SOB - Just got my grades

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Nagash01WS6

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#1
Yeah... well... my streak of A's in mathematics courses has ended.

I got a B in calculus 3.:nonono:
I got a B in Statics, first engineering course.:D
I got a C in physics 2... thought I did good on that final and I got trashed on the score. Did horrible on all the quizzes, but not bad on the tests, netted me a C.:shrug:
I got a C in graphical communications... I cant see the hidden lines... ever.:rolleyes::bs:
I got an A in technical report writing... way easy class.:nice:

Off to Physics III, Differential Equations, Fluid Mechanics, Solid Mechanics, and Dynamics next semester, and an extra 1k over normal tuition costs because of an extra credit hour for the lab.:notnice:
 
#4
C'mon man... statics are easy.. I had a professor who loved to say "you can't push on a rope"...

Diff eq's... good luck.. I didn't get the concept until i was studying for the final...

Fluids, mechanics, and dynamics are all fun stuff.

So are you going into Junior year?
 
#6
94-302-vert said:
C'mon man... statics are easy.. I had a professor who loved to say "you can't push on a rope"...

Diff eq's... good luck.. I didn't get the concept until i was studying for the final...

Fluids, mechanics, and dynamics are all fun stuff.

So are you going into Junior year?
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Youre right Statics is easy... he didnt like how I did some homework, and that pulled me down, and then I got a low B on one test, and low A's on everything else, not showing enough work.:rolleyes:

No curve though.

Last test I took... got the low B, he took off some major points, I forgot to add in a force on a FBD, and consequently didnt have it in the equations... and then everything from there on was wrong.

Ill still be a Junior after the Fall 2006 semester, then I can start on the good stuff like Aerodynamics and Electrical Engineering. Im currently majoring in Aerospace Engineering, not sure how im feeling about the market when I am done though even though I am not far away from NASA.

I MIGHT take one or two mechanical enginneering courses, because they have some really cool stuff in there, High Performance Vehicles
This course covers design considerations for highperformance
vehicles such as competition automobiles
and high-speed mass transit vehicles.
Considered are propulsion, aerodynamics, stability,
down force enhancement systems, braking and handling.
Engines for various vehicles are compared
such as the conventional internal combustion engine,
the rotary or Wankel, for competition applications
and long life requirements such as traction engines
for rail applications. Also investigated are crash
safety issues for both mass transit and competition.
Guided vehicles such as mass transit trains and the
Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) are investigated.
Future technologies such as magnetically levitated
and very high-speed mass transit systems are
analyzed."
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And High Performances Vehicles II
Aerodynamic forces on land vehicles. Design requirements
for lift, drag, stability, and safety for passenger.
Cars, high-performance vehicles, commercial,
and motorcycles. Noise control, heating, ventilation,
and air conditioning. Engines for various vehicles are
compared (such as the conventional internal combustion
engine, the rotary or Wankel), for competition
applications and long life requirements such as traction
engines for rail applications. Fuels and combustion,
exhaust flows, emission and air pollution, fuel
cells systems, hybrid vehicles. Ideas from aerospace
technologies are implemented, such as jet engines
for powering vehicles and the use of computational
fluid dynamics codes to predict the aerodynamic performance
of such vehicles. Also, future technologies
such as magnetically levitated and very high-speed
mass transit systems are analyzed.
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#9
Mustangless said:
I would just about kill for a b in my calculus class. I would be happy with a c.
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Which one? Most of it is pretty easy... just have to think a bit differently... let all that crap theyve taught you through the years that never made any sense go.... and then ya pick it pretty quick, and then it all starts to make sense.

I think they should be teaching calc after they teach basic math. After the basic stuff, they lost me. I was gone... nothing made any sense. Just memorizing a bunch of junk, no reason why, nothing worked together... now in calc... oh... thats why... ok cool. Geometry made no sense to me in HS, nor trig... maybe it was just how they taught it, and the difference between a HS teacher and a college teacher, but HS was too long ago for me to remember why didnt understand it.
 
#10
BlueOvalStangGT said:
My grades arent what I wanted either. I have a A in my geology class, a B in my Comp 1102 class, and a B in my computers and business class. Unfortunatly it looks like im gonna have a 68 D in my Business Calc class :(
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Ugh... the D is what hurts... These are my first two C's since I went back to school.

Ive gotta make sure this doesnt happen again.

Too much stuff going on at the end of the semseter got me off track. I was golden in physics and statics until the second half of this semester.
 
