Fail safe ??????
Not yet Dan, but I'm working on it. I'll be graduating with my bachelor's degree next June. Engineering is a great field, once you've got the knowledge you can apply it to just about everything. Mechanical engineering especially, becuase everything in this world somehow relies on a mechanical means to operate.
I wish you the best of luck if you choose to pursue engineering. Do you know what field of engineering you'd be interested in?