Majoring in Mechanical Engineering

[JVN]

Hi,
This is JVN.
It is now 2:30AM, I'm halfway done with my Mechanics of Machine Elements project, the week before finals... and I'd like to take this opportunity to let everyone know:

Being a Mechanical Engineering major is hard.

Yes, it's true.
No one really told me before I started college, I'm telling you now to save you the shock. I mean... I knew it would be hard... but this is HARD. Really.

Fun, but tough.

You've been warned.

John

[Swan217]

I agree

~~Says the person doing Thermodynamics and Dynamics homework at 2:30AM

[Eric O]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

I agree

~~Says the person doing Thermodynamics and Dynamics homework at 2:30AM

Also agree,

Intermediate Fluids at 2:45AM

YAY for Mech Es (It's late, cut me some slack on that one)

Note: Engineering Computer Lab - Open 24 hours, quite a few people in here.
Business Computer Lab - Locked


Eric

[RogerR]

Originally Posted by Dan Swando

I agree

~~Says the person doing Thermodynamics and Dynamics homework at 2:30AM

thermodynamics, and introduction to oscillatory motion. exam tommorrow.
i said it before, and i'll say it again:
i really don't like thermodynamics...can't we just ignore them, and hope they go away?...

[edit] did i mention that there's a party next door/acroos the hall?[/edit]

[BionicAlumni]

Tonight its Numerical Analsyis and Heat Transfer that has me up.

1:03AM

These guys are right ME is hard....no joke, but it shows that its worth it to me every time I log onto these forums.

Thank you FIRST

[Eric Bareiss]

No feakin joke. It didn't really set in to me until I had to stay up until 3:00 AM doing Vector Calculus homework and then get up at 6:00 AM to study for my statics class.

John is not joking here people. It is very hard. If you really enjoy your free time, sleep and sanity, please, get an English degree.

I'm glad to hear I'm not suffering alone.

[Jessica Boucher]

Originally Posted by Eric Bareiss

If you really enjoy your free time, sleep and sanity, please, get an English degree.

Heh, just wait until Morrison and Jason Morrella get a hold of your post

[Erin Rapacki]

You're only warning us now?!!!! I have another 3 years left! (Out of 5)

*erin cowers in corner and enjoys these last two months of freedom before she has to go back to class

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally Posted by Eric Bareiss

If you really enjoy your free time, sleep and sanity, please, get an English degree.

Originally Posted by Jess Boucher

Heh, just wait until Morrison and Jason Morrella get a hold of your post

Jason, you hold his arms back while I cement his feet. I live miraculously close to Lake Michigan (large tides this season, don'tcha know).

Be warned, all you poor, crying Enginerds - English is NO piece of cake. For instance, the week before Atlanta, I figured out the stats: I had a total of seventy-some pages of papers to write, a presentation, and two projects. Sounds like a piece of cake, but the work can really pile up if you've got other things to take care of, too *cough*IRI season begins now*cough* .

But you know, after I typed this out, I got to thinkin'. COLLEGE is no piece of cake. It wouldn't be coveted to have some kind of degree these days if it were a walk through the park. Just keep your feet on the ground, and most of all, evaluate what is important to YOU. Not anyone else, just YOU.

You'd better stick with 'General Studies',
Amanda Morrison

Thanks for the heads up.

Um...just wondering...would it be difficult to pursue studies in a musical instrument along with a major in ME?

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Dirty Harry

Um...just wondering...would it be difficult to pursue studies in a musical instrument along with a major in ME?

Perhaps you misunderstand.
The ME major alone is hard.
Anything beyond this... increases the difficulty.

Have a nice day.

Hard, Hard, Hard
John

Originally Posted by JVN

Perhaps you misunderstand.
The ME major alone is hard.
Anything beyond this... increases the difficulty.

Have a nice day.

Hard, Hard, Hard
John

HAHAHA.....

OK let me rephrase the question -

How much free time...oh nevermind, I'm screwed.

I just remembered that I'll be continuing FIRST involvement.

[Jessica Boucher]

Can I be honest, John? (of course, when have I ever not been honest with you )

...College is hard. End of story.

You're just biased towards MechE because that's what you're doing. If you'd rather be writing a paper on the correlation between bid-ask spreads of a variety of stocks in the NYSE versus their respective volume, hey, let me know.

[JVN]

Originally Posted by Jessica Boucher

Can I be honest, John? (of course, when have I ever not been honest with you )

Back 10 billion years ago when I was still deciding on a college (it feels like an eternity ago), I went and toured RPI. As we were walking along, someone shouted from a dorm window:

"If you want something easy, take business!"

True story.

edit:
My lawyer informs me that I'm being a moron. Feel free to disregard any random business bashing. Sorry, it's an engineering school thing... I'll refrain because Business majors are people too.

Especially Jess, she's cool.
/edit

[MrToast]

Originally Posted by JVN

Back 10 billion years ago when I was still deciding on a college (it feels like an eternity ago), I went and toured RPI

I got a $60K scholarship to RPI, but it's still too expensive to go