2011-04-08, 04:32 PM
Thanks for the advice guys. The main problem i found out, was the fact everyone was hypeing too much about such things. Exaggerating, being more specific. Of course it's not something easy or that doesn't require effort, because such thing doesn't exist, but i found the fact people were talking about loving a subject a little scary.
Yes i am. Actually, there's no private university in here with any engineering courses. Only the hard to get into ones. Three, being specific in the town i live, since it's the capital city of my state. Due to the SAT equivalent being split up into 3 exams, one at each of the three last years of school, i can have at least an idea of what i can actually get in. Due to having 2/3 of the exam score already, if i repeat the same score from the last two years, which will be a little easier, since the third phase of it is actually the easiest one, i'll be with something like a 650.
That grants me to be in every course, other than Medicine. Actually, Biomed works a little different here, where the course itself isn't available. Where i am, Biomed has EE as a prerequisite, and after it, i'd have to take a special course for like one, two years at max to get into that area.
I'd have to study for one more year, all the health part about Engineering, that is commonly found in the Biomedical engineering course, but that can be attended after doing EE too.
My biggest fear was about it, because i like those subjects, but sometimes, i don't really learn something immediately or have such a ridiculously high score in those like some of the guys in my class.
Good to know it works like that, anthony. Because the same way i do like some subjects, some i just do nothing other than getting through it.
I have pretty constant study habits. But i'm not much into the "Study for 70% of your free hours or you won't get in" culture that's been grown in people in here. It's just plain terrible. I don't really study for more than 2 hours straight. I lose my concentration after it, and i can learn things in much less than that, but it's annoying about getting with the fact people tend to judge you for the time you spend on reading.
Unnecessary, at all. :S
Shidoshi Wrote:You are doing university in Brazil? Guess I can give a more appliable opinion (though I can't say I'm the normal average engineer student...).
The beginning of the course will be a little bit difficult, with getting used to the new speed at which things go at university and all the different ambiance.
I particularly LOVED doing pretty much all courses but experiences may vary. At the beginning you'll be having general courses that all engineer students have, specific courses only come much later (think at least 4th semester).
I'd be a hypocrite if I told you to study very hard, but, from what my collegues told me, you really should study hard.
My advice is: study hard and attend all classes for the first semester and see how things go, then you can change your behavior accordingly. It's really personal whether going to classes works for you, or doing all exercices. You should really experiment and see how well you fare.
It is much harder than HS, for sure. Specially if you are in a good university (not the private, easy to enter ones).
Experiences may vary a lot in between different engineer courses and different universities.
Yes i am. Actually, there's no private university in here with any engineering courses. Only the hard to get into ones. Three, being specific in the town i live, since it's the capital city of my state. Due to the SAT equivalent being split up into 3 exams, one at each of the three last years of school, i can have at least an idea of what i can actually get in. Due to having 2/3 of the exam score already, if i repeat the same score from the last two years, which will be a little easier, since the third phase of it is actually the easiest one, i'll be with something like a 650.
That grants me to be in every course, other than Medicine. Actually, Biomed works a little different here, where the course itself isn't available. Where i am, Biomed has EE as a prerequisite, and after it, i'd have to take a special course for like one, two years at max to get into that area.
I'd have to study for one more year, all the health part about Engineering, that is commonly found in the Biomedical engineering course, but that can be attended after doing EE too.
My biggest fear was about it, because i like those subjects, but sometimes, i don't really learn something immediately or have such a ridiculously high score in those like some of the guys in my class.
Good to know it works like that, anthony. Because the same way i do like some subjects, some i just do nothing other than getting through it.
I have pretty constant study habits. But i'm not much into the "Study for 70% of your free hours or you won't get in" culture that's been grown in people in here. It's just plain terrible. I don't really study for more than 2 hours straight. I lose my concentration after it, and i can learn things in much less than that, but it's annoying about getting with the fact people tend to judge you for the time you spend on reading.
Unnecessary, at all. :S