School for old people

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[dirtsniffer]

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..You have electives and the only course that was actually hard all year was vibrations...

haha that class was tough for sure. Dr. Park. 4th year difficulty can vary with what electives you take. If you want it to be easier I would not recommend turbo machinery. Alos the fucking 4th year design project was such a time sink and a waste I believe the university actually changed the course due to my year bitching.

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[kertejud2]

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I was also encouraged to start my sentences with "because" by my English instructor which is throwing me a bit

Wait, not just "so long as you work it into a complete sentence 'because' is acceptable to start a sentence with" but actually encouraging it like some kind of grammar anarchist?

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[CUG]

Spend your money wisely. I went back when I was 29. It was a high value investment in terms of exposure and networking as well as furthering understanding of why people are stupid/smart etc. Don't know how old you are, but for me I felt look I took it more seriously than some of the younger folks because I was on the hook for the bill.

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[craigcd]

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Just passing week 8 of this 15 week program. I've been planning/tracking my homework to try and stay on top of things and I've now sunk ~240 hours outside of school hours into 103 different activities. I am definitely getting worn down though, I fell asleep for the first time during a 2 hour lecture last week.

In terms of performance, my midterm test marks are in the 97~100% range. I might actually be the top student for overall grade average; there is one other guy that might be just ahead or behind me. There is a program tuition discount for the top student, so I might have a shot at it.

It is tiring and the work load is brutal, but it has actually been fun so far. I've never really found this level of success in school before, so this has been kind of redeeming.

Congrats and good work. Amazing what you can accomplish when you apply yourself, but its a lot of work!

[vengie]

I'm sure its posted somewhere within this thread, but I don't want to look through 5 pages... What are you taking?!

Impressive marks for sure, great work.

[ExtraSlow]

It's always impressive what a motivated person can do when they know what they are working towards. Great job.

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[killramos]

University is all about learning prioritization and time management skills. Those who resort to meds to get through a standard courseload are missing the point.

[ExtraSlow]

I'd heard the stimulants were a big thing at Uni these days. Man I hadn't even discovered caffeine when I got through mine.

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[jltabot]

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So many of these students must be banking on a great final to magically pull them through.

This is usually what happens in engineering courses anyways: Ride the curve 'til you get that degree haha. But it does happen, with final exams being worth 50% or more for any given course, crush the final and you're golden.

The finals are always ridiculously long and hard, engineering programs have class averages that they need to hit and "adjust accordingly."

[flipstah]

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So many of these students must be banking on a great final to magically pull them through.

fuck yeah. THE MATH WORKS

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[killramos]

Lame, one test won’t kill you though. Blip in the radar.

Topic?

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