1) Go to class 2) Do the homework and don’t look at chegg until you’re done or you’re really stuck and have tried to work through a problem for more than 15 minutes 3) Read the textbook and get an idea of how different problems are set up how you’d solve them in your mind 4) Pay attention in fundamental classes. At times they may seem dull but they will be your foundation for courses down the road (calc 1 and 2, statics, thermo, physics, circuits)
Don't cry. GPA may be important for screening at transition points as between undergrad to grad school, or school to a first job, or back to school, but good performance with recommendations from employer to employer will help you improve your first job to second job, then second job to third job situations. Your work performances, your after-graduation on-the-job networking, and your persistence toward work and life goals are much more important than GPA.
Let add few on Time Management. As engineering students, we really need to know how to spend our times otherwise we end up screwing up our semester (speaking from experience). Also, staying awake late night is one of the major reason why we ended up doing nothing productive the next day. Try to go to bed at 10 and get full 8hours of sleep, wake up around 6 or 7. Write down tasks for the day and try to complete it. I'm pretty sure at the end of the day you will have 2-3 Hours to have fun.
And it's so useful beyond university. I'm an EE, working from home since COVID started and getting a proper work/life balance has been so tough. It wasn't til about a month ago that I managed to build up solid morning and night routines. Having to do certain things at certain times really helps with knowing when to stop working haha. I've been using this deltacoaching.org/productivity-blueprint/
My time management is terrible but not in a way that I'm slacking off, but that it takes me hours to actually understand something. This isn't good because I have so much homework 😂
I just finished my junior year in civil engineering. I can verify that you do not need a 3.0 GPA to get a good job in engineering. Mine is barely above 3.0 but when I applied for my internships, it was below 3.0 and not a single employer asked about it. I have an engineering internship this summer and I'm taking a summer class at community college so I can take less credits this fall. If you can prove to an employer that you are passionate about what you study and that you're a likable person who gets along with other people, that will say much more about you than your GPA does. I'm also fairly certain that my school mentioned the average GPA for an engineering student was 2.7. Also to all the incoming freshman as engineering students, the first year (calculus 2 and physics 1 especially) are weed-out classes. Make it through those with good grades and you'll be set for the rest of your engineering career.
Firstly, congrats! I'm a civil engineer too so good for you. Yeah I graduated with under 3.0 but because of my interpersonal skills and networking with great players in the industry, success has come to me (with lots of hard work too). I guess you have an engineering job lined up huh? Cheers!
Thank you! But no, not quite. I still have to finish up my senior year and I'm looking to move out of the state I currently live in once I graduate. My emphasis is in structures but most of my experience has been in transportation so far, which makes looking for a full time job in structures a little hard with so much transportation experience.
Right right. Cool yeah I'm civil and have an emphasis in transportation. Let me know if you have any questions or think I can help you with anything. I'm about to do a video series on the 5 types of civil engineering, stay tuned
You can be successful in engineering by doing endless textbook problems and then doing some MORE textbook problems. You guessed it. Do some more textbook problems! :)
eh, I got by better with my "local" connections than I ever did my "university" connections. I'm 17 years in my profession and don't have any contact with anyone I went to school with nor any of my professors. I've been at the same company for 17 years right out of school, and I'm the head of the civil department now. I get more personal time at this company than I've ever heard of anyone getting at any other engineering firm, plus I hardly ever see my boss and get to work at my own pace. I'm in a very rural area so the pay isn't as good as it would be at a bigger city, but the cost of living is so low here I'd lose money by taking a job at a bigger city after expenses are figured in.
Pro tip for networking: networking isn’t just “upwards” but sideways as well. Don’t ladder climb on people, as that’s rude. Form some genuine relationships and aquaintances with people, superficiality won’t get you anywhere.
last job I had did offer paid tuition, but for full time employees only. i could never figure out how it was feasible to work there full time AND pursue something as rigorous as any form of Engineering..so I quit.
Yeah that's a tough sell, full time employment and full time student. You most likely made the right call. How do you feel 3 months later? Still confident?
Number 1 tip -please make some projects or have some hands on knowledge on what you will be working on. I work under engineers and I'm aiming to be one myself. There are many times I get some projects that are waaaaaay over engineered. Usually always the guys with no technical background on what they are designing. Not trying to be mean, but trust me us technicians who work under you will love you for being the easy to work with engineer.
i studied NCV electrical infrastructure and construction. i started from level 2 to level 4 but i didn't finish level 4 i failed one subject. which is electrical principle nd practices. i am planing to go back next to do. electrical engineering Nated 911 fron N2 to N6. I thank you about these 7 tips
Make sure you acquire a SKILL. I'll be honest. I applied for an internship at a company (not going to mention, it's confidential) and I thought I could have a chance just with experiences, but boy was I wrong. Anyways, I was a high school senior so I thought what I kinda knew was enough. Well, of course it makes sense that I didn't get it because it's money we're talking about. Anyways, they just told me to apply again next summer. By then I'll finally have something since I'll be studying mechanical engineering as an undergrad. (:
Vienna, yeah experience goes a long way. It's pretty hard to get an internship that early, but you're doing the right thing by getting in the door and showing your ambition. I advise you to keep the relationship going, maybe drop by for an informational interview to learn more. You're always in the people business. It's all about who you know in engineering :) Props on studying mech engineering. There are many MEs in my engineering community
Vienna, nice nice very cool. I'm an engineering student mentor, I make videos for student success, so please let me know if you have any questions, and I can make you videos about that! Cheers!
@@elioraraoile3380 -- If by team you mean they group together with two hardworking students whose coattails upon which the remaining lazy students ride, then yes, a team.
Tips from a Computer Engineer in his last week in undergrad: 1. Visit office hours, even if you have no questions. Name recognition is everything and more often than not, you can get helpful tips on study topics. I have even gotten exam questions ahead of time from professors who want to reward interest. 2. Love the process. I averaged 40 hours a week in the library (this does not include class time). If you do not love the material, or are not willing to force yourself, you will have much difficulty keeping up. 3. Study with people smarter than you. You become who you spend time with. If you spend time with non-motivated students on their third round in the class, you adopt the mindset. 4. Value delayed gratification. You will have to make sacrifices. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
3rd tip is correct until its me. Ive always spent time with people smarter than me and i ended up being that depressed friend that failed whilst everyone else did a happily ever after lol
I have to disagree with some of this, but it varies by the person. 40 hours a week in the library is A TON. it may help you, but for a lot of people that’s unhealthy and won’t help at all because they will be so unhappy and stressed that they can’t keep up. For office hours, if the professor can’t teach during lecture they aren’t going to be much use in office hours. This heavily depends on the school too.
