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I do like it actually. The first couple years honestly are not that fun in my opinion because its a bunch of core classes, lots of calculus, physics, some chemistry etc, things you need to know but aren't particularly interesting.
However past that you eventually get into more interesting classes that actually has some real world feel and its all pretty fascinating stuff. I've taken a couple classes that involve a fair bit of hands on activities which are always a lot more fun. Quite a few classes have labs where you get to use some pretty nice software to stress test objects and if you go for mechanical you will probably get some hands on work with solidworks or autocad depending on where you are.
Its no Arts and crafts major lol I can tell you now I wasn't ready for it straight out of high school a lot more work and time goes in to these classes than anything I've ever done before but in the end it will be worth it, being an engineer is a pretty high demand job so I've heard and the average base pay coming out of college isn't bad either lol (~60-90k)
Once I get in to the flow of my junior year here and senior year things really start to get a lot more open ended in terms of the projects we get to do and it switches from taking midterms 3 times a year to working on big projects that actually have some real world significance
However past that you eventually get into more interesting classes that actually has some real world feel and its all pretty fascinating stuff. I've taken a couple classes that involve a fair bit of hands on activities which are always a lot more fun. Quite a few classes have labs where you get to use some pretty nice software to stress test objects and if you go for mechanical you will probably get some hands on work with solidworks or autocad depending on where you are.
Its no Arts and crafts major lol I can tell you now I wasn't ready for it straight out of high school a lot more work and time goes in to these classes than anything I've ever done before but in the end it will be worth it, being an engineer is a pretty high demand job so I've heard and the average base pay coming out of college isn't bad either lol (~60-90k)
Once I get in to the flow of my junior year here and senior year things really start to get a lot more open ended in terms of the projects we get to do and it switches from taking midterms 3 times a year to working on big projects that actually have some real world significance
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I still have those books (except I used a different version for Heat Transfer)!
If you want to return yours and borrow mine instead, let me know. BTW, just wondering how you're taking Mechanical Design before taking Dynamics? Dynamics must not be a pre-req for design over there. Same goes for Thermo and Heat Transfer.
About Mechanical Engineering or engineering in general, it does get better. Classes start to get more interesting, but that doesn't mean there's a lot less work either.
If you want to return yours and borrow mine instead, let me know. BTW, just wondering how you're taking Mechanical Design before taking Dynamics? Dynamics must not be a pre-req for design over there. Same goes for Thermo and Heat Transfer.
About Mechanical Engineering or engineering in general, it does get better. Classes start to get more interesting, but that doesn't mean there's a lot less work either.
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I finished up Calculus 1 last semester and got an A (I have to admit I BS'd most of the class + Ti-89 calculator :lol)
Hopefully I can just tough it out and it'll pay off in the end.
Hopefully I can just tough it out and it'll pay off in the end.
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I still have those books (except I used a different version for Heat Transfer)!
If you want to return yours and borrow mine instead, let me know. BTW, just wondering how you're taking Mechanical Design before taking Dynamics? Dynamics must not be a pre-req for design over there. Same goes for Thermo and Heat Transfer.
About Mechanical Engineering or engineering in general, it does get better. Classes start to get more interesting, but that doesn't mean there's a lot less work either.
If you want to return yours and borrow mine instead, let me know. BTW, just wondering how you're taking Mechanical Design before taking Dynamics? Dynamics must not be a pre-req for design over there. Same goes for Thermo and Heat Transfer.
About Mechanical Engineering or engineering in general, it does get better. Classes start to get more interesting, but that doesn't mean there's a lot less work either.
And I'm at CU Boulder
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