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12-19-2009, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by vsvs  i got over a grand in scholarship in grade 12, with 94 average in phy/chem/bio/math, and I still stuggled in engineering...
haha actually many girls from other faculties have a lot of respect for us guys in engineering... its just that some of the sauder guys dont.... they are probably jealous we get to minor commerce but they can't minor engineering.... but many of them are pretty cool too. | pshhh sauder hater  | 
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12-19-2009, 11:01 AM
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#202 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by ntan It's not as bad as you say it is... def. no girls (only 1 in my year) but those who are usually in engineering have an aptitude for math / physics etc... so it's not that rape. I wish Engineers got a lil more respect tho! | wow 1 girl out of how many kids? And what department are you in?
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12-19-2009, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by vsvs engineering is the most fucking retarded degree ever
unless you are satisfied with 4-5 grand salary a month.... do not come in here.... courses averages are always scaled to 65, compared to 75 in other faculties, no chicks, nerd guys, lame jokes, assignments take up to 6 hours each, and projects and labs up to 3 days each unless you got hookups, about 20% failing rate for courses, fucks up your gpa for grad schools, 6 courses every term, always stay overnights for labs, and the general material are really hard
unless you work your ass off, i mean having no social life and basically grind through textbooks, assignments and wikipedia every weekend, your gpa is fucked and say goodbye to gradschool | Sounds like you're in the wrong degree, engineering isn't for everyone.
I had the opposite experience in engineering. I kept an A+ average through all 4 years, did very little homework, found assignments easy, rarely "studied" (ie cramming days before tests, I read leisurely in my spare time)... I joined a Fraternity and spent more time drinking than studying. I overloaded on courses and essentially completed 2 engineering degrees in 5 years.
If you get it, its easy, otherwise you have to put many hours in struggling to understand. My brother struggled in the software aspects of aerospace engineering and switched to civil engineering to avoid them, and his grades improved from Cs to As.
I would probably get Fs in philosophy, yet As in engineering. You gotta find what works for you.
If you're struggling now, you might as well switch programs cause doing this everyday for the rest of your life will suck, and if its hard for you, it'll be equally hard to get a better job and better pay.
$5K/mn in $60K/yr, which is a decent salary. If you're a good engineer you'll always make well in excess of that. I started near $70K and was clearing $100K after 5 years. The 2 years before I moved to Vancouver I made $110K and $125K with only 6-7 years experience.
Grad school is a waste for engineering (except maybe Aerospace/Mechanical engineering). Its for people that cannot find jobs with their current experience/grades, or want to specialize in R&D which typically pays less (yet is very interesting). You'll learn more relevant information and gain valuable experience in 2 years of working vs 2 years of grad school.
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12-19-2009, 01:28 PM
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any of you guys in accounting / finance ? hows it going for you guys?
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12-19-2009, 02:21 PM
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12-19-2009, 08:47 PM
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#206 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Econ 367 and Econ 301 Monday and Tuesday respectively...
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12-19-2009, 09:06 PM
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I have 301 on tuesday too, whose your prof? II got yilankaya or are you with Chappel?
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12-19-2009, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by tiger_handheld any of you guys in accounting / finance ? hows it going for you guys? | I have an exam on monday still...
grad finance now DAP at ubc haha...its not that bad..its only bad for me cos i cant get things into my mind until 2 days before the exam haha
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12-20-2009, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by vsvs i got over a grand in scholarship in grade 12, with 94 average in phy/chem/bio/math, and I still stuggled in engineering... | Quote:
Originally Posted by taylor192 Sounds like you're in the wrong degree, engineering isn't for everyone.
I had the opposite experience in engineering. I kept an A+ average through all 4 years, did very little homework, found assignments easy, rarely "studied" (ie cramming days before tests, I read leisurely in my spare time)... I joined a Fraternity and spent more time drinking than studying. I overloaded on courses and essentially completed 2 engineering degrees in 5 years.
