Aerospace Engineering here. Junior, 20 hours left. I've been co-oping (like internship, but you switch out school semesters and work semesters alternatively) with Jacobs Sverdrup, a contractor for NASA. I work with multiple contractors all at Marshall Space Center and NASA employees. It's kind of fun, but at the same time boring. We're (well, I'm not there this semester, but they=my group) working on requirements right now for the CLV which will be replacing the Shuttle. Next semester I'm supposed to be working on the Upper Stage engine and they supposedly will have prototypes ready by the time I return.
Anyway....
What classes are you taking? Alot of people are saying to **** it up, and you're saying you want to change majors. I must be new to this, but even as a declared engineering majorin his Freshman year, most of your classes (except the intro to "..." engineering class) will go toward nearly any degree at the Freshman level. In my opinion, if you're having this much trouble right now you seriously need to rethink your whole academic future. It sounds harsh, but seriously, what did you think college was going to be like? Alot of people say that classes get easier when you get into your respective major, but that's not always true. My classes are getting intensely agonizing, however, I stick it out because I know that unless I'm a professor the odds of me solving these kind of problems in the real world are about 1 in a million. You'll use some of your general engineering knowledge but the majority of your work will be OJT, on the job training.
Having said all that, give it a little more time. Don't cram all engineering specific classes into your schedule next semester (which I imagine can't be anymore than 1). Alot of people switch majors. I have 3 times, and none of the previous 2 were engineering majors.
If you want to know how most people here feel, check http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181524&page=3.
Anyway....
What classes are you taking? Alot of people are saying to **** it up, and you're saying you want to change majors. I must be new to this, but even as a declared engineering majorin his Freshman year, most of your classes (except the intro to "..." engineering class) will go toward nearly any degree at the Freshman level. In my opinion, if you're having this much trouble right now you seriously need to rethink your whole academic future. It sounds harsh, but seriously, what did you think college was going to be like? Alot of people say that classes get easier when you get into your respective major, but that's not always true. My classes are getting intensely agonizing, however, I stick it out because I know that unless I'm a professor the odds of me solving these kind of problems in the real world are about 1 in a million. You'll use some of your general engineering knowledge but the majority of your work will be OJT, on the job training.
Having said all that, give it a little more time. Don't cram all engineering specific classes into your schedule next semester (which I imagine can't be anymore than 1). Alot of people switch majors. I have 3 times, and none of the previous 2 were engineering majors.
If you want to know how most people here feel, check http://www.caraudio.com/forum/showthread.php?t=181524&page=3.
My dream degree. I wish I would have done engineering. By the time the desire was great I had taken general ed for my bus major. I'd have to take 3 other calculus classes, then 3 physics with applied calculus or something like that.
Electrical engineering is my dream. Second to that is computer engineering.
tommyk90
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:fyi:All the hot girls in my school were business majors //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif
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I was an engineering major for a semester. Had it been what I wanted it to be I MAY have stayed in it. In all, i'm just happy that I graduated from a good business school in 4 years. 99% of my friends either dropped out of college, never went, or are there for 5+ years.
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I was an engineering major for a semester. Had it been what I wanted it to be I MAY have stayed in it. In all, i'm just happy that I graduated from a good business school in 4 years. 99% of my friends either dropped out of college, never went, or are there for 5+ years.
GrayMatter4tw
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whats wrong with going to college for 5+ years //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif
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the real world can wait.
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the real world can wait.
tommyk90
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Well, my scholarships only lasted for 4 years, so paying for a full years tuition would have been FTL.
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yeah, they have a pretty good engineering program. i heard last year we came in second for the state mechanical engineering senior project thingy, 2nd to vtech //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/mad.gif.c18f003ab0ef8a0d9c27ca78d77a6392.gif lol
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954runner
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its just that ive never really had any interest in math before... which is why i am still wondering why or how i got into the engineering school here.
i'm just burned out of it. its not that its hard, i just don't want to do it.
about 90% of the kids in my classes took calculus in high school, while i didn't, and yet i'm already caught up to them. i just have no interest in math any more. basic math; ok fine, we all need it. i mean, i look at my roommates "calculus" homework, and its a joke compared to mine. i did well in my history/govt/econ classes in high school so i'm looking into those right now.
i'm just burned out of it. its not that its hard, i just don't want to do it.
about 90% of the kids in my classes took calculus in high school, while i didn't, and yet i'm already caught up to them. i just have no interest in math any more. basic math; ok fine, we all need it. i mean, i look at my roommates "calculus" homework, and its a joke compared to mine. i did well in my history/govt/econ classes in high school so i'm looking into those right now.
.::DuD3::.
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but you haven't even given it a chance yet. why not stick it out for at least the first semester?
anybody know about the mississippi state univeristy engineering programs? My dad is alumni but says they are in the top 5 or something?
you havent even started your engineering classes yet. In my opinion through reading and all, thats where it gets fun. You gotta have math, but its not EVERYTHING in engineering. Mechanical engineering and shit does combustion motors, small and large, all kinds of fluid turbine things, and possibly help in building/designing a formula 1 car or the like. Math IS a basis of everything money though IMO.
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go with EENG; im in the process of getting my md and i love the field.
plus **** eeng jobs are readily available with great pay. however, if ur gonna go EEng, get ur master's degree if u want to be competetive in the field. the pay is much, much better, up to 1.75-2 times better if u find the right job
plus **** eeng jobs are readily available with great pay. however, if ur gonna go EEng, get ur master's degree if u want to be competetive in the field. the pay is much, much better, up to 1.75-2 times better if u find the right job
vettelovr1124
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2nd year EE at Tech. Good stuff. It was just something that interested me.
Freshman year sucks, that's why so many people drop it. Just wait until you get into the more specific classes, and try to get involved. I work at WUVT, the campus radio station, and I learned more hands-on stuff there than I have in school or on my own. Internships are also nice because they give VERY valuable work experience...Rockwell Automation for me.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Freshman year sucks, that's why so many people drop it. Just wait until you get into the more specific classes, and try to get involved. I work at WUVT, the campus radio station, and I learned more hands-on stuff there than I have in school or on my own. Internships are also nice because they give VERY valuable work experience...Rockwell Automation for me.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
can anyone comment on things they have heard about the engineering department at mississippi state?
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