The first tip is extremely useful. In a cryptography course,I didn't do very well at the Viva, but the examiners told me that they have taken into account my activity and critical reflections of the material during term-time, so I have got a better mark than otherwise.
Heyyy Ye Tien Tang, yeah EEE is a great focus today. Strong future with tech. I'm an engineering student mentor and make videos with tips / advice, so let me know what questions you may have, and I can make you a video for that. Cheers!
To those who are down bad right now: I failed differential equations, probability/statistics theory, electrical networks analysis, and signals and systems on my first attempts. All of these were the "weed out" courses at my school intended to reduce the amount of students that move forward, but I didn't give up easy. It sucked so bad and my gpa was a 2.1 at one point, but I pushed forward each time and now I'll be graduating by the end of this week with an EE degree at exactly a 3.0. There's always hope, so just dip deep and keep on keeping on!
why do people keep marketing this "weed out" courses as if the university intentionally wants to reduce the amount of people to move forward. We don't know that. It is just a made up theory you and most people come up with.
@@whatislife142 Because my ENA professor directly told our class on our syllabus day that "this is a weed out class." This is when I even learned what that meant. Now I can't say that for every ENA professor specifically, but the chances someone in each engineering program has encountered a class with this intention at least once primarily in their early core classes are pretty solid. So no, I in particular did not make it up. If you need me to show you her grade distributions from when I took the class, I will.
Just to emphasize the awesomeness of interning/co-oping: I am a mechanical engineering co-op/intern at a Fortune 50 Petroleum company making $36.88 an hour as a junior. My friend also is interning at another petroleum company and is making around $55 an hour. If you keep your GPA high and apply for internships and you can easily pay off your tuition in one semester of interning.
Tatsuya it’s not that bad. every job needs networking. engineering can be a job you dont talk to many people. but in order to get the best opportunities, you must talk to people. networking is temporary, but a good career is forever
I am a preengineering student that comes from no background of engineering or even math loving family members! I have a hard time with math myself and I failed Calc 1 and passed programming with a D which is still passing but obviously not how I wanted to pass. I am determined no matter what! My time management still needs a few tweaks but I am very dedicated worker. So much I decided to retake Calc 1 and programming now I have a B+ in Calc and A+ in programming! I am determined no matter what I also grew to love math even if I am not the worlds best! That and I have to work and provide at home for bills and live with a family who does not allow me to study! This is not for me to get pity or sympathy! This message is from my personal life to the world to hopefully encourage those who struggle! This channel scares me with facts but it helps me a lot!! If I haven’t subscribed now I sure will now!
the only reason you are not good at math is because you think that way. "I came from a family with no math background". Forget about it, tell yourself that you are actually good at it and you will improve very quickly.
Erblin Beqa hmm I entered calc 1 with positivity and failed! Although i tried to be positive I know lacked in my skills So instead of saying “I can do it” i laid out a plan of where was it I struggled with most and said “i will do it...but this is how” Im saying im not good at it naturally but it’s okay because i dnt need to be good naturally i can adapt and learn I know it’s not an impossibility Im not good but I will get better I mean no negativity but im coming from a real experience being that life isn’t perfect and there are sure to be kids who although remain positive can still fail but persistence is key
@@davidobenitez3866 As a final year electrical engineering student i want to impart some knowledge to you in hopes it will help: 1. Very few people are actually born good at maths, for most of us we get good at it through A LOT of hard work and grit. This is fine because performance in maths scales with your dedication level, just don't expect to understand everything off the bat when you first see it 2. Get good at maths as soon as possible, everything in trigonometry, algebra and calculus will be useful. Maths is actually the easiest thing in an engineering degree, the hard parts involve APPLYING maths and physics to engineering problems (it is not linear problem solving and is more a case by case analysis) 3. Probably avoid electrical engineering if you still find yourself struggling with maths after awhile, it is a hard major where you can't afford the time to be patching up maths skills along the way (there is a lot more abstract concepts and other things outside of maths to learn, for example embedded software, control systems etc.)
My engineering teacher the day before our test “if at any point you find yourself unsure and not writing, you should just skip it because you are gonna run out of time.”
Keep GPA at or above 3.25 - Everything else you said is right on point. Also, if there are no internship opportunities ask your Professors if there are any summer research projects you can hop on. This will also look good on your resume. Join IEEE if you're Electrical Engineering student. Good luck guys!
The reason he picked 3.0 is because that is the most common cut-off for automated resume bots. I'd like to note that in most engineering courses the average GPA is 3.2-3.3 so think about all of those GPAs that are below that.
Yup always ask your professors for help! They are so well connected and know everyone, and have ties to university research for sure. Joining engineering societies is great, joining engineering teams can get you more connected and show extra experience / drive, like engineers without borders or robotics / steel bridge / solar power car team! This will help you stand our from other engineers
Most of my chem E class was below that GPA threshold. I was probably the most miserable college student ever.. No partying, drinking or serious dating for 36 months straight through.. Studying sucks and I definately wasnt interested in being a 6 year senior with messed up priorities and a debt ratio higher than that of the US gov.
this coming semester im taking cac 2 in the summer and in the fall im taking calc 3, physics 2, writing for science, and french 3.... i need all 3 classes but i can't handle all 3 because it's hard.... doing so would mean getting all Cs.... should i drop 1 to bring my gpa up?
If it's too crazy of a semester then yeah I would say drop one. I NEVER did one of those high unit semesters just because I knew people who did it and they were insanely busy, so instead I took summer classes like I say in this video which I really did thank myself for. But it also sounds like you're in your first or second year of college so be aware the classes just get more difficult as time goes on.
George, Calc2 is not easy, and if you can more around some of those classes in the fall, do so like MajorPrep is suggesting! It's better to take more time in engineering and succeed, then cram stuff and get Cs and Ds. A D in a core class usually means you have to retake it and that can mess you up mannn
Make your exact predicted schedule for the next week at the end of each week and commit yourself to it. You'll have a lot less stress when you know exactly what you should be doing at any given timeframe. Leave room to adjust so as to deal with unexpected events adequately. Study fast and rigorously. Try to engage with the material as hard as you can. The more "friction" or resistance you feel towards whatever it is your studying (like, sometimes even painful), the more your mind is trying to establish synapses and make new neural connections. Once you understand enough of the material and a bigger picture of it forms in your mind, you'll skyrocket from there and will start to actually like it. Studying slow not only makes your work take longer to finish, but also gives your mind excuses to wander off bc it's not fully engaged with the topic. This means that the faster you go, the better you study as you slowly adjust to higher speeds. Don't worry about not understanding things at first this rate, just mark them and come back to them after a while. Believe me, making this a habit will not only change the way you study (for better) but will also make you faster at everything else. It'll change your life. Also, try to enjoy it. Convince your mind that this is exciting info it's gathering for future successes and applications. Never choose short-term pleasure over long-term satisfaction. Suffering is good if you consciously decide to take it on for the sake of your goals and dreams. If you don't pick your poison, life will pick it for you and you will not be pleased with it.