If you get it, its easy, otherwise you have to put many hours in struggling to understand. My brother struggled in the software aspects of aerospace engineering and switched to civil engineering to avoid them, and his grades improved from Cs to As.
I would probably get Fs in philosophy, yet As in engineering. You gotta find what works for you.
If you're struggling now, you might as well switch programs cause doing this everyday for the rest of your life will suck, and if its hard for you, it'll be equally hard to get a better job and better pay. | Sorry man, that's just bad advice.
If you like it, stick with it. If you don't, do something else. You're there to learn and it sounds like you're learning. One day, it won't seem that hard anymore.. probably after you start working and get better study habits and understand how everything in your field tends to work.
I bet when you finish, you'll find a lot worse engineers than you who got worse grades, but ended up with pretty good jobs. Everybody develops at a different pace. There's always gonna be someone better than you no matter what career you choose. That's not a reason to quit something.
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12-20-2009, 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by goo3 Sorry man, that's just bad advice.
If you like it, stick with it. If you don't, do something else. You're there to learn and it sounds like you're learning. One day, it won't seem that hard anymore.. probably after you start working and get better study habits and understand how everything in your field tends to work. | Its not bad advice.
Engineering (or technology in general) is a constant learning process. If its hard now, it'll always be hard. if he struggles now, he'll always struggle. Its not something which one day "you get it" cause tomorrow you'll have to learn something new.
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Originally Posted by goo3 I bet when you finish, you'll find a lot worse engineers than you who got worse grades, but ended up with pretty good jobs. | There's lots of bad engineers that are paid well. My comment has nothing to do with this. Its a quality of life decision. Would you want to struggle your entire life at something? Or find something you're good at? Quote:
Originally Posted by goo3 Everybody develops at a different pace. There's always gonna be someone better than you no matter what career you choose. That's not a reason to quit something. | It takes about 10,000 hrs of practice to master something.
The reason I don't struggle with engineering is cause I've loved technology since I was young, its a hobby I enjoy in my leisure time. The engineers I see struggle aren't tech geeks. They don't enjoy constantly learning about technology in their free time. They are just in it for a good job and to be paid well.
Consider working 40hrs/week, it would take you 5 yrs to master something. Just when that happens, technology changes, and they start all over again.
I read programming books in my free time cause I enjoy learning, stuff I won't even use at work. Meanwhile coworkers I've had that struggle have no interest in learning prior to needing the knowledge.
Your comments are inline with this: "Stick with it cause you'll be paid well". No, that's just wrong. "Do it if you enjoy it", and you won't need to "stick with it" or struggle doing it.
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12-20-2009, 01:10 PM
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#211 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by choda I have 301 on tuesday too, whose your prof? II got yilankaya or are you with Chappel? | I'm with Chapple, Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 class
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12-21-2009, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Your comments are inline with this: "Stick with it cause you'll be paid well". No, that's just wrong. "Do it if you enjoy it", and you won't need to "stick with it" or struggle doing it. | My comments ??? That's a reach. I don't think you read what I wrote at all. You even quoted what I said: "If you like it, stick with it. If you don't, do something else." 
I can just as easily misconstrue and summarize some BS about your comments: "If it's hard, don't try" to make my point stronger. Is that stupid thing to do or what? I guess it's not if you only care about sounding good, but not about being correct. Quote:
Engineering (or technology in general) is a constant learning process. If its hard now, it'll always be hard. if he struggles now, he'll always struggle. Its not something which one day "you get it" cause tomorrow you'll have to learn something new.
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Consider working 40hrs/week, it would take you 5 yrs to master something. Just when that happens, technology changes, and they start all over again.
I read programming books in my free time cause I enjoy learning, stuff I won't even use at work. Meanwhile coworkers I've had that struggle have no interest in learning prior to needing the knowledge.
| How do you know the barriers which are causing him to struggle now can't be overcome? He's not 30. He's just left high school. The only thing that isn't hard for most ppl that age is sitting on their asses.
