ot; kid studying engineering

[CDMA ENG]

Hey Walter,

Another thing to look out for and warn your kid against, is the first year.

The navy seals have a hell week. Six days of operating with about 4 hours of sleep. This is design to seperate the posers from the committed.

Engineering schools have a hell year. Designed to do the same. The first year of most engineering programs are design to overload the student, with as much work as possible. A lot of this work is just busy work, and yes, this does send a lot of people packing to the business schools. Let your kid know about this ahead of time so he doesnt get the idea that it is always going to be like that. By the second year things get a little better and by the third and fouth year (however most engineering programs take five years to complete unless your child is god-like in his intelligence) he will be taking classes he enjoys as opposed to classes you “have to” take.

Also, as a parting shot, here is an equation I learned in engineering school…

Take,

lim F(GPA) = Business Major
GPA->0

hehehe,

Thought I was going to have to be one myself on most days…

But be proud that your son can do it. Its a tough program.

CE

[scaredyclassic]

well, he’s filling out applications.

looks like the plan is engineering at CAl Poly pomona, Cal poly SLO…or maybe UC Riverside.

2090 SAT (96th percentile), 3.4 GPA.

5’s on Ap tests, inc chem and physics. finds calculus not hard.

it’s difficult to know where to point your children….

I think it’s going to be ok…but im not sure…thanks for the input…

[bearishgurl]

[quote=squat250]well, he’s filling out applications.

looks like the plan is engineering at CAl Poly pomona, Cal poly SLO…or maybe UC Riverside.

2090 SAT (96th percentile), 3.4 GPA.

5’s on Ap tests, inc chem and physics. finds calculus not hard.

it’s difficult to know where to point your children….

I think it’s going to be ok…but im not sure…thanks for the input…[/quote]

I think Cal Poly will offer your son the best college experience for his field of study. HOWEVER, he will not be able to live at home while attending.

With a 2090 SAT score, he’ll have no trouble at all getting accepted into any of those schools (3.4 GPA be damned).

Go ahead and make application to all. As you know, scaredy, the deadline is looming…

[no_such_reality]

Here’s a little light motivational reading, since it’s a he.

Supply Chain Strategies in the Apparel Industry:
The Case of Victoria’s Secret.
Submitted to the Engineering Systems Division in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Logistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

What?!?! Enginerds at Victoria Secret?

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=squat250]well, he’s filling out applications.

looks like the plan is engineering at CAl Poly pomona, Cal poly SLO…or maybe UC Riverside.

2090 SAT (96th percentile), 3.4 GPA.

5’s on Ap tests, inc chem and physics. finds calculus not hard.

it’s difficult to know where to point your children….

I think it’s going to be ok…but im not sure…thanks for the input…[/quote]

I think Cal Poly will offer your son the best college experience for his field of study. HOWEVER, he will not be able to live at home while attending.

With a 2090 SAT score, he’ll have no trouble at all getting accepted into any of those schools (3.4 GPA be damned).

Go ahead and make application to all. As you know, scaredy, the deadline is looming…[/quote]

im into the cheap live at home thing…

but…
maybe the right thing is to just suck it up and send him to cal poly somewhere…and let him go…

makes me sad…

i need him around…

[bearishgurl]

[quote=squat250][quote=bearishgurl][quote=squat250]well, he’s filling out applications.

looks like the plan is engineering at CAl Poly pomona, Cal poly SLO…or maybe UC Riverside.

2090 SAT (96th percentile), 3.4 GPA.

5’s on Ap tests, inc chem and physics. finds calculus not hard.

it’s difficult to know where to point your children….

I think it’s going to be ok…but im not sure…thanks for the input…[/quote]

I think Cal Poly will offer your son the best college experience for his field of study. HOWEVER, he will not be able to live at home while attending.

With a 2090 SAT score, he’ll have no trouble at all getting accepted into any of those schools (3.4 GPA be damned).

Go ahead and make application to all. As you know, scaredy, the deadline is looming…[/quote]

im into the cheap live at home thing…

but…
maybe the right thing is to just suck it up and send him to cal poly somewhere…and let him go…

makes me sad…

i need him around…[/quote]

Doesn’t he have some younger siblings who can rake and ride a tractor mower, etc, etc??

SLO is a BEAUTIFUL town and it’s really not that far away …

[Hobie]

Any reach schools? Stanford, Mit, Mudd? Hats off that he is actually doing the apps. Lots of kids just resist this process.

[spdrun]

Reach school? Apply to the Cooper