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Engineering Majors ?

Postby Captain24 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:30 am

Who's here Majoring in Engineering?

I know why everybody is running away from Engineering. This field is extremely challenging

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby DisplacedDiraac » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:32 am

I am.

*The only female in my whole course* :down:

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby ms.nalia » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:35 am

Who's here Majoring in Engineering?

I know why everybody is running away from Engineering. This field is extremely challenging

I have 4 brothers 3 in Eng.
1 is doing MA is Chemical
1 is in his thrid year in chemical as well
1 is in his frist year of Civil

Alot of somali ppl where I grew up are either in Eng. or Med.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby FAH1223 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:42 am

ran away from it last year :lol:

my dad did civil engineering though but didnt utilize the degree in it only on projects for friends/businesses

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby Young Wadani * » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:44 am

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby dawwa9 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:45 am

Civil engineering here, I have yet to meet a Somali who does an Engineering major in real-life.

When choosing this major I doubted whether to choose this or IT.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby Padishah » Sat Oct 11, 2008 11:48 am

I took one look at the Mathematics required for Engineering and had a sudden, unexplained affinity for rocks and other related materials.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby Captain24 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:02 pm

The first Year is always the hardest. We started the class with 300 students and second year, 128 of them dropped out. You have to hang strong analytical aptitude to go deep in Engineering fields

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby S-D-M » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:04 pm

I have bachelors in Electrical Engineering concentration within Computer Engineering.

And I work in the Investment/Finance industry...Go figure...but the good thing is I'm doing my MBA, this will help me with my
management skills.


My Engineering courses

Introduction to Engineering
Engineering Profession Concepts and Skills
Design Project I, II and III
Digital Logic
Electric Circuits I
Electric Circuits II
Physical Electronics
Introduction to Microprocessors
Linear Circuits and Systems
Electro-mechanical Energy Conversion
Electronics I
Electronics II
Electromagnetic Fields
Materials Science

My Mathematics Courses

Calculus 1,Calculus 2,Calculus 3,Differential Equations,Probability, Statistics linear Algebra

Science Course

2 physics classes
2 Chemistry

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby AbdiWahab252 » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:20 pm

SDM,

U are not the only one, mate. Few folks actually end up doing real engineering work.

I am trying to convince my nephew to end up pursuing Petrochemical Engineer instead of Geology.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby S-D-M » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:31 pm

SDM,

U are not the only one, mate. Few folks actually end up doing real engineering work.

I am trying to convince my nephew to end up pursuing Petrochemical Engineer instead of Geology.

The problem is the out sourcing that is taking place in the USA. I remember when I was interning I used to work with Indian guys whom most of them had PhD and they were making less then $15 an hour.

You can't compete with that. I have student loan and other things to pay, so I can not settle for less. The whole reason I majored in engineering was to make the big bucks. That was before out sourcing was the coolest thing to do.


Lately undergraduate degree does not do a thing.....go for graduate degree, that is what I'm doing and my employer pays for it...Its win win situation.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby SummerRain » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:40 pm

I have bachelors in Electrical Engineering concentration within Computer Engineering.

And I work in the Investment/Finance industry...Go figure...but the good thing is I'm doing my MBA, this will help me with my
management skills.


My Engineering courses

Introduction to Engineering
Engineering Profession Concepts and Skills
Design Project I, II and III
Digital Logic
Electric Circuits I
Electric Circuits II
Physical Electronics
Introduction to Microprocessors
Linear Circuits and Systems
Electro-mechanical Energy Conversion
Electronics I
Electronics II
Electromagnetic Fields
Materials Science

My Mathematics Courses

Calculus 1,Calculus 2,Calculus 3,Differential Equations,Probability, Statistics linear Algebra

Science Course

2 physics classes
2 Chemistry
That course is crazzzzzzzzzzzzy. I had an engineering buddy that took all my math and physics classes together wow took it. I stopped at Calc 3. Lets just say I'm glad I didnt have to take it. :D

My younger sister is graduating HS next year and is looking into Engineering inshallah, particulary Chemical Eng.

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby Somalistan » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:23 pm

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby Somalistan » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:24 pm

Graduated from Berkley in 2005 with industrial engineering . :wink:

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Re: Engineering Majors ?

Postby HAUDflower » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:53 pm

Electrical Engineering.

I also had a sudden heart attack when I saw the math requirements. But I thought...if I'll be taking math throughout college, why not do something useful with it that also pays money.


...also, Electrical Engineering was the #1 highest paid college major in 2008. And I know plenty of Somali EE's.


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