R3V Students thread

[nickflic3]

I'll third that



Lol not all majors, business admin with concentrations in finance (almost done) and entertainment and tourism management ( just started)
I'm breezing through my e&tm concentration...so far lol
I feel like there's a lot of engineering majors on here

Doing business economics, not sure what concentration I want to go in to yet though. That sounds cool, what are you trying to do when you graduate? CEO of Carnival cruise ships 8)

[fatsooo]

Doing business economics, not sure what concentration I want to go in to yet though. That sounds cool, what are you trying to do when you graduate? CEO of Carnival cruise ships 8)

I took my time figuring out what concentration I wanted to do too. Well worth the wait to figure out what I actually enjoy.
And to answer your question about what I want to do, zero clue. I'll be going back for my MBA, that's for sure and am hoping to do something that involves both of my concentrations.

CEO of carnival? Hmm, I'll make sure to use "generator failure" as an excuse for everything that goes wrong
Haha nah for real though, my school has really good ties with disney, morongo, and a few movie studios and stuff like that. And all my professors so far have worked in some form of the entertainment business so we'll see. I guess finance e&tm isn't that common so "the possibilities are endless" haha

What are you leaning towards though?

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[freeride53]

I took my time figuring out what concentration I wanted to do too. Well worth the wait to figure out what I actually enjoy.
And to answer your question about what I want to do, zero clue. I'll be going back for my MBA, that's for sure and am hoping to do something that involves both of my concentrations.

CEO of carnival? Hmm, I'll make sure to use "generator failure" as an excuse for everything that goes wrong
Haha nah for real though, my school has really good ties with disney, morongo, and a few movie studios and stuff like that. And all my professors so far have worked in some form of the entertainment business so we'll see. I guess finance e&tm isn't that common so "the possibilities are endless" haha

What are you leaning towards though?

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Where are you going to school? UCI I'm guessing?
Sometimes I wish UCSD had a Business Admin major, like Cal, etc...

Instead, we have an Econ major (which is interesting and all, but requires tons of calculus that regular business admin does not).

I'm thinking of switching to PoliSci/Public Policy with a Business Minor (from our school of managements which is actually developing good ties in the CA community for networking purposes)..

I have my financial accounting final and business ethics finals both on tuesday, would mark 2/7 of my bus. minor completed

[Wergen7]

why do schools stagger their spring breaks from each other?
like the fuck dude tryna chill with the homies a little

so that 100% of the student population doesn't die from alcohol poisoning. thats my guess

[TwoJ's]

I don't know what I would have done if I had to study hard before an exam in college. I'd probably be doing some kind of manual labor. The only one I ever really studied for was the EIT.

[Falconer]

Anyone have this problem?

I can't learn in lectures. I take Ritalin, am motivated and genuinely want to learn, but I just can't absorb anything in lectures. The only way I learn is if I read text on my own time and practice afterwards. It's extremely inefficient and it's starting to piss me off as the content becomes harder. This for second year engineering by the way.

[TwoJ's]

What kind of engineering? I got ME and Math degrees, and I am basically the opposite of you. I just sat in lectures and listened to/watched professors. If I saw them do things on the board, I would be able to do it again on my own no problem. I never took notes, and most of my engineering courses gave the option of only being graded on exams rather than homework, so I rarely went through and did the assigned home work.

However, if I skipped lecture, I'd have to teach myself stuff. Sitting down and reading and doing problems would lose my attention quickly, so I'd just basically not do it.

Soo... I don't know how to help is what I'm saying. We have different brains.

[Falconer]

Mechanical engineering, and most of my friends are like you. What's even more annoying is I need to know why a certain technique or theorem is used. It's not good enough for an instructor to say just follow an algorithm and you'll get the solution when you see x or y. I need to see the big picture so I can legitimize what I'm learning. It's really a burden.

I've also been getting exam paralysis lately. Ugh.

[RUFFLZ]

What kind of engineering? I got ME and Math degrees, and I am basically the opposite of you. I just sat in lectures and listened to/watched professors. If I saw them do things on the board, I would be able to do it again on my own no problem. I never took notes, and most of my engineering courses gave the option of only being graded on exams rather than homework, so I rarely went through and did the assigned home work.

However, if I skipped lecture, I'd have to teach myself stuff. Sitting down and reading and doing problems would lose my attention quickly, so I'd just basically not do it.

Soo... I don't know how to help is what I'm saying. We have different brains.

I seriously envy the shit outta people like you.
I'm not the smartest person in the classroom, but usually the hardest working if the material is potentially applicable to my career.

[lambo]

This year is the first that I have actually had to legitimately sit down and study material. It's also the first that I haven't had any classes with mandatory attendance... A recipe for disaster.

[TwoJ's]

Mechanical engineering, and most of my friends are like you. What's even more annoying is I need to know why a certain technique or theorem is used. It's not good enough for an instructor to say just follow an algorithm and you'll get the solution when you see x or y. I need to see the big picture so I can legitimize what I'm learning. It's really a burden.

I've also been getting exam paralysis lately. Ugh.

Pretty much all you learn in the course of an ME degree is theory... the classes are all about learning the reasoning behind what you are learning.

I seriously envy the shit outta people like you.
I'm not the smartest person in the classroom, but usually the hardest working if the material is potentially applicable to my career.

Here's a word from someone who has been in the field for a few years: what you learn in school is not as important as you probably think it is right now. You learn the basics of your field, but not much more (in undergrad). The most important thing you learn in school (coming from an engineer) is the critical thinking/problem solving processes. Many times you will encounter a situation where you are faced with something you are unsure about. The important skill to have is the ability to use your brain to approach the problem logically/efficiently. That is what will get you far in the field (an inherent ability to retain information easily really helps though, lol).

[Habla]

Here's a word from someone who has been in the field for a few years: what you learn in school is not as important as you probably think it is right now.

Sweeeeet

Six more weeks until graduation bitches!

[TwoJ's]

I seriously envy the shit outta people like you.
I'm not the smartest person in the classroom, but usually the hardest working if the material is potentially applicable to my career.

Don't worry it about man. In the real world, hard work will take you much farther than more intelligence.

[freeride53]

This week, my finals are going to be all very close together.
Monday 1130am, Tuesday 1130am and 7pm, Wednesday 8:30am and DONE.
It goes: Modernism in the 19th c. mid east, Business Ethics, Financial Accounting, Calculus.

Tons 'a flashcards shall be made tonight lol :D

[fatsooo]

Where are you going to school? UCI I'm guessing?
Sometimes I wish UCSD had a Business Admin major, like Cal, etc...

Instead, we have an Econ major (which is interesting and all, but requires tons of calculus that regular business admin does not).

I'm thinking of switching to PoliSci/Public Policy with a Business Minor (from our school of managements which is actually developing good ties in the CA community for networking purposes)..

I have my financial accounting final and business ethics finals both on tuesday, would mark 2/7 of my bus. minor completed

Nah I go to CSUF. Yeah I took one calculus class lol but derivatives was applied in a few classes, mainly just intro to fin.

PoliSci with a business minor is good shit. They have 6 - 7 classes for each "concentration" at my school too. Its ridic to downplay it to a concentration IMO

Business ethics? Ugghhh. I feel bad you had to stand an ENTIRE quarter of that...we just had to take pretty much a crash course online and an exam online to pass the ethics portion of the major

Here's a word from someone who has been in the field for a few years: what you learn in school is not as important as you probably think it is right now. You learn the basics of your field, but not much more (in undergrad).

Agreed. I have a few friends with their MBAs and they said undergrad taught them nothing. Everything that is applicable in real life and in their careers they learned in the masters program

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