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Hey, all that arguing can be reserved for the other thread.
I am undergrad right now for mechanical engineering, and I'm loving every minute of it. I've just completed all of the general requirements, and I've been doing a math major while I'm at it. Now I start the fun classes and I can't wait. Though it may be different for me because I actually enjoy math and physics and such.
In the end though, it just comes down to the fact that it's your decision. If there's something else calling you, then go pursue that.Leave a comment:
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After thinking about it - you're the type of person who absolutely needs a degree to be successful.Leave a comment:
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You mean the ones reccomending that he go to night school and get a business degree?After reading all of your posts in
it seemed pretty serious to me.
Or the one where I said (repeatedly) that I am working on a degree and am a huge advocate of higher education?
Or how about when I noted MANY times that college does make things alot easier?
Oh - but I see how you can get me suggesting dropping out from that.
Seriously - learn to connect the dots. You are majorly missing my point in that entire discussion.Leave a comment:
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After reading all of your posts in
it seemed pretty serious to me.Leave a comment:
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I guess you thought i was being serious. You must have very little common sense and\or low reading comprehension.stfu and stop trying to fuck up other peoples lives. Those people got lucky with an opportunity that they recognized, it has nothing to do with the fact that they did or did not to to college.
Stay on college, it is SOOOOO worth it. Engineering gets a lot better after the first 2 years, trust me on that! Once you get through all of the basic math/physics/chem you will start hitting the 'meat' of the subject material and it gets much more interesting. You get to apply all of the skills you've learned, go out on well-payed internships, work on projects and design lots of cool stuff. I know it seems like the stuff you are learning now is BS, but trust me you will need AND use it later on.
If you find that you are bored at school, I would recommend getting involved in some groups. Some examples might me ASME (American society of mech engineers) or SAE (society of automotive engineers). Both of those groups have student chapters at most schools. Not only do you get to meet lots of people and work on awesome projects, you can also get the hook-up on scholarships, internships and jobs. Not to mention you get to work on stuff like this!
475 lbs, 75hp, 0-60 in 3.4 sec, 1.5 lateral G's, 1.6 braking G's, 4-corner double wishbone suspension w/ inboard pushrod activation, titanium exhaust headers, CF body, in-house designed adjustable LSD, etc......
I was hoping that line would fire one of you guys up, though...Leave a comment:
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stfu and stop trying to fuck up other peoples lives. Those people got lucky with an opportunity that they recognized, it has nothing to do with the fact that they did or did not to to college.
Stay on college, it is SOOOOO worth it. Engineering gets a lot better after the first 2 years, trust me on that! Once you get through all of the basic math/physics/chem you will start hitting the 'meat' of the subject material and it gets much more interesting. You get to apply all of the skills you've learned, go out on well-payed internships, work on projects and design lots of cool stuff. I know it seems like the stuff you are learning now is BS, but trust me you will need AND use it later on.
If you find that you are bored at school, I would recommend getting involved in some groups. Some examples might me ASME (American society of mech engineers) or SAE (society of automotive engineers). Both of those groups have student chapters at most schools. Not only do you get to meet lots of people and work on awesome projects, you can also get the hook-up on scholarships, internships and jobs. Not to mention you get to work on stuff like this!
475 lbs, 75hp, 0-60 in 3.4 sec, 1.5 lateral G's, 1.6 braking G's, 4-corner double wishbone suspension w/ inboard pushrod activation, titanium exhaust headers, CF body, in-house designed adjustable LSD, etc......
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A general rule for me is that engineering is pretty boring in terms of formation. I'd imagine that once you are in the job world you can be alot more creative. I took another route though, I said fuck engineering and went to Management and Marketing. At my last internship (volvo) people always asked me what engineering degree I had from my technical knowledge.. E30s ftmfw is what I told them.
I think getting a job as an engineer is easier than as a management type, though.
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Dude, you're in engineering. There's probably what, 2-3 females in your major, none of which are under 200 lbs or speak english, what do you expect? I had the same revelation in Computer Science.
Go liberal arts. Fun courses with a majority female population. You get graded for arguing.
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are you living on campus?
If you want to enjoy it more, just get involved in campus events. Get to know the people who live around you. Smile and say hi to them when you see them. Spend as little time as you can in your dorm room and especially sitting on your computer.
If you still find that you are not connecting with the people around you (if that's the main issue), don't be discouraged. We can't all be the life of the party. There's no excuse to isolate yourself from all social contact. Believe me, I know. It's only your first year and you're not even done with the first semester yet. It just might take some time for you to rediscover how interesting the subject matter was to you in the first place.
And has been said before, work is always better than school. I have not met one person who has graduated from college and who is working who would rather be back in school.Leave a comment:
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Yeah I'm hoping that once I start to get to do internships and things that that will give me a much better idea of what life as an engineer is like. Really, I have ALWAYS been an engineer at heart, primarily for my huge interest/inclination towards working with cars and pretty much anything mechanical.
Between the introduction of matlab, the fact that so many of my peers' idea of a good time is doing calculus, and a few other things, it seems my interest has faltered. I just don't want to set myself up for something that I might not ultimately enjoy doing.
Also, I'm not considering dropping out, just trying to determine that this is what I want to do career-wise.
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After thinking about it - drop out
Most of the top 100 richest people are college drop outs
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Stay in School. If I had started there, I would have finished there, I wasted 4 years after 18 doing random shit, make the best out of the time you would otherwise waste.
Put it all in perspective, it's like saving up parts for a project car, they all add to the end product. but it's your life.Leave a comment:
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I've been in school for engineering for 5 years now, I've gotten two associates(mechanical, and manufacturing) and working on my Bachelors(will be done this semester). I got an internship this summer working for a local company that makes bakery boxes, and realy enjoyed it. But I got to do a wide variety of stuff from cad work, to developing an Arc flash program. I guess it depends on what type of job you get into. The best question to ask is why did you get into engineering? do you like building things? designing stuff? or just want to make big bucks?Leave a comment:
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