#11
thats why I stay out of the science and math courses. Im a poli sci major, so I suck hard at math and science, to give you an idea I took Math 103- which was nothing more than methods of tallying votes, and euler circuit type deals where you couldnt go over the same edge twice, I got a B-, and i took Astronomy, I got a D. Political Science classes on the other hand, :nice:
 
#13
Ehh, don't sweat your grades man. You don't want to work for any company that asks your GPA during an interview. I pulled a plenty D's and never looked back just becuase I didn't care. And now I have a pretty little plaque with my engineering degree on it and I'm putting it to good use with my career. My final 2.5 GPA never played a roll in any of it.

BTW, statics and solids were the only classes I ever liked. I lost 3 points the whole semester in statics, lol.
 
#14
Zero Signal said:
Ehh, don't sweat your grades man. You don't want to work for any company that asks your GPA during an interview. I pulled a plenty D's and never looked back just becuase I didn't care. And now I have a pretty little plaque with my engineering degree on it and I'm putting it to good use with my career. My final 2.5 GPA never played a roll in any of it.

BTW, statics and solids were the only classes I ever liked. I lost 3 points the whole semester in statics, lol.
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Eh... its not that big a deal really. I just cant wait for the turbine and rocket engine class.
 
#15
Yeha jsut get an OK GPA overall so the resume and coverleter do not get ditched immediately... and it really helps to know someone out there so try to make buds with some of the older engineers...

I had a pretty bad GPA since i didn't care about my Gen Eds so I did my GPA for "major classes"... it is all about how to present data...
 
#16
1994Vib.RedGT said:
thats why I stay out of the science and math courses. Im a poli sci major, so I suck hard at math and science, to give you an idea I took Math 103- which was nothing more than methods of tallying votes, and euler circuit type deals where you couldnt go over the same edge twice, I got a B-, and i took Astronomy, I got a D. Political Science classes on the other hand, :nice:
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I don't know about that. I looked hard at aerospace jobs because I felt they might be interesting. My degree is in electrical and computer engineering, btw.

NASA wants a 3.6 and if you look at Defense Companies like General Dynamics, Raytheon, etc, if you aren't over a 3.0 they won't even consider you. Unfortunately, a lot of aerospace jobs are government funded, and the companies that get government funding for jobs of this size can afford to be picky.

If you were good at Statics you won't have a problem with Dynamics.

Differential equations suck but you use them all the time in the real world so pay attention. I went through Diff Eqs 1 and 2, so if you get stuck I'll try to sand some of the rust and help ya out.

I LOVED fluid mechanics. One of my all time favorite courses. After you take it, and start reading about what internet mechanics say about the best way to make CAIs and intakes, you'll be wanting to fly :bs: alllll the time.

Adam
 
#18
Black95GTS said:
I don't know about that. I looked hard at aerospace jobs because I felt they might be interesting. My degree is in electrical and computer engineering, btw.

NASA wants a 3.6 and if you look at Defense Companies like General Dynamics, Raytheon, etc, if you aren't over a 3.0 they won't even consider you. Unfortunately, a lot of aerospace jobs are government funded, and the companies that get government funding for jobs of this size can afford to be picky.

If you were good at Statics you won't have a problem with Dynamics.

Differential equations suck but you use them all the time in the real world so pay attention. I went through Diff Eqs 1 and 2, so if you get stuck I'll try to sand some of the rust and help ya out.

I LOVED fluid mechanics. One of my all time favorite courses. After you take it, and start reading about what internet mechanics say about the best way to make CAIs and intakes, you'll be wanting to fly :bs: alllll the time.

Adam
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:lol: I cant wait to take most of these courses. Im already trying to find the books for them.

I keep looking at the mechanical engineering cirriculum... some really cool stuff in there. Ive still got the summer and another semester to figure out what I want to do though. I wanted to go into defense with it... but I dunno. Robotics seems really frickin cool.

I'll make one like that little kid did in the nationwide commercial.

So what is the best way to make CAI's?

:D
 
#19
:lol: Art Major here.... talk about rough. I had to take 2 YEARS of a foreign language (they didn't let you take beginning one of different languages either, I tried! LOL ) :bs: right there. I did graphics projects and photo reconstruction for extra credit in Españiol Quatro to pass. :)
 
#20
wytstang said:
"D" for "Done" +1 not the best grade but I won't have to do it again lol.
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Not true, at my school you have to get C or better or retake the course, and the D stays on your GPA...:nonono:



gcomfx.com said:
:lol: Art Major here.... talk about rough. I had to take 2 YEARS of a foreign language (they didn't let you take beginning one of different languages either, I tried! LOL ) :bs: right there. I did graphics projects and photo reconstruction for extra credit in Españiol Quatro to pass. :)
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And that's a cakewalk compared to the 16 hours I have to take... I still have 3 hours left.
 
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