Engineers check in here!

Diff EQ's kind of a PITA

Originally Posted by k2spitfire

eecs from berkeley, i didn't like it. did well in the physics/math and lower div classes... by the time i got to the real engineering classes i was in too deep already, so i took the bare minimum to graduate and diluted my gpa with an econ ba

I was the other way around. Did bad in math/chem/physics and hated school, then started taking engineering and got all A's and loved it.

I'm halfway trough my IE degree but so far Calculus II, Statics, Electricity & Magnetism and Chemistry have all given me an unpleasant time.

Originally Posted by kuksul08

I was the other way around. Did bad in math/chem/physics and hated school, then started taking engineering and got all A's and loved it.

Same scenario with me, so far loving it!

OP I thought you were the youngest most successful engineer at your work who constantly complains about not having any friends who are as accomplished as you. Yet you don't even have an engineering degree?

I thought the lecture/theory of Control Systems was the hardest class. But the lab where we used the theory was awesome. Got an A in the lab and like a C- in the lecture, haha.

Thinking of going back to school for EE..this thread is pretty helpful and interesting. I like the work I'm doing now for BAE in the test dept, but have an urge to want to understand by knowing rather than by doing (electronics test tech.) Talked to my dad about it, (serves as engineering fellow/chief engineer at lockheed) learning through application and then going back to school to take the core classes, it's backwards but it's gotten me interested to where I genuinely will want to learn.

lol i remember one lab where i got fed up and left one of the answers "no"

Originally Posted by k2spitfire

lol i remember one lab where i got fed up and left one of the answers "no"

I had a really vague question in a surveying course, something to do with some kind of geometry and it asked what was in the middle of a shape, so I put "the soft nougaty center". I had the same sentiments toward an intro to engineering class that was really an intro to computing & unix. I only came to class to take the midterm and final, got an A on both and an A on the final project but they failed me twice because I never showed up for the quizes. Finally, on round 3, they told me to come in and take the final at the end of the semester and passed me.

Originally Posted by wceoscar

I'm halfway trough my IE degree but so far Calculus II, Statics, Electricity & Magnetism and Chemistry have all given me an unpleasant time.

Depending on how far you take statics/solid mechanics, you'll look back at statics and laugh. I had my first test yesterday in Mechanics I (first in a long line of physics mechanics courses) and 2/5 questions were straight up statics. I have never felt more intelligent.

There are courses you hate and courses you'll love.

Every course builds on previous. If you suck at the first one you'll suck at the others. Straight up math sucks because it's never like that.

the useless **** was the most annoying. computer science was taught by a bunch of pimply faced virgins. chemistry also sucked. my ta was hot as **** and i spent the semester trying to bang her, but the lecture was by some boring ass i don't even remember. math wan't too hard, except that it also was taught by some nerdy ass know it all ta's who would rather be doing some good will hunting **** instead of lowly calc and linear alg. in eng the hardest ones were the math based signal processing **** that was like another language.

i was bsme.

all depends on the school you go to / went to.

I got a BSME from Purdue.

I thought controls and fluids were the hardest.

Controls because I personally didn't like it, fluids because our professor was a raging asshole. Over 50% of my fluids class got a D+ or worse. I got a 79.9% C- and he wouldn't bump me up that last .1% to a B-. Raging asshole....I actually liked fluids and was pretty good at it.

Originally Posted by 217Bimmer

the useless **** was the most annoying. computer science was taught by a bunch of pimply faced virgins. chemistry also sucked. my ta was hot as **** and i spent the semester trying to bang her, but the lecture was by some boring ass i don't even remember. math wan't too hard, except that it also was taught by some nerdy ass know it all ta's who would rather be doing some good will hunting **** instead of lowly calc and linear alg. in eng the hardest ones were the math based signal processing **** that was like another language.

i was bsme.

Please don't design, ANYTHING I ever use.
Thank you.



BSME, Cal Poly SLO. Finished up a few years ago, now just working traveling and investing.
I liked pretty much all of my classes. Hardest was probably upper division control systems primarily due to the professor.
Great to see so many engineers on here.

Originally Posted by golf_234

Please don't design, ANYTHING I ever use.
Thank you.



BSME, Cal Poly SLO. Finished up a few years ago, now just working traveling and investing.
I liked pretty much all of my classes. Hardest was probably upper division control systems primarily due to the professor.
Great to see so many engineers on here.

then hopefully you never fly

Originally Posted by Locutus09

If you suck at the first one you'll suck at the others. Straight up math sucks because it's never like that.

That's not always true. I failed statics the first time and passed with a C the second time. I put forth very little effort in solids and got a B+. Same with dynamics, very little effort, got an A.

Originally Posted by 217Bimmer

the useless **** was the most annoying. computer science was taught by a bunch of pimply faced virgins. chemistry also sucked. my ta was hot as **** and i spent the semester trying to bang her, but the lecture was by some boring ass i don't even remember. math wan't too hard, except that it also was taught by some nerdy ass know it all ta's who would rather be doing some good will hunting **** instead of lowly calc and linear alg. in eng the hardest ones were the math based signal processing **** that was like another language.

i was bsme.

Originally Posted by 217Bimmer

then hopefully you never fly

Haha. I work for Parker Aerospace


Sure ya have it down just giving a hard time.
Personally I love comp sci. little bro just signed with Apple on comp sci. Already making me look like a peasant lol.

Originally Posted by yousharenow

Was your heat transfer stuff way harder than learning Calc, Physics etc or did you find it more applied math?

Everyone cried about Emag and I didn't find it that bad.

Heat transfer was one of my easier classes, that stuff just makes sense to me. I hated Calc especially because it was doing math with no purpose, getting to the applied stuff made it easier.

Originally Posted by ThumperNC24

I thought controls and fluids were the hardest.

I HATED controls with a firey passion. I loved fluids so much that I went and got a masters in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics, I thank my professor for helping me to get a love for the science. I unfortunately don't do anything related to that for a job.

Originally Posted by cowmoo32

That's not always true. I failed statics the first time and passed with a C the second time. I put forth very little effort in solids and got a B+. Same with dynamics, very little effort, got an A.

Failed statics?? whyyy hahaha. its so easy.

I need that Y U NO!? guy pic here.

Originally Posted by golf_234

Failed statics?? whyyy hahaha. its so easy.

I need that Y U NO!? guy pic here.

Because in high school it took literally zero effort for me to graduate with a 4.3 and 6 hours of AP credits. I took that mentality into engineering and got raped by statics.

the professor that said Carrot Sticks instead of characteristics and Maja Namba instead of ______

Civil/Structural BS&MS

I didnt find any of the math/science pre-reqs hard. The hard stuff comes in the bulk of the core classes.