Solid advice. The opportunities exist and the idea to keep in the front of your mind is that you are building your resume. It needs to tell a story. The story is part GPA, part internship/co-op, research with teacher, projects on your own, etc.. Just listing your courses, regardless of what university you attend, doesn't make you stand out amongst the other 40,000 graduates each May.
Yeah this is good stuff, appreciate the support to the engineering community :) Especially the networking advice. It's never too early to be hunting for a job. Really your search should begin during freshman year!
I agree with some of the tips mentioned. I personally am a Mechanical Engineering and Business double major at UC Berkeley and wouldn't recommend summer classes, as these are times when internships are key. I think my channel could be helpful. My twin brother and I have interned at Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft, and are Juniors at UC Berkeley. We share weekly insights on how we got there, hopefully helping budding engineers along the way
Also do college in the high school (I graduated high school with an associate's degree and am about to graduate university at age 20), or pursue community college after high school to save a ton of $$$. You get a higher GPA because community college courses are a lot easier than the weedout university courses, and you get the same exact classes for like a fourth of the price.
Most accredited universities (at least in my experience), won't accept GPAs from outside their institutions. While community college is great to save money and to get your general courses completed, you shouldn't do it to pad your GPA. I do completely agree with taking as many classes as you can in high school, though.
They don't accept your GPA as the University's GPA, but they use it to accept you to the University. It also pads your high school GPA as in my experience community college classes are a joke compared to AP classes and u only have to take 3 per quarter as opposed to 6 or 7.
Yup! Great advice, I suggest this to all my students, particularly because of the expenses aspect. Definitely have to be careful not to get acclimated to comm college difficulty and then get slammed with a bunch of hard 3rd year courses at a regular university. Otherwise, it's a great option!
Yup I mean I only started dual enrolling the summer going into senior year because that's when I got my car. Raised my GPA a ton. Helped my rank a ton and I'm pretty much starting off university with half of the first year actually completed. I can't imagine how it would've been if I could've started earlier...
Where I live in Northern Ca you have to be going to college perusing engineering even get an internship. Haven’t seen any high schooler internships for engineering.
As a sophomore civil engineering major at manhattan college, I say with experience that anyone thinking about taking online summer courses SHOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM!!! My college requires that we take some form of religion 100, 200, and 300 level courses, and I took both 200 and 300 last summer. Now, I have one more social science to finish up next summer and I’m all done with GE’s. For me, they were 7 weeks long, had about five assignments a week, and were quite possibly the easiest A’s that I’ll ever get in a course here. You will never, I repeat, NEVER, regret taking summer courses, especially one that’s online. Best of luck to all my fellow engineering majors out there! You got this!
Don't get the generals done early! Keep them for as long as you can! A semester of only engineering classes is brutal. 3 technical classes and a general is so much more manageable than 4 technical classes.
I'm going into my second year of college as an EE major, and this video has been so helpful in building my confidence! Thank you so much!!! Your tips really helped me see the bigger picture of engineering rather than the smaller challenges we face along the way.
Just started my first semester of college online this summer. I’m currently 22, and work a full time construction job to pay my bills. The hardest part for me so far is finding the time necessary for getting my work done. Any tips?
I think the fact that it's better to know lots of people than understand your field or discipline well is absurd. I don't care about the highest-paying career, I just want to do what I love.
You're a man of wisdom, I love your advice and how you educate me on becoming an engineer, you're one of the best RUclipsrs out there and they reason I love to use the internet. Keep up the good work and don't give up
a piece of Land GPA is just a failed product of the poorly structured education system. GPA doesn't show a person's drive, passion, true skill, integrity and so on. That's why an interview is so important, because it is your chance to show the employer who you are. The high GPA students all they focused on is there high grades, but weren't proactive. Of course you will have students who are more naturally skilled than others and have a good GPA. But I prefer an engineer who is passionate, hard working, and has integrity.
I sleepwalked through my first 2 years of bachelor getting consistent 2.7-3 grades. Then I ended my 3 year with 4.0 and overall became 3.2. At the end of my Bachelor program i am prognosticating 3.27 GPA. Maan I wish I could go back in time and study harder to get more than 3.5 cause a lot of my friends with 3.5+ got best internships in my country and I had one in literally the worst company. But I am not giving up my dream of being the best engineer in my country
hello MajorPrep, love your videos man, all of this information has influenced me greatly and I'd like to become a computer hardware engineer, but is there a way you could create a video over software engineering? I'd just like to get a masters in Computer engineering and a bachelor's in Software engineering when I attend college
Georgia Tech is a great school, UGA too. I dunno much about Kennesaw State but sounds like it's your safety school, which it's great you are thinking that far in advance. I make videos about engineering college / career success, and run a networking group of young engineers called The 1% Engineers :)
We’re engineering students. Socialising is an alien concept we can’t put into the calculator or CAD software or code. Although I assume you already know this.
I would add staying on top of requirements for your program, like gpa minimum, max attempts at a class (my school only allows 2 attempts total), and any changes to what classes are required. I recommend meeting with an advisor at least once a semester to check in and make sure you're on track and find out about any new changes or resources. Also, if you're going to a community college then transferring to a 4 year degree, make sure your credits will transfer (get it in writing if possible). I know a lot of people that have had set backs due to a requirement they didn't know about!
Tyler Michael I used indeed while I was a sophomore in college to get my internship. I only used indeed and LinkedIn to see what kind of companies are out there that are interesting to me and then went directly to the company's website and applied online. I know some really big companies hire high school students for internships.
Hey Tyler, start networking asap! You can conduct informational interviews, go to job fairs, ask your professors for connections, cold call firms, and like you mentioned, look at job postings. It's all about who you know though, as glassdoor and forbes both state about 80% of job openings NEVER get posted.
While these tips do help, the biggest thing is perseverance. There will be a lot of tough classes, there will be a lot of work. But nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. Some classes are meant to weed out people however if you get help and surround yourself with people who also want to succeed. College is tough and engineering is one of the toughest majors, but if you want it bad enough, put in the work and you will succeed.
I knew someone whose parents are part of a small engineering company and she said they are looking for internships. I told her I would love to learn more and if she could get back to me with more information. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation just destroyed that.
