Oh yeah, one last thing. The thing about only one third of the people making it is kind of of true. Freshmen year you are gonna have classes with several hundred people in it. I think there were about 300 + for EE 312 I think. Most of the classes by the time you are a junior and in major sequence are like 80, even in the major sequence ones that everyone have to take.
I guess it does depend on the schools too. But like I've said, the closer you get to finishing the hard it is imo. I had a friend that was at 3.9 during sophmore year, and it progressivled dropped .05 point per semester down to a 3.5 - 3.6 even though he is working probably 3 times as a hard. By the way, how is the IT market looking, I talk to one company about IT industry in 3 years and they were just like, we are only looking at it 3 months at a time. One of the reason I decided not to go the Computer Eng route is because I can see how outsourcing will take all the lower end programming jobs.
UT EEs represent! Graduated in Spring of 2000, the last semester the job market was actually any good. Most of the advice here is good, I will say that my last 2 semester of classes were by far my most enjoyable. Once you get out of the basic sequence and major sequence BS, and get into the technical electives is when you actually start getting some interesting classes. Those are usually also the classes where you end up with projects, so it's even better. That also gives you lots of stuff to talk about during interviews. For me most of the stuff before that was a drain, and my effort is directly proportionate to my interest in the class. I got mostly As & Bs my last 2 semester, but before that had a good number of Ds due to not putting in enough effort. Some of it was really bad professors as well, so be careful in the classes you take. Just a note, in order to get into major sequence, you must have a 2.5 basic sequence gpa, which is something to watch out for. I had a friend with a 2.47, and they wouldn't let him continue, so he ended up having to change schools By biomedical engineering, are you referring to the technical area option under the EE curriculum, or is there a separate Biomedical Engineering major yet? It does seem to be a fairly specialized technical area, so it's hard to say how the job market for it is. Might be quite limited, but in 4 years a lot can change, it might turn into the next big thing. I would say part of the problem if you're going in from HCC is figuring out what classes transfer and which do not. I'm guessing the basic math, english, or science classes may have a chance of transferring over, which can be good and bad. Part of the problem if too many classes transfer over is that you end up taking purely engineering classes each semester which can definitely be killer.
I went to UT and graduated ME 3 years ago. I absolutely LOVED it! I met the best people in my classes and just had a reunion with them in Austin this past weekend! And yes, it is true, as a female, I did get hit on regularly, so don't try too hard. Approach a girl as a friend and be genuine, that's my advice. My freshman year, they said, look right, look left, only one of you will graduate. It is so true. In my first physics class, the class started out with about 150 and by halfway through the semester, it was about 75. It is known as the weed-out class. If you can make it past there, the rest is easier. I had PLENTY of time to party and drink on 6th Street so I wouldn't worry about that. I had a friend say that engineering drives you to be alcoholics though since we do have to work so hard during the week. Once Thursday at 5 rolls around though (much like the working world), get your drink on at Posse or Crown or Trudy's (hh til $ from 3-7). Good luck to you and get involved in as many things as possible!! SEC is great! And there is sooo much more!
well i researched on biomed field and its the BEST job market.. And i might apply to med school.. they say a 3.4gpa in biomed is the same as a 3.8 as a biology major and you can get in better to med school with a BS in biomed.. but i will see how all this comes out.. is there alot of presentations ?
Off topic but; Anyone here go through a Kinesiology major? Just curious as to how it was, etc... I'm up against a short deadline and thats one of things people around me have told me i need to look into.
Yeah, basically my friends said the same things everyone on the BBS is saying. Girls in Biomedical engineering are few. Hot ones are rare. The introductory classes tend to be killers, and once you get past them you should be okay. One of them transferred here from San Jac, and he's been taking a lot of summer classes and a busy schedule trying to catch up, and I believe he might only have to be at UT for 3 and a half years including last spring, so I would make sure about the 4 years thing. Man, my next business class isn't until 3:30. I guess I will take a nap or something. Business classes keep you so busy.
lol I was just there earlier today I'll have to keep an eye open for people with the BBS up on their monitor....
Yea im hoping i can get in by next year for Civil Engineering, i dunno but im going crazy trying to get everything up so i could be acepted. I really hope i can get in UT.
Made an A, took it in summer school with some pretty cool guys and we helped each other out. It was compressed and had to take M427 at the same time. But I focused that summer and aced both. Then I went through 3 semesters of bad getting worse. Seriously watchout for the classes coming up, either take it with the teachers that will give you good grades (pick a prof is a worth while investment) or just wait for next semester to take. It's not that big of deal to delay major sequence for one semester.
Does anybody have any tips for getting in? Like what stuff i should be focusing in high school and the submitting my application?
