first week of university - so hard

[Zebo]

Most of you have it easier being on semesters... CalPoly was quarters and brutal.. no rest in 10 weeks. Two week drop then you took grade.

 

[Eos]

If you're not afraid now.....

lolz

You bastard...

 

[kyrax12]

Most of you have it easier being on semesters... CapPoly was quarters and brutal.. no rest in 10 weeks. Two week drop.

Calpoly the good ole engineering school?

 

[Engineer]

lolz

You bastard...

:biggrin:

 

[Hacp]

Your prior post...



There's a difference between looking at an example that shows a concept and effectively just changing the numbers in an example from the solutions manual to make it match the problem that the professor gave you. If you never learn to actually take a concept and apply it to something that's different from what you've seen before you didn't really get that much out of the class. If things are just a little different from the examples you've found you're stumped.

And yes, sometimes this will mean you work at stuff for hours before you get it but you'll still get more out of it than if you just copied something out of a manual in a few minutes and never actually figured out why it worked.

No it means that you might work for hours fruitlessly not realizing that you needed to assume X was ideal and that Y was a weak function of Z and Q=1.

 

[PhineasJWhoopee]

It's only been 4 days of university and I already feel that my head is going to explode. I thought I was decent in calculus and sciences, but it turns out that I am having a lot of trouble in first chapter of each course (calc,physics, chem.). I must mention that I am an engineering major, which of course is a very rigorous major. I knew that university level is a lot harder, and I expected that, but it seems that I just can't handle what is being thrown at me. Maybe because it is just a first week of school and I am not used to it yet, but I am already thinking that I should have gone to a community college first, or if I should change my major now. Did any of you have similar experiences like mine?

What school do you attend?

I felt overwhelmed at first but ended up with at 3.97 first semester. You'll be fine, just take some deep breaths. The fact that you are a little nervous isn't a bad sign. Better than thinking things are easy and partying your butt and flunking out.

 

[Sumguy]

3.) you'll laugh at that statement 1st year engineering is rigorous. No, no it isn't. The material is not difficult it's just the total shift from hs where you were spoonfed even in ap/honors courses. However, this realization will just come from experience.

Of course engineering classes get more difficult as you go on, but at least they get more interesting. No fucking way would I purposefully walk into a calc1 lecture again, all the memories of dull, agonizing work would probably make me go insane. Don't even mention the labs that go along with physics and chem courses.

 

[RKS]

Are you deliberately trying to be insulting? I actually want to know.

Are you being facetious? Are you gullible or just stoopid? This is what I want to know.

 

[Gibson486]

your first year of engineering school is weeding out classes. They are there to weed out people who are not made for the major. Stick through it, and you will be alright.

 

[Gibson486]

Most of you have it easier being on semesters... CalPoly was quarters and brutal.. no rest in 10 weeks. Two week drop then you took grade.

meh...I went to school that transitioned from quarters to semesters during my sophomore year. It was really not that much different.

 

[Gibson486]

Actually, better advice is to get straight As or your GPA and thus, your life and work opportunies/grad school opportunities are FUCKED.

B+s kill, not just little children. SO MAN UP or be doomed to mediocrity.

Really? I got C's throughout all college as an EE. I had no problem, getting into grad school.

 

[Gibson486]

Don't try to apply to Harvard without a 3.7+ :ninja:

Why would you want to get an engineering degree from Harvard?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

Are you being facetious? Are you gullible or just stoopid? This is what I want to know.

How am I being facetious? And how is any gullibility of mine emphasized by what I posted? Do you even know what those two words mean?

 

[Gibson486]

Stupid thread. My term starts in 2 weeks, I'm only getting an AAS in engineering technology you guys are scaring the fuck out of me...

Engineering Tech is like the Noel Gallagher of guitarists. You simply learn the basics and you use it over and over again and do not stray away from it to do something new. You do all you know, but you some how manage to do it right and do it good until the industry starts no longer needing you.

Of course, i am only yanking your chain. I just wanted to poke fun at your avatar.

 

[Phokus]

I have learned over the years that there is one surefire way to pass all the classes. Buy the solution manual. The teacher usually assigns problems that are similar to the problems worked in the solution manual. Just emulate how the solution manual solves the problems and you should be fine.

Ask HACP about stealing food from your roommates too, he's an expert at that

 

[Bignate603]

No it means that you might work for hours fruitlessly not realizing that you needed to assume X was ideal and that Y was a weak function of Z and Q=1.

Yes, and if you don't know when you can make those assumptions you'll be useless as soon as you see something that's different from what you have a solution for. If you're stuck you go talk to someone, that's why you're letting yourself get raped by your tuition bill.

 

[bommy261]

nope, no trouble. I tripled majored in EE, pre-law, and pre-med. I now drink Dos Equis and cliff-dive.

lol

 

[borisvodofsky]

It's only been 4 days of university and I already feel that my head is going to explode. I thought I was decent in calculus and sciences, but it turns out that I am having a lot of trouble in first chapter of each course (calc,physics, chem.). I must mention that I am an engineering major, which of course is a very rigorous major. I knew that university level is a lot harder, and I expected that, but it seems that I just can't handle what is being thrown at me. Maybe because it is just a first week of school and I am not used to it yet, but I am already thinking that I should have gone to a community college first, or if I should change my major now. Did any of you have similar experiences like mine?

LOL.. N000b.. You'll nevar make it as an engineer,, better party all the time and get yourself a psychology degree instead.

Actually, though, engineering is pretty easy, because application requires very little thinking, job wise, it's all "been done." and you'll only be responsible for very small pieces of large developments.

Good luck..

 

[Bignate603]

LOL.. N000b.. You'll nevar make it as an engineer,, better party all the time and get yourself a psychology degree instead.

Actually, though, engineering is pretty easy, because application requires very little thinking, job wise, it's all "been done." and you'll only be responsible for very small pieces of large developments.

Good luck..

I take it that you don't work as an engineer?

 

[WraithETC]

Just finished some EE classes. Built an audio amp and demoed to the TA with my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard..... the power supply we had to use couldn't handle the bass

 

[disappoint]

Just finished some EE classes. Built an audio amp and demoed to the TA with my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard..... the power supply we had to use couldn't handle the bass

Then you didn't build a very efficient amplifier did you?

Digital amplifier for the win nub.

Not that it would have helped if you had, as your most egregious mistake was not that but your horrid choice of music.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

meh...I went to school that transitioned from quarters to semesters during my sophomore year. It was really not that much different.

Quarter is awesome at UCLA if you end up not enjoying a class. Its pretty much done before you even know it. The only thing that sucks is that the school year starts late (end of Sept) and gets out late (late June) while everyone on semester is already out.

 

[ussfletcher]

It gets harder.

 

[postmortemIA]

Eventually you'll manage to catch up, and from that moment on - it will be easy. Question is when.

Try to find friends that are doing better than you.

 

[alvasmith93]

begining is always the hardest, i felt rather desperate in the first week of my university life, but then i had new friends and all things became better, really miss my university now