I was hoping to start my own projects after college maybe with a part-time to cover the costs of living, that's the main reason I got into engineering, to begin with, to have that freedom to be able to do whatever your creativity allows. Not rush into a 9 to 5. My GPA sucks since physics kicks my ass but I'm very sociable and know everybody from freshman to senior, I already have 3 or 4 potential projects that as soon as I have the required knowledge I'm going to start working on. Mostly bio-engineering stuff and bio is mostly 4th-year classes. (engineering last 5 years where I'm from)
Experiment with studying on your own. Working with people can be great, but it can also be: -distracting -give you a false sense of understanding if you’re all working on the same problem -take up time meeting, setting up, and doing stuff after -make you compromise what you’re focused on with the group Studying with friends can be super useful, but personally, I prefer chegg and a quiet desk
"Dont be shy and go meet people during ur college years" *Me who is about to graduate online without barely seeing ONE human being* **crying cat meme**
I got a intern at Lockheed Martin and I’m fresh out of high school but I’m basically a year ahead because I got 31 credit hours in highschool. They basically only hired me because I told them about how I got 31 college credit hours all in high school and were so mesmerized by this lol 😂
I will soon approach university, are projects really hard? Do professors usually give you the tool you need to be able to be successful in the assignment??
Most of the time, they do. But there are always those professors who give vague instructions, and so you just have to figure it out. Get a group of two or three people and work on assignments together...and contribute, don't just sit back, relax, and watch others do the work LMAO
If your looking for a college, try to find one with a mandatory coop program. You get alternating school and work terms. You get real engineering experience before you even graduate so your already ahead of other schools grads.
Hi I'm actually a student from Lebanon Now i am at what you call high school I'm 16 and since this summer I began searching and asking about what majors I will choose at university I watched your video of physicist vs EE And I found it really helpful I continued to watch your videos and you were a real help to me 😀 Now just one little question what do you know about scholarships in universities ?
1) Go to class
2) Do the homework and don’t look at chegg until you’re done or you’re really stuck and have tried to work through a problem for more than 15 minutes
3) Read the textbook and get an idea of how different problems are set up how you’d solve them in your mind
4) Pay attention in fundamental classes. At times they may seem dull but they will be your foundation for courses down the road (calc 1 and 2, statics, thermo, physics, circuits)
"Maintain a 3.0 GPA"
_has a 2.1_
*cries*
Don't cry. GPA may be important for screening at transition points as between undergrad to grad school, or school to a first job, or back to school, but good performance with recommendations from employer to employer will help you improve your first job to second job, then second job to third job situations. Your work performances, your after-graduation on-the-job networking, and your persistence toward work and life goals are much more important than GPA.
@@KMMOS1 r/whoooooosh
What is GPA?
@@KMMOS1 does he mean in colleges/universities or high school?
What's GPA please ?
Ironic how im procrastinating by watching a video telling me to have better time management...
Can you make this video for an indian student
@@kalimuthuk7149 r/whoooooosh
😂😂😂😂
@@kalimuthuk7149 wtf would be the difference? Lol we all have our demons, just work hard and dont quit
@@gerardogarcia7414 no there is a lot of difference gere for an indian student
Let add few on Time Management. As engineering students, we really need to know how to spend our times otherwise we end up screwing up our semester (speaking from experience). Also, staying awake late night is one of the major reason why we ended up doing nothing productive the next day. Try to go to bed at 10 and get full 8hours of sleep, wake up around 6 or 7. Write down tasks for the day and try to complete it. I'm pretty sure at the end of the day you will have 2-3 Hours to have fun.
And it's so useful beyond university. I'm an EE, working from home since COVID started and getting a proper work/life balance has been so tough. It wasn't til about a month ago that I managed to build up solid morning and night routines. Having to do certain things at certain times really helps with knowing when to stop working haha. I've been using this deltacoaching.org/productivity-blueprint/
My time management is terrible but not in a way that I'm slacking off, but that it takes me hours to actually understand something. This isn't good because I have so much homework 😂
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THank you Chat for helping me with my essays for all the bs classes I had to take. Your channel is full of great content. Thank you.
“Making connections is really important”
Me with crippling social anxiety: 🏃♀️🏃♀️
Add in fucking wuflu and that one gets way harder to do.
Chose engineering but can’t talk to anyone? Great idea.
I just finished my junior year in civil engineering. I can verify that you do not need a 3.0 GPA to get a good job in engineering. Mine is barely above 3.0 but when I applied for my internships, it was below 3.0 and not a single employer asked about it. I have an engineering internship this summer and I'm taking a summer class at community college so I can take less credits this fall. If you can prove to an employer that you are passionate about what you study and that you're a likable person who gets along with other people, that will say much more about you than your GPA does. I'm also fairly certain that my school mentioned the average GPA for an engineering student was 2.7.
Also to all the incoming freshman as engineering students, the first year (calculus 2 and physics 1 especially) are weed-out classes. Make it through those with good grades and you'll be set for the rest of your engineering career.
Firstly, congrats! I'm a civil engineer too so good for you. Yeah I graduated with under 3.0 but because of my interpersonal skills and networking with great players in the industry, success has come to me (with lots of hard work too). I guess you have an engineering job lined up huh? Cheers!
Thank you! But no, not quite. I still have to finish up my senior year and I'm looking to move out of the state I currently live in once I graduate. My emphasis is in structures but most of my experience has been in transportation so far, which makes looking for a full time job in structures a little hard with so much transportation experience.
Right right. Cool yeah I'm civil and have an emphasis in transportation. Let me know if you have any questions or think I can help you with anything. I'm about to do a video series on the 5 types of civil engineering, stay tuned
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I have a 2.99 Cumulative in Electrical Engineering when the Average EE gpa in my program is around 2.7-2.8
You can be successful in engineering by doing endless textbook problems and then doing some MORE textbook problems.
You guessed it. Do some more textbook problems! :)
I really don't think so
And by the end of your education, all you’ll know to do is to solve textbook problems, with having no idea how to solve real life problems
Don’t get me wrong, textbook problems are important, but they are not everything
Engineering is so hard! :D
Not really, you just have to know math well and study a lot :)
ABo NaBiL Gamer ! If you have to study a lot then it’s hard
Being a doctor is HARDER
@@christiansnaturestudio6599 it depends on how you view it, those that chose medicine over engineering probably chose it for a reason and vice versa
@@christiansnaturestudio6599 Medicine/Law just seems like memorizing slabs of information
Every videos of yours really help for people interested in this field, please keep posting more.
Awesome video mn. Very good mind opening and perspective
Thanks man! Glad you liked it.
Yup! What kind of engineer are you Martirene?
Jake Voorhees I am studying Chemical engineering.
cool man, do you have an engineering internship this summer?
YOOO THIS CHANNEL IS THE OG OF GOOD INFO
Thank you!
