how many ppl took engineering, hated it, and doing smthing different now?

[kaishen]

i believe there is bound to be some replies in this.what did u end up doing?

[Pahnda]

I can speak on behalf of 5 of my non-beyond-using friends who I was in with in first year engg:

Friend 1: Switched to history
Friend 2: Switched to general science to become a teacher
Friend 3: Switched to economics
Friend 4: Switched to computer science, then dropped from uni
Friend 5: Switched to be a "student of life"

I think that about covers it for anyone I can speak on behalf of, haha.

[Evro]

i did a year of astrophysics after 1st year eng - then realized i didn't want to work for anyone, and also realized that i don't care what happens in 5 billion years, millions of km's away from us, this lead to first dropping out of astrophysics and then becoming a student of life as mentioned above. Also i would like to sate that 1st year engg was a raping sumthin fierce, tore me and many others a new ass-hole.

[turbotrip]

Originally posted by Evro
Also i would like to sate that 1st year engg was a raping sumthin fierce, tore me and many others a new ass-hole.

LOL I witnessed the tearing of a new asshole that this man speaks of

and im in the process of realizing engineering isnt for me so we'll see what happens in the next little while...

[Sharpie]

Originally posted by turbotrip


LOL I witnessed the tearing of a new asshole that this man speaks of

and im in the process of realizing engineering isnt for me so we'll see what happens in the next little while...

Looks like someone is going to be driving taxis for the rest of their life

[JohnnySand]

Second year is when it really hits the fan....

Costco sells KY in bulk.

[al-ti2d]

i had a number of friends go into engineering... a year later, they all transfered out of it into other faculties. a few of them went to business, and others went to the sciences

[Pahnda]

Originally posted by JohnnySand
Second year is when it really hits the fan....

Costco sells KY in bulk.

Which department was that? I found 2nd year electrical a lot nicer than 1st year, probably because I was doing stuff I'm actually interested in (unlike 1/2 of that BS chem course and ENGG209, 251/253). 3rd year electrical is a rape session on par or greater than 1st year though, depending on profs... Still a lot better regarding the material in the courses for someone like me though.

I heard chem and mech have good 3rd years but get screwed over in 4th, but the electrical grads I've talked to say 3rd is always a pain and 4th is golden.

[turab16]

engineering and then switched to applied physics.... really really like it!

[JohnnySand]

Im in manu, so second year was equivalent to mech. It was like 1st year without the cushy courses like 251/253 and complementary studies. plus die-namics (349) was the major bitch for a lot of people.

3rd year was so-so and fourth year so far is cake.... but all my tech-elecs are next semester.

[Darkane]

Lol, I can just imagine what a lot of you guys thought Engineering was going to be when you signed up. Sunshine and flowers?

[arian_ma]

Hahaha, QUITTERS!

[adam c]

i took comp eng tech.. didn't like it..

went to work in the financial industry for a couple years but now im back in IT.. i'm liking it a lot more then the finance industry

[Eleanor]

you want to talk about tearing a new one? First year ENGG was a breeze compared to third year mech, and we've got it easier then some (ENEL, ENCH).

I'll prolly be going to SAIT after to do the AST program, no more of this idealized heat transfer BS.

[rc2002]

The numbers show that 2/3 of people who enter in first year aren't there to graduate from engineering. There will be tons of people going down different career paths.

But for people who have finished the program and have found paid jobs, I bet the dropout rate is quite low.

[HaganDazs]

I just graduated from ENEL. I don't hate engineering, but I definitely don't want to work in the field for more than 5 years

I'll probably go back to school and do something else, or move into a different position

[Horatio]

I did 1.75 yrs of engineering in the early '90's and ....uh...."found it wasn't for me" (meaning that I was flunking out). Took a year off, got a degree in Music (UofC), programmed computers for awhile went to SAIT for Instrumentation Technology and now am a Technologist in Training at an engineering company.

[kaishen]

did 3 years of electrical engine, currently doing my 4th and final year...i should say its pretty challeging.haha...anyway graduated with an engineering degree and doing working as something else hat is totally not related to what you have studied?

[kaput]

.

[krisopotamus]

I was hoping to see replies of people who graduated, worked a few years, then changed. Instead its just all the people who can't handle it