engineering thread...for engineers

[PiSigma]

finals were brutal... with a 46%... i can still pull off a B+... shows how crappy the class average is... i love the curve.

 

[MIGleader]

I think you insulted Bush.

come on...he got a 1206 on his SATs when he was senior. I got a 1210 when I was in SEVENTH GRADE. Thats really saying something.

connections are really essentials. if you attend a private school which is near a prestigious university, you have a higher chance of going ot thaty university. that chance increases if your parent(s) are alumini.

but honestly, for some schools like Swarthmore, $$$ and family connections make up 90% of the acceptance factor. grades and test scores matter little.

 

[sumdud]

That's like pulling off with a 4 in the AP Exam......(I think the score needed for a 5 is around 54 out of 100?)

The curve is always nice. (Except in weeder classes.)

 

[walter]

here in Germany our finals aren't curved. On average about 50% fail any given exam in mechanical engineering courses. But we have three chances to take each exam, so lots of people don't try their hardest the first time around. Also, our final exams are 100% of our grade--no quizes, midterms, homework sets--it all comes down to the final.

 

[sumdud]

I hate homework, but no midterms?
I might not be the worst in there then I guess. But 3 chances to take it over, that's quite nice.

 

[PiSigma]

then just copy down the questions the first time.. go home figure it out..and ace it on the second try... i think it's actually easier to learn with some homework.

 

[crazyinsane105]

Who the hell thought that the beginning course to electrical engineering could be so freaking hard. The homework and lectures are a joke when compared to the tests. Vinclee, how did the beginning course of electrical engineering go at Michigan? Over here, I am actually going to have to work hard to pull off an A.

 

[sumdud]

I wonder, what does it mean to work hard in college? Is there anything other than studying, or is studying the largest chunk of working hard in college? What about projects?

 

[PiSigma]

DO NOT MENTION PROJECTS!!!! my design project is just scary.... good thing i don't need to worry about it until next year. we need to design a very real life like reactor system for some chemicals... a few years back, the prof give old data from a Dow Chemical plant with over 100 chemicals... for them to design... it was not pretty. just thinking about it send shivers down my back.

 

[walter]

then just copy down the questions the first time.. go home figure it out..and ace it on the second try... i think it's actually easier to learn with some homework.

not so fast! We have one chance to take an exam each semester, and each semester is a new exam, not the same one you already took. Of course the topics are the same, but the problems are new. I personally would prefer homework, midterms or something to take the wieght off the final exam.