Bro i just admire you a lot for doing this
Thank you
I thought I was gonna go to university and make no freinds well now it's important god dammit of wanted to be the lonely kid that sits in the corner
yeah networking and the relationships you build in univ is more important that what you learn there
Jake Voorhees unless you’re some skilled mastermind that doesn’t need any connections...
eh, I got by better with my "local" connections than I ever did my "university" connections. I'm 17 years in my profession and don't have any contact with anyone I went to school with nor any of my professors. I've been at the same company for 17 years right out of school, and I'm the head of the civil department now. I get more personal time at this company than I've ever heard of anyone getting at any other engineering firm, plus I hardly ever see my boss and get to work at my own pace. I'm in a very rural area so the pay isn't as good as it would be at a bigger city, but the cost of living is so low here I'd lose money by taking a job at a bigger city after expenses are figured in.
Great input thanks!
Yup. You're an engineer?
Pro tip for networking: networking isn’t just “upwards” but sideways as well. Don’t ladder climb on people, as that’s rude. Form some genuine relationships and aquaintances with people, superficiality won’t get you anywhere.
Thx for the tips man!!!!!!!!!
Yeah this channel is awesome for young engineers. Are you an engineering student?
Graduated Mechanical Engineering with a 2.91. I got my first job before I graduated in a defense company.
tip 1 - dont suppose pi = 3
tip 2 - dont use look up table to solve integrals
Who’s watching the day before class begins
Please make video on important skill requirement for mechanical engineering student
last job I had did offer paid tuition, but for full time employees only. i could never figure out how it was feasible to work there full time AND pursue something as rigorous as any form of Engineering..so I quit.
Yeah that's a tough sell, full time employment and full time student. You most likely made the right call. How do you feel 3 months later? Still confident?
How long would you have had to work to get it paid off?
you don't need a 3.0 gpa, its experience
Number 1 tip
-please make some projects or have some hands on knowledge on what you will be working on.
I work under engineers and I'm aiming to be one myself. There are many times I get some projects that are waaaaaay over engineered. Usually always the guys with no technical background on what they are designing. Not trying to be mean, but trust me us technicians who work under you will love you for being the easy to work with engineer.
Please make a video on
nuclear engineer
i studied NCV electrical infrastructure and construction. i started from level 2 to level 4 but i didn't finish level 4 i failed one subject. which is electrical principle nd practices. i am planing to go back next to do. electrical engineering Nated 911 fron N2 to N6. I thank you about these 7 tips
GPA doesn't matter. i never put my bad GPA on my resume. i work for one of the big 4 tech company with my bad GPA.
Eile 😂😂😂😂😂
Yup, just put 3.25 or 3.5, even if you have a lower one. I got into grad school with a poor GPA, and was able to proceed due to relationships alone!
It's nice to have a decent gpa if you don't excel at networking.
you is a legend
It doesn't till they ask for it
Make sure you acquire a SKILL. I'll be honest. I applied for an internship at a company (not going to mention, it's confidential) and I thought I could have a chance just with experiences, but boy was I wrong. Anyways, I was a high school senior so I thought what I kinda knew was enough. Well, of course it makes sense that I didn't get it because it's money we're talking about. Anyways, they just told me to apply again next summer. By then I'll finally have something since I'll be studying mechanical engineering as an undergrad. (:
Vienna, yeah experience goes a long way. It's pretty hard to get an internship that early, but you're doing the right thing by getting in the door and showing your ambition. I advise you to keep the relationship going, maybe drop by for an informational interview to learn more. You're always in the people business. It's all about who you know in engineering :)
Props on studying mech engineering. There are many MEs in my engineering community
Lol. Did you not have any relevant work then?
I applied to three companies and all would have taken me after highschool...
Nice yeah, that's good 4 u. what field are you in?
Jake Voorhees engineering (:
Vienna, nice nice very cool. I'm an engineering student mentor, I make videos for student success, so please let me know if you have any questions, and I can make you videos about that! Cheers!
I'll have been an engineer 20 years before I become a engineer lol
I wish I watched this video 2 years ago
Me being an introvert: Wait, what?!
Can we be friends?
Why?
What should I do as a student of Civil Engineering ?
3.0? LOOOOL
I wish
Internship with out college degree in required domain is not available to me
Wait... You want me to be social?
What is wrong with being social?
@@rashedulkabir6227 woosh
Engineers work in a team
@@elioraraoile3380 -- If by team you mean they group together with two hardworking students whose coattails upon which the remaining lazy students ride, then yes, a team.
@Science AdmirerThere is no survival without being social.
Pro tip for engineering students - learn the Greek alphabet
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Ben Dover huh greek alphabet??? Why?
@@pew4410 you'll have to know a lot of greek letters in many subjects and it helps if you know how to pronounce and write them
I am Greek!
Haha I'm Greek
Tips from a Computer Engineer in his last week in undergrad:
1. Visit office hours, even if you have no questions. Name recognition is everything and more often than not, you can get helpful tips on study topics. I have even gotten exam questions ahead of time from professors who want to reward interest.
2. Love the process. I averaged 40 hours a week in the library (this does not include class time). If you do not love the material, or are not willing to force yourself, you will have much difficulty keeping up.
3. Study with people smarter than you. You become who you spend time with. If you spend time with non-motivated students on their third round in the class, you adopt the mindset.
4. Value delayed gratification. You will have to make sacrifices. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
3rd tip is correct until its me.
Ive always spent time with people smarter than me and i ended up being that depressed friend that failed whilst everyone else did a happily ever after lol
+1 for the 3rd tip. I believe that you are the average of the 5 people around you.
I have to disagree with some of this, but it varies by the person.
40 hours a week in the library is A TON. it may help you, but for a lot of people that’s unhealthy and won’t help at all because they will be so unhappy and stressed that they can’t keep up.
For office hours, if the professor can’t teach during lecture they aren’t going to be much use in office hours. This heavily depends on the school too.
The first tip is extremely useful. In a cryptography course,I didn't do very well at the Viva, but the examiners told me that they have taken into account my activity and critical reflections of the material during term-time, so I have got a better mark than otherwise.
What if you don't have the 3rd thing not really as smart people around
Lecturers : "Lets set the due date of the projects, assignments and report at the same date"
Hahahah yeah exactly. What kind of engineer are you?
EEE
Heyyy Ye Tien Tang, yeah EEE is a great focus today. Strong future with tech. I'm an engineering student mentor and make videos with tips / advice, so let me know what questions you may have, and I can make you a video for that. Cheers!
Ye Tien Tang 😂😂😂😂😂
@@JakeVoorhees that'll be nice of you
I graduated with an EE degree with a 3.79GPA. I got a lot of job offers. Now I am a licensed engineer and I get even more.
how the fuck did you get a 3.79 and do physics and cal2,cal3 and diffeq?
@@beau9050 right? He is gifted.. I haven't finished my eng degree, one more year but my GPA is 3.56
Good shit!
