Enjoying school...

[Ral]

Gonna be a pilot when you get out of the Academy, Navye30? :)

Yep- found out in Nov. I find out when I start in Feb. Should be some cool stuff.

And to the OP-
stick with engineering. I know you're an ME, but I found out for one of my classes next semester we go down to the Naval Test Pilot School (Pax River, MD) and fly some of their aircraft (as in, all of us climb aboard one of their larger planes). There's some really cool shit you will have the opportunity to do. Just one more example to add to the growing pile of what you can do in the future.

[iwantone]

im in my 4th year of community college...:( my first 2 years i took business classes along with a bunch of other prereqs. end of the 2nd year getting ready to transfer, i decided i didnt want to..

and i wanted to persue something that i have always been interested in. engineering.

i do feel like the first couple years is hard because you have to go through all the chem/phys/calc classes. but i have always enjoyed the engineering classes.

i will be transfering to WSUvancouver at the end of this year and totally looking forward to it!

i guess i am a typical engineering student tho, asian, good at math:)
yes there are plenty of those geeky guys out there, but for the most part,
engineering students are normal and pretty cool. you just need to be more open and get to know the people around you.

i just finished taking my final for Engineering Statics today and will go out with a few classmates tonight to have a drink. not all engineering students are nerds. just get out there and have some fun. the best part of going to school for ME are the projects that you get to work on. and im really looking forward to working on even bigger projects at a bigger school.

its your choice as to what you want to persue in life, but to me engineering is the most interesting thats why i decided to switch majors. if you are not interested in the subject, maybe its not for you.

[e30sd]

Go liberal arts. Fun courses with a majority female population. You get graded for arguing.

-Charlie

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[Jordan]

Go liberal arts. Fun courses with a majority female population. You get graded for arguing.

Woah.. I think I found my calling.

[matt]

We use Matlab to tune cars. Seriously... the most useful damn program ever.

Gonna be a pilot when you get out of the Academy, Navye30? :)

[Ral]

+1 for MATLAB. I'm an aeronautical engineering senior, and we use MATLAB almost every day. It's a phenomenal tool if you learn to use it. But, I've been fighting that damn program for 3 years and am still losing.

[backtrail69]

First year blows it only gets better from there. Once you start getting pre reqs out of the way it gets better and better. Next quarter I am taking Calc, Power Mechanics and Engineering Design 2. I am going for a BS in Industrial Technology specializing in Vehicle Design. I am starting to enjoy it as well, and I hated it last year. I am on the Formula SAE team here as well.

Last years Formula car. We are working on the new one currently for the competition in June.


More Pix here from a drive day over thanksgiving break:
http://spitfireefi.com//spitfire/gal...ame=wwuptc1124

[s0urce]

Deserves it's own thread.

[rwh11385]

Not true. I've used it in several other classes besides ENGR 106 (or whatever it is now). I never used it for hardcore programming like I did in that class, but using it to solve matrices and systems of equations has been really helpful and time saving.

Well, a MSE did my econometrics matrix homework on it once, but it's the program in specific isn't as necessary as a lot of my peers thought it would be. As useful as it is, still only 10% of the engineers I know have used it after frosh.

Chase, work on a Grand Prix kart. Apparently there is more to race week than drinking... ?

[ian e30 318is]

Don't worry about it...

The courses will get better in the last couple years. It's pretty interesting when you start applying all the dry, boring math they teach you in the first couple years. There must be some chill people in your classes. I know that there are alot of giant dorks in Engineering, but there are also alot of good people who probably share the same interests as you.

+1. Im an ME and there are a lot of boring ass people. My math class last quarter had 1 girl. haha. You have to go out and meet some people and find some good friends. At least if your classes are boring, you can look forward to the weekend. ;) Try joining some clubs that sound fun to you, ie racing club. Also it gets better as you go. I am just starting to apply classroom concepts and this is my third year at cal poly. you can't just expect school to be fun, you have to MAKE it fun. Also internships are cool. Think of something you would like to do and go out and talk to some companies. I am getting intership offers from neighbors and friends parents. just look around you.
Ian

[matt]

Not true. I've used it in several other classes besides ENGR 106 (or whatever it is now). I never used it for hardcore programming like I did in that class, but using it to solve matrices and systems of equations has been really helpful and time saving.

+1

I'll tell you right now, Matlab is one of the most useful computer programs out there.

[quikveedb2]

working is ALWAYS better than school.

qft

[StereoInstaller1]

I suppose R3V is going to have to add higher education to the list of "DO Not Discuss" topics.

[MattE30]

p.s. matlab is B.S. and you won't ever use it, but programming is good to know apparently.

Not true. I've used it in several other classes besides ENGR 106 (or whatever it is now). I never used it for hardcore programming like I did in that class, but using it to solve matrices and systems of equations has been really helpful and time saving.

[Firestorm]

What's a school?