Yes, engineering is a constant learning process. I'll just say this and we can disagree on this point if you wish: Most ppl i've met in eng agree with me.. after your transition period into the engineering world, your study habits become better, your ability to learn material fast becomes better, your ability to understand written material in sometimes cyptic engineering english gets better. Improving these skills goes a long way to whether you get it or not.
As you gain more experience, you'll find the same concepts are used over and over again, so the learning becomes more incremental instead of constantly throwing what you learned away. Add these things to the fact that what you do in school is so different from what you do at work, and that is why I said the things I said in my original reply.
The bottom line should be motivation & skill -- do you like this stuff and can you do it. With HS marks in the 90s, that dude obviously has some sort of potential. I believe you won't know if it's the right path unless you try it for real (eg. coop) instead of comparing it to one individual's early experience.
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12-21-2009, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Captain Picard I'm with Chapple, Tuesday/Thursday 12:30 class | How did you do on the midterm? Are you ready for the final on tuesday? I am sooooooooo screwed!
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12-21-2009, 07:13 AM
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#214 | | YOU CANT CUT BACK ON FUNDING! YOU WILL REGRET THIS
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Originally Posted by choda How did you do on the midterm? Are you ready for the final on tuesday? I am sooooooooo screwed! | Midterm was not good.. But at least i still passed.
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12-21-2009, 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by goo3 How do you know the barriers which are causing him to struggle now can't be overcome?
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With HS marks in the 90s, that dude obviously has some sort of potential. | Cause he had high grades in HS, referenced studying lots, struggling, low salaries, no girls, no social life, ... and how engineering wasn't worth it.
Its safe to say my points are valid for him, and its him I was responding to.
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12-21-2009, 05:24 PM
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Fuckkkkkkk only one more day and it's all over...good luck to you tomorrow picard!
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12-21-2009, 06:05 PM
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^^ damn i thought i was unlucky finishing my last exam just an hour ago.
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12-21-2009, 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 Cause he had high grades in HS, referenced studying lots, struggling, low salaries, no girls, no social life, ... and how engineering wasn't worth it.
Its safe to say my points are valid for him, and its him I was responding to. | I kind of agree with Taylor on this one. I'm in mechanical engineering myself. Sorry to say, but some people just aren't cut out for it. It really takes a while to have a grasp at it and fully appreciate what you're learning. Having high grades in high school/academic courses doesn't translate into success in engineering. What really helps is having hobbies and interests relevent to your field, rebuilding cars, engines, tinkering with toys. I dont find engineering difficult at all, I rarely study and get pretty decent grades. In high school I was getting 50s, 60s, 70s. I also find that the majority of students in engineering has no desire to actually become an engineering after they graduate, they're more interested in project management, or they picked engineering because they thought it's "cool", but had no idea what's it's actually about. You'd be surprised to know how many senior engineering students doesnt even know how an engine works, or even how to change the spare tire.
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12-22-2009, 02:52 AM
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12-22-2009, 03:15 AM
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well i am majoring nanotechology engineering and minoring in commerce
one more year and i grad... its not that i dont get high grades in here, but im saying that if i put the same amount of effort in arts or sauder, i will definately get better grades
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12-22-2009, 02:49 PM
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#221 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Originally Posted by vsvs well i am majoring nanotechology engineering and minoring in commerce
one more year and i grad... its not that i dont get high grades in here, but im saying that if i put the same amount of effort in arts or sauder, i will definately get better grades | Hey man, I wasn't aware ubc had nanotech program, just wondering how it is..
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#222 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Oh, and... DONEZOS!
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12-22-2009, 03:01 PM
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YEAHHHH DONE!!!! just finished econ301 today...better than i expected lol
seems like a few of you are in Chapple's class too...i was in the tues/thurs 330-5
how'd you guys do on the final?
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12-22-2009, 03:28 PM
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