Damn bro I’m at a 2.7 but I’m climbing to graduate with over a 3.0. I have 5 quarters left of school and trying my best to find internships/experience
@@Syphus323 I'm in the same situation as you, I got a 2.8 and four semesters to go. You just have to work on it one step at a time, you got this
I'm graduating in a week and a half. Very true! Engineering is tough, but doable, if you dedicate 4-5 years to strictly focusing on school
Can we get an update from you?
Gingerbeard Man 2020 update?
@@pokeman316 hes dead, jimmy
@@REIDAE LMAOOOOOOO
@@REIDAE lol
To those who are down bad right now: I failed differential equations, probability/statistics theory, electrical networks analysis, and signals and systems on my first attempts. All of these were the "weed out" courses at my school intended to reduce the amount of students that move forward, but I didn't give up easy. It sucked so bad and my gpa was a 2.1 at one point, but I pushed forward each time and now I'll be graduating by the end of this week with an EE degree at exactly a 3.0. There's always hope, so just dip deep and keep on keeping on!
why do people keep marketing this "weed out" courses as if the university intentionally wants to reduce the amount of people to move forward. We don't know that. It is just a made up theory you and most people come up with.
@@whatislife142 Because my ENA professor directly told our class on our syllabus day that "this is a weed out class." This is when I even learned what that meant. Now I can't say that for every ENA professor specifically, but the chances someone in each engineering program has encountered a class with this intention at least once primarily in their early core classes are pretty solid. So no, I in particular did not make it up. If you need me to show you her grade distributions from when I took the class, I will.
pls come with some tips!
Just to emphasize the awesomeness of interning/co-oping: I am a mechanical engineering co-op/intern at a Fortune 50 Petroleum company making $36.88 an hour as a junior. My friend also is interning at another petroleum company and is making around $55 an hour. If you keep your GPA high and apply for internships and you can easily pay off your tuition in one semester of interning.
What types of things did you do in your co-op?
dang which petroleum company. Exxon, sinclair, etc
38 dollars/hr for just internship?!?!
That's more than what licensed teachers make Atleast in my country
i closed the video after seeing *networking*
yeah, right when he said networking i knew this wasnt for me. time to find something where i can be anti social. :/
Tatsuya it’s not that bad. every job needs networking. engineering can be a job you dont talk to many people. but in order to get the best opportunities, you must talk to people. networking is temporary, but a good career is forever
Then, no chances to became successful
@@renuprashanth2217 why do you all have to be so negative about yourselves......see the problem strive to solve it
why do you fear networking?
I am a preengineering student that comes from no background of engineering or even math loving family members! I have a hard time with math myself and I failed Calc 1 and passed programming with a D which is still passing but obviously not how I wanted to pass.
I am determined no matter what! My time management still needs a few tweaks but I am very dedicated worker. So much I decided to retake Calc 1 and programming now I have a B+ in Calc and A+ in programming! I am determined no matter what
I also grew to love math even if I am not the worlds best! That and I have to work and provide at home for bills and live with a family who does not allow me to study!
This is not for me to get pity or sympathy! This message is from my personal life to the world to hopefully encourage those who struggle!
This channel scares me with facts but it helps me a lot!! If I haven’t subscribed now I sure will now!
So motivating! My names David too
the only reason you are not good at math is because you think that way. "I came from a family with no math background". Forget about it, tell yourself that you are actually good at it and you will improve very quickly.
Erblin Beqa hmm I entered calc 1 with positivity and failed! Although i tried to be positive I know lacked in my skills
So instead of saying “I can do it” i laid out a plan of where was it I struggled with most and said “i will do it...but this is how”
Im saying im not good at it naturally but it’s okay because i dnt need to be good naturally i can adapt and learn
I know it’s not an impossibility
Im not good but I will get better
I mean no negativity but im coming from a real experience being that life isn’t perfect and there are sure to be kids who although remain positive can still fail but persistence is key
I’m a senior right now in high school and I’m doing fine in calc but thinking about this stuff in college made me nervous! Thanks you so much
@@davidobenitez3866 As a final year electrical engineering student i want to impart some knowledge to you in hopes it will help:
1. Very few people are actually born good at maths, for most of us we get good at it through A LOT of hard work and grit. This is fine because performance in maths scales with your dedication level, just don't expect to understand everything off the bat when you first see it
2. Get good at maths as soon as possible, everything in trigonometry, algebra and calculus will be useful. Maths is actually the easiest thing in an engineering degree, the hard parts involve APPLYING maths and physics to engineering problems (it is not linear problem solving and is more a case by case analysis)
3. Probably avoid electrical engineering if you still find yourself struggling with maths after awhile, it is a hard major where you can't afford the time to be patching up maths skills along the way (there is a lot more abstract concepts and other things outside of maths to learn, for example embedded software, control systems etc.)
My engineering teacher the day before our test “if at any point you find yourself unsure and not writing, you should just skip it because you are gonna run out of time.”
ahh I've already failed at all of this so far
OmegaFalcon keep spirit ! never give up
thanks man, i will :)
Haha me too! But dang it it's never too late to fix stuff or for a new beginning. :D
Keep GPA at or above 3.25 - Everything else you said is right on point. Also, if there are no internship opportunities ask your Professors if there are any summer research projects you can hop on. This will also look good on your resume. Join IEEE if you're Electrical Engineering student. Good luck guys!
The reason he picked 3.0 is because that is the most common cut-off for automated resume bots. I'd like to note that in most engineering courses the average GPA is 3.2-3.3 so think about all of those GPAs that are below that.
Yup always ask your professors for help! They are so well connected and know everyone, and have ties to university research for sure. Joining engineering societies is great, joining engineering teams can get you more connected and show extra experience / drive, like engineers without borders or robotics / steel bridge / solar power car team! This will help you stand our from other engineers
Most of my chem E class was below that GPA threshold. I was probably the most miserable college student ever.. No partying, drinking or serious dating for 36 months straight through.. Studying sucks and I definately wasnt interested in being a 6 year senior with messed up priorities and a debt ratio higher than that of the US gov.
Lemurai, yeah I can see that, especially for chem Es! What are you up to nowadays?
sin7wu i fucked up with my first semester, is it hard to bring it up?
you've earned a new subscriber
Thanks for the sub!
this coming semester im taking cac 2 in the summer and in the fall im taking calc 3, physics 2, writing for science, and french 3.... i need all 3 classes but i can't handle all 3 because it's hard.... doing so would mean getting all Cs.... should i drop 1 to bring my gpa up?
