engineering thread...for engineers

Gollevainen

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But the model for higher education is different in Europe, right? It is much harder to get into University and only the selected can go, right? Anyone know the # of higher learing institutions in Europe?

Actually as far as i know, it's quite different in different nations, but EU is trying to make them all mach each others...In here the term university=yliopisto is aplyed for those traditional schools wich teaches history, languages, medicin, other humanistic studies and so on...but not "engineering" studies. If you want to be an engineer you have to study in these polytechnic shcools wich are called ammattikorkeakoulu. As these polytechnics wants to separate them self from normal vocational shcools, in they english names (like in HAMK's) the term university of aplicated science is used. We who gratuaded from these polytechnics have to use the term amk whit our engineering title so i'm not going to become rakennusinsinööri (costructive engineer) but rakennusinsinööri (amk)...it's reflection of our very jealouss national character...these polytechnics are quite new thing, adpted to become standart whit rest of the europe, and somehow the old engineers feels that we are less engineers than they...just ridicilous...
 

PiSigma

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yes we engineers should band together, the engineering song/cheer used in UofA is also used in other engg schools in canada i believe, i know for sure UofCalgary and UofAcadia uses it. what cheers/songs does US and europe have?

ENGINEERING SONG

CHORUS

WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE THE ENGINEERS,

WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN DEMOLISH FORTY BEERS,

DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM, DRINK RUM AND COME ALONG WITH US,

FOR WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR ANY DAMN (WO)MAN

WHO DON'T GIVE A DAMN FOR US!!!



(1)

My father was a minor from Northern Malamute,

My mother was a mistress in a house of ill repute.

The last time I saw them both these words rang in my ears.

"Get out of here son-of-a-bitch and join the Engineers!"

(2)

An Artsie and an Engineer once found a gallon can,

Said the Artsie, "Match me drink for drink, let's see if you're an man."

They drank three drinks, the Artsie fell, his face was turning green,

But the engineer drank on and said, "It's only gasoline!"

(3)

On reading Kuma Sutra a guy learned position nine,

For proving masculinity, it truly was divine.

But then one day the girl rebelled and threw him on his rear,

For he was a feeble Artsie and she was an Engineer!

(4)

A maiden and an Engineer were sitting in the park

The Engineer was working on some research after dark

His scientific method was a marvel to observe

While his right hand held the figures, his left hand traced the curves.

(5)

The army and the navy boys went out to have some fun,

Up to the social club where the fiery liquors run.

But all they found were empties for the engineers had come,

And traded all their instruments for gallon kegs of rum.

(6)

An Engineer once came to class so drunk and very late,

He was carrying a load that you'd expect to ship by freight.

The only thing that held him up and kept him to his course,

Was the boundary condition and the electromotive force.

(7 - for all the women engineers!)

We are, we are, we are, we are the women engineers,

We can, we can, we can, we can drink twice as many beers.

Come men, come men, come men, come men and drink along with us,

For we don't give a damn for any damn man who can't get it up for us!!!

(8)

The fire house by day, and 40 beers by night,

An engineer may never sleep and still stay just as bright,

And should you ever ask him he how he keeps up his routine,

He'll raise his trusty can of Jolt, smile and say "Caffeine!"

(9)

A man sat in a tavern with a lovely neighbour lass,

And stared when more than nineteen times she raised and drained her glass,

He said "you've out drunk four strong men and half the bar my dear",

But the maiden smiled demurely and said "I'm an engineer."

(10)

We drink and drink and drink and drink and we are Engineers,

We drink and drink, and we'll kick your ass if you try to steel our beer,

We drink and drink and drink and drink and throw up on the floor,

Then we brush our teeth and drink and drink and drink and drink some more!

(11)

Now you've heard our song and you know we are Engineers,

We love to love our (wo)men and we love to drink our beer,

We'll drink to anybody that comes from far or near,

Cause I'm a Hell-of-a, Hell-of-a, Hell-of-a, Hell-of-a, Hell-of-an Engineer!!

drinking and bad jokes are obviously the theme of engineers to us, we really are crazy people
 
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crazyinsane105

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The tuition here at U of I is about $10,000 a year. Add to that the dorms which are a good $7500, special fees and such which are a good $1580, and books which can run up to a $1000. That is a good $20,000 a year. How am I paying for it? Well, through tuitions, grants, scholarships, and some student loans. How did I get them? In this country, US students have an option of filling out a form called the FAFSA. This form determines how much financial aide you will receive from the US government. I am receiving around $19,500 a year (I have to pay for those stupid books) from the US government. Now, it is generous, but it depends on a HUGE amount of factors. It depends how much your parents/guardians make per year, how many siblings you have going off to college, etc. Out of all the people I know, me and two of my friends have received a full ride here to U of I. Everybody else is either paying out of there own pocket or taking out MASSIVE AMOUNTS of student loans (which, unfortunately, will take them a good 20 years to pay off).
 

JZXT

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Here is one:

Three engineers were discussing the marvel of the human body.
The electrical engineer said, “All those electrical signals traveling through the body, god must be an electrical engineer.â€

The mechanical engineer argue,†look at all the joints and the amazing movement of the human body, god must be a mechanical engineer.â€

The civil engineer respond,†No, who would have been so smart to make both the waste exits to be recreational tool also, god had to be a Civil engineer.â€
 

vincelee

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the thing for FAFSA is that you must show NEED. Better to just score excessively well on the PSAT and get scholarships.
 

crazyinsane105

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vincelee said:
the thing for FAFSA is that you must show NEED. Better to just score excessively well on the PSAT and get scholarships.

I am in some very good luck. I actually DO need the money from FAFSA because my dad doesn't make a whole lot of money a year and my mom is a housewife. For others who are going to get rejected from FAFSA, your advice is the best.
 

swimmerXC

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PSAT sucks i took it yesterday, math and reading was a breeze, writing... lets just say :nutkick:
i got a 70 in math, 65 in reading, and 56 in writing last year
191/240 although i qualified for NMS but never got it
hopefull this year i get better than that!
Ann Harbor.. i wanna go there or clatech; mostly b/c of some books i read about ann harbor
EDIT: but most like i wanna go to euro somewhere, away from the US
 

crazyinsane105

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swimmerXC said:
PSAT sucks i took it yesterday, math and reading was a breeze, writing... lets just say :nutkick:
i got a 70 in math, 65 in reading, and 56 in writing last year
191/240 although i qualified for NMS but never got it
hopefull this year i get better than that!
Ann Harbor.. i wanna go there or clatech; mostly b/c of some books i read about ann harbor
EDIT: but most like i wanna go to euro somewhere, away from the US

As long as you go to one of the top ten engineering schools in the US, you would be fine.
 

swimmerXC

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i got a question to our older chinese members here...
do they offer scholarships in china?
 
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