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Not a grad.
But currently doing Civil.
Advice? Don't skip engineering classes frequently(or at all). Period. You won't catch up. You'll be too busy studying last weeks material in your skipped class while trying to keep up with current material in others. If you're not a morning person, don't get morning classes. It's almost garunteed you will lazily not wake up sometimes and skip class.
Skipping a few classes here and there really fucked me.
Don't do it.
But currently doing Civil.
Advice? Don't skip engineering classes frequently(or at all). Period. You won't catch up. You'll be too busy studying last weeks material in your skipped class while trying to keep up with current material in others. If you're not a morning person, don't get morning classes. It's almost garunteed you will lazily not wake up sometimes and skip class.
Skipping a few classes here and there really fucked me.
Don't do it.
I am in the same boat. I got in to calpoly SLO but lets just say I messed up. Currently thinking about where I want to transfer to in the next few years. What is your major? I am looking to go towards EE again.
I graduated from Mechanical Engineering Technology... I don't recommend skipping classes at all, in any way, if you don't have an aptitude for what you're getting into.
If calculus, math and physics all comes naturally and 90% of your mark is based on tests, by all means, feel free to miss a class here and there. Otherwise, you'll get screwed in the end.
I watched many classmates fail miserably as they skipped more and more classes and fell further and further behind.
If calculus, math and physics all comes naturally and 90% of your mark is based on tests, by all means, feel free to miss a class here and there. Otherwise, you'll get screwed in the end.
I watched many classmates fail miserably as they skipped more and more classes and fell further and further behind.
And if you have good grades, dont decide to just skip the last exam thinking you will only be lowered to a B.....You get an incomplete for the semester and have to retake the whole damn thing... LMAO Don't ask me how I know this..... 
Junior at CU here in Mechanical and I'd say the rest are correct....
GO TO CLASS!!!!
Aside from that, do the homework, study enough that all your friends think you're nuts and you'll be just fine.
Engineering FTW!!!
GO TO CLASS!!!!
Aside from that, do the homework, study enough that all your friends think you're nuts and you'll be just fine.
Engineering FTW!!!
OneJoeZee said:
best advice, all the other stuff is a given.
LEARN from us, chose the class times you feel best with, Im not a morning person and took 3 classes from 8am - 12pm and barely got by, I can't think or do for shit in the morning when in college. If I could go back, and change them to 1pm and after classes. I would in a heart beat.
OneJoeZee said:
I agree...skipping fucks you up.
When I first started my degree, I arrived in class a month late...I had to catch up so much....the class had covered so much so fast so I had to study everything in my own time and keep up wth the current lectures.
Cheers,
Roy
Clip said:
HEED Joe and my advice! A skipped class can be repaired, but a continued skipped class cause you couldn't wake up can't.
I graduated From RPI in upstate NY with a BS in Mechanical Engineering, with a concentration in Aerodynamics......
a major sugestion is to go to class.... all of them, and to do the HW they assign..
it is easy to cheat, or borrow work, but it will not help ya. if you have to attend study groups or office hours.
it will not be easy, but you can get through it...
PS.... Virginia Tech is an easy engineering school.... you will be fine:biglaugh:
a major sugestion is to go to class.... all of them, and to do the HW they assign..
it is easy to cheat, or borrow work, but it will not help ya. if you have to attend study groups or office hours.
it will not be easy, but you can get through it...
PS.... Virginia Tech is an easy engineering school.... you will be fine:biglaugh:
just know that you prob wont have a life outside of engineering during the weekday. I have so much fucking homework that it drives me crazy but you have to do the homework to understand the material. Once Friday comes its party time for me but during the week its all engineering crap :aigo:
Don't leave assignments to the last minute either. There's a reason they give you 2 weeks to do them
annoyingrob said:Don't leave assignments to the last minute either. There's a reason they give you 2 weeks to do them
Yeah, so you have time to schedule procrastination in harmony with your other classes.
ToyoHabu said:
Exactly. No one told me this until my sophomore year. I thought I could get by by just getting by in my math classes. You can't. I switched majors after my junior year. I love the drafting, and designing... but holy fuck the math. Not my cup of tea, theres no way I could have done that for a career.
Yea I basically flushed 2 1/2 years of college down the drain, but i'm a lot happier now, understanding the material and my gpa has SHOT up (pre law now).
The first thing they should tell every engineering student: take 2 more classes and you have a math major. if that doesn't sound like something you'd enjoy, do something else. I wish someone had told me that.
I gradded from Mech Eng Technology a few months ago. lookin for work now.
skipping can be done if its the right class. i skipped everything but the midterm and final of my fluid dynamics 1 class. teacher took 3 hours to teach straight out of the book. i spent 30 minutes learning it myself, got an A in the class.
however, i also had some math courses where if you were 10 minutes late, it was almost impossible to catch up.
skipping can be done if its the right class. i skipped everything but the midterm and final of my fluid dynamics 1 class. teacher took 3 hours to teach straight out of the book. i spent 30 minutes learning it myself, got an A in the class.
however, i also had some math courses where if you were 10 minutes late, it was almost impossible to catch up.
My buddy went for Mechanical Engineering, and only liked one more semester, a light one at that, but never went back. He said he just got burned out, and didn't think he would enjoy that career now. What a dumb ass, to get that close, then bail. :3d_frown:
That's fucking stupid. Unless he did a few co-ops and actually saw what it was like, he made a dumb choice.
I've been working at an engineering firm for 2 years. School and class is no kind of comparison to real work.
I've been working at an engineering firm for 2 years. School and class is no kind of comparison to real work.