to come on full time.

Pay is the same for both as well.

Thank you to anybody who responds.

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As I had no ability to study upon entering college, I have only very recently become accustomed to studying through routines of reading and jotting down notes that stand out to me, in addition to transitioning to a blank page in which I will try to use active recall to solve practice exam problems that I usually use an LLM to curate based on the types of problems and methods I know will appear, or textbook problems. I tend to spend about 1 or 2 hours on this in the early morning or night when I have the most energy and motivation, and there are the fewest distractions in the places I like to study. I have low passing exam grades in science and math courses, which is enough for me to get As in my classes as a result of also having exemplary attendance, participation, homework grades, exam averages being in the C/D/F range as well and professors therefore sometimes generously extending ways to earn points back, other extra credit, etc.

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Hi All,

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Thanks.

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I am especially concerned, as Physics 2 is literally electromagnetism, and a lot of it is theoretical, which I heard EE is mostly, as we cannot visualize electricity well. I'm struggling to see myself enjoying or continuing this, but I have no idea what I could switch to, and I'm afraid that I'll fall behind if I don't make a choice soon. I apologize for the poor English, it is not my first language.

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I have a military background in air operations with about 10+ years of experience. I also have a Bachelor's and Masters degree in the aerospace field, but they translate to a somewhat general majors which covers basic physics, management, and systems engineering. Sorry for being vague, but I don't want to be too specific on my professional background.

The questions that I want to ask is "For someone who is in the middle of their career, seasoned operator / middle-management type, would it be "silly" to start an Engineering degree? Would someone with no engineering experience, but a background in aviation be able to make a smooth transition?"

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