If it's too crazy of a semester then yeah I would say drop one. I NEVER did one of those high unit semesters just because I knew people who did it and they were insanely busy, so instead I took summer classes like I say in this video which I really did thank myself for. But it also sounds like you're in your first or second year of college so be aware the classes just get more difficult as time goes on.
thx, you're probably right.. it might be better to prepare for those classes during the summer after calc 2, just to easy the difficulty
George, Calc2 is not easy, and if you can more around some of those classes in the fall, do so like MajorPrep is suggesting! It's better to take more time in engineering and succeed, then cram stuff and get Cs and Ds. A D in a core class usually means you have to retake it and that can mess you up mannn
Make your exact predicted schedule for the next week at the end of each week and commit yourself to it. You'll have a lot less stress when you know exactly what you should be doing at any given timeframe. Leave room to adjust so as to deal with unexpected events adequately.
Study fast and rigorously. Try to engage with the material as hard as you can. The more "friction" or resistance you feel towards whatever it is your studying (like, sometimes even painful), the more your mind is trying to establish synapses and make new neural connections. Once you understand enough of the material and a bigger picture of it forms in your mind, you'll skyrocket from there and will start to actually like it. Studying slow not only makes your work take longer to finish, but also gives your mind excuses to wander off bc it's not fully engaged with the topic. This means that the faster you go, the better you study as you slowly adjust to higher speeds. Don't worry about not understanding things at first this rate, just mark them and come back to them after a while. Believe me, making this a habit will not only change the way you study (for better) but will also make you faster at everything else. It'll change your life.
Also, try to enjoy it. Convince your mind that this is exciting info it's gathering for future successes and applications. Never choose short-term pleasure over long-term satisfaction. Suffering is good if you consciously decide to take it on for the sake of your goals and dreams.
If you don't pick your poison, life will pick it for you and you will not be pleased with it.
This guy definitely knows what he’s talking about.
Solid advice. The opportunities exist and the idea to keep in the front of your mind is that you are building your resume. It needs to tell a story. The story is part GPA, part internship/co-op, research with teacher, projects on your own, etc.. Just listing your courses, regardless of what university you attend, doesn't make you stand out amongst the other 40,000 graduates each May.
I cant wait to graduate and prove these tips work!
Yeah this is good stuff, appreciate the support to the engineering community :) Especially the networking advice. It's never too early to be hunting for a job. Really your search should begin during freshman year!
Jake Voorhees pp
oh! me too .really I'm so excited for that
Hey bro
Update?
I agree with some of the tips mentioned. I personally am a Mechanical Engineering and Business double major at UC Berkeley and wouldn't recommend summer classes, as these are times when internships are key. I think my channel could be helpful. My twin brother and I have interned at Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft, and are Juniors at UC Berkeley. We share weekly insights on how we got there, hopefully helping budding engineers along the way
Also do college in the high school (I graduated high school with an associate's degree and am about to graduate university at age 20), or pursue community college after high school to save a ton of $$$. You get a higher GPA because community college courses are a lot easier than the weedout university courses, and you get the same exact classes for like a fourth of the price.
Most accredited universities (at least in my experience), won't accept GPAs from outside their institutions. While community college is great to save money and to get your general courses completed, you shouldn't do it to pad your GPA. I do completely agree with taking as many classes as you can in high school, though.
They don't accept your GPA as the University's GPA, but they use it to accept you to the University. It also pads your high school GPA as in my experience community college classes are a joke compared to AP classes and u only have to take 3 per quarter as opposed to 6 or 7.
Yup! Great advice, I suggest this to all my students, particularly because of the expenses aspect. Definitely have to be careful not to get acclimated to comm college difficulty and then get slammed with a bunch of hard 3rd year courses at a regular university. Otherwise, it's a great option!
Yup I mean I only started dual enrolling the summer going into senior year because that's when I got my car. Raised my GPA a ton. Helped my rank a ton and I'm pretty much starting off university with half of the first year actually completed. I can't imagine how it would've been if I could've started earlier...
I wish I graduated early 😪 😩 😕
I'm 15 and I've landed a summer job in h-vac. If I can do it, so can you!
Where I live in Northern Ca you have to be going to college perusing engineering even get an internship. Haven’t seen any high schooler internships for engineering.
@@jeffreymuu5451 MA
wacky acorn
I guess Massachusetts the spot also was the internship good?
As a sophomore civil engineering major at manhattan college, I say with experience that anyone thinking about taking online summer courses SHOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM!!!
My college requires that we take some form of religion 100, 200, and 300 level courses, and I took both 200 and 300 last summer. Now, I have one more social science to finish up next summer and I’m all done with GE’s.
For me, they were 7 weeks long, had about five assignments a week, and were quite possibly the easiest A’s that I’ll ever get in a course here.
You will never, I repeat, NEVER, regret taking summer courses, especially one that’s online.
Best of luck to all my fellow engineering majors out there! You got this!
You are like a freaking SAVIOR to pre-engineering and engineering students.
Don't get the generals done early! Keep them for as long as you can! A semester of only engineering classes is brutal. 3 technical classes and a general is so much more manageable than 4 technical classes.
As intovert, the number 2 make ny heart crack...
Same here ❤️
I'm going into my second year of college as an EE major, and this video has been so helpful in building my confidence! Thank you so much!!! Your tips really helped me see the bigger picture of engineering rather than the smaller challenges we face along the way.
Thanks for the comment Emma! So glad the tips helped and good luck in your second year :)
So you should be graduated from undergrad right now or gotten or almost finished your masters, how did it go? Do you like the work you do?
did it work out?
im only 13, and im in 8th grade and my dream is to become a bio engineer, and get into university of chicago, damn, hopefully lmfao.
Wow u r way ahead of ur time. And that's good bro.
I'm in my 3rd yr and finally watching This and realizing ah so thats what I need.
This is my new favorite channel.
Same! what kind of engineer are you?
Jake Voorhees the good kind
same!
Just started my first semester of college online this summer. I’m currently 22, and work a full time construction job to pay my bills. The hardest part for me so far is finding the time necessary for getting my work done. Any tips?
I'm 13 why am I watching this...
I think the fact that it's better to know lots of people than understand your field or discipline well is absurd. I don't care about the highest-paying career, I just want to do what I love.
You're a man of wisdom, I love your advice and how you educate me on becoming an engineer, you're one of the best RUclipsrs out there and they reason I love to use the internet. Keep up the good work and don't give up
My GPA is 3.83. I lost my way. I couldn’t find a job. Then I work for something that doesn’t belong to my major... lolz
a piece of Land GPA is just a failed product of the poorly structured education system. GPA doesn't show a person's drive, passion, true skill, integrity and so on. That's why an interview is so important, because it is your chance to show the employer who you are. The high GPA students all they focused on is there high grades, but weren't proactive. Of course you will have students who are more naturally skilled than others and have a good GPA. But I prefer an engineer who is passionate, hard working, and has integrity.
Passion, Hard Work and Integrity tends to get you higher GPAs
Alex V True I barely try in my classes and I have a 4.0, but I am incredibly lazy and unpassionate
I sleepwalked through my first 2 years of bachelor getting consistent 2.7-3 grades. Then I ended my 3 year with 4.0 and overall became 3.2. At the end of my Bachelor program i am prognosticating 3.27 GPA. Maan I wish I could go back in time and study harder to get more than 3.5 cause a lot of my friends with 3.5+ got best internships in my country and I had one in literally the worst company. But I am not giving up my dream of being the best engineer in my country
Then emphasize the gpa of your last 60 or 90 credit hours....Trust me about this and you’re welcome in advanced
hello MajorPrep, love your videos man, all of this information has influenced me greatly and I'd like to become a computer hardware engineer, but is there a way you could create a video over software engineering? I'd just like to get a masters in Computer engineering and a bachelor's in Software engineering when I attend college
favorited, liked this video and subscribed 👍
Thanks for the comment and the sub! And I have noted many people want software engineering so I will try to get that when I can.
Fluttershy, yeah software engineering / programming is a good field. Where are you looking at for schools?
Jake Voorhees Try to transfer to Georgia Tech or UGA, if not those two then I'll go for Kennesaw State for computer engineering
Georgia Tech is a great school, UGA too. I dunno much about Kennesaw State but sounds like it's your safety school, which it's great you are thinking that far in advance. I make videos about engineering college / career success, and run a networking group of young engineers called The 1% Engineers :)
As a very awkward and self conscious engineering student, networking is a big fucking NO GO for me.
Same lol
We’re engineering students. Socialising is an alien concept we can’t put into the calculator or CAD software or code. Although I assume you already know this.
Dimension lines got me messed up in high school already.
I would add staying on top of requirements for your program, like gpa minimum, max attempts at a class (my school only allows 2 attempts total), and any changes to what classes are required. I recommend meeting with an advisor at least once a semester to check in and make sure you're on track and find out about any new changes or resources. Also, if you're going to a community college then transferring to a 4 year degree, make sure your credits will transfer (get it in writing if possible). I know a lot of people that have had set backs due to a requirement they didn't know about!
i fucking love your videos
Engineering life!
Yup best engineering channel on RUclips
I'm a high school junior and will be a senior next school year and I was wondering how to find internships for me
Tyler Michael I used indeed while I was a sophomore in college to get my internship. I only used indeed and LinkedIn to see what kind of companies are out there that are interesting to me and then went directly to the company's website and applied online. I know some really big companies hire high school students for internships.
Hey Tyler, start networking asap! You can conduct informational interviews, go to job fairs, ask your professors for connections, cold call firms, and like you mentioned, look at job postings. It's all about who you know though, as glassdoor and forbes both state about 80% of job openings NEVER get posted.
same
While these tips do help, the biggest thing is perseverance. There will be a lot of tough classes, there will be a lot of work. But nothing worthwhile in life comes easy.
Some classes are meant to weed out people however if you get help and surround yourself with people who also want to succeed.
College is tough and engineering is one of the toughest majors, but if you want it bad enough, put in the work and you will succeed.
Im about to start studying Mechanical engineering , watching your videos clears my mind out a bit, thanks and keep the good work up!!!
How’s it going?
Wow, this was one of the best videos I have seen yet. I learned so much, I hope you never quit doing what you're doing.
Tommy Tran, what kind of engineer are you man?
Senior year Mechanical Engineer student here, and I wish someone have said the same tips to me when I started college. All he said is true. 😀
I knew someone whose parents are part of a small engineering company and she said they are looking for internships. I told her I would love to learn more and if she could get back to me with more information. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation just destroyed that.
Any 1st year engineering students for 2020?
Good luck! Have a great time and work hard.
Well sir❤👍🏻
Shit man I have or do none of these. I'm doomed
Really helpful, I'm a high school student and I am thinking of making EE my major. This video helped a lot.😘😘
Add-on: Apply for job that will grant security clearance. It add a significant amount to base pay.
This guy is amazing !!! Subscribed
100% You must be an engineer?
Yup, we have a bunch of collabs, his content is 110%
@@JakeVoorhees yes bro i know you too
@@JakeVoorhees u are every where bro
Knowing people? Stop being shy?
*Starts sweating nervously*
I was hoping to start my own projects after college maybe with a part-time to cover the costs of living, that's the main reason I got into engineering, to begin with, to have that freedom to be able to do whatever your creativity allows. Not rush into a 9 to 5. My GPA sucks since physics kicks my ass but I'm very sociable and know everybody from freshman to senior, I already have 3 or 4 potential projects that as soon as I have the required knowledge I'm going to start working on. Mostly bio-engineering stuff and bio is mostly 4th-year classes. (engineering last 5 years where I'm from)
Experiment with studying on your own.
Working with people can be great, but it can also be:
-distracting
-give you a false sense of understanding if you’re all working on the same problem
-take up time meeting, setting up, and doing stuff after
-make you compromise what you’re focused on with the group
Studying with friends can be super useful, but personally, I prefer chegg and a quiet desk
I want the vedio on what is geomatics engineering.
Your videos are inspiring and motivating .Thanks for all 😊
"Dont be shy and go meet people during ur college years"
*Me who is about to graduate online without barely seeing ONE human being*
**crying cat meme**
0:30 network is most important, or have parents or friends in the company
We don't have 3 months of vacation in Italy that would be great, we usually get a little more than 1...
That’s true the other months are usually full of exams 🙂
I got a intern at Lockheed Martin and I’m fresh out of high school but I’m basically a year ahead because I got 31 credit hours in highschool. They basically only hired me because I told them about how I got 31 college credit hours all in high school and were so mesmerized by this lol 😂
That's wonderful. Bright future ahead, it seems! Congratulations and keep killing it in your career!
I'm jealous 😫 😪
My high school with very little opportunities and connections. I hate my life.
I will soon approach university, are projects really hard? Do professors usually give you the tool you need to be able to be successful in the assignment??
Most of the time, they do. But there are always those professors who give vague instructions, and so you just have to figure it out. Get a group of two or three people and work on assignments together...and contribute, don't just sit back, relax, and watch others do the work LMAO
If your looking for a college, try to find one with a mandatory coop program. You get alternating school and work terms. You get real engineering experience before you even graduate so your already ahead of other schools grads.
Lol I literally prayed for a curve every semester 😂
Even though I’m a hs senior I’m trying to manor in mechanical engineering in college and I’m sure some of these tips will come in handy in college.
Hi I'm actually a student from Lebanon
Now i am at what you call high school
I'm 16 and since this summer I began searching and asking about what majors I will choose at university
I watched your video of physicist vs EE
And I found it really helpful
I continued to watch your videos and you were a real help to me 😀
Now just one little question what do you know about scholarships in universities ?