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Originally Posted by N7UJJ
I have heard from a number of former students how disappointing freshman engineering can be. They don't really have an authentic project until their senior year. (Not everyone goes to Olin college) For the FIRSTers, it is kind of a letdown after the adrenalin rush of their high school years.
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Freshmen engineering classes are definitely disappointing to many if you expect to be a shop rat all day long and are instead stuck at a desk doing integral after integral. That said, not getting involved in some kind of technical club at an engineering school is rather silly. You definitely don't need to go to Olin to get hands on experience. I didn't visit a school with a solid engineering program that didn't have student run engineering clubs like Formula SAE, Formula Hybrid, Mini Baja, Design/Build/Fly, Concrete Canoe, Steel Bridge, etc. And if you end up at a school that doesn't have a team you're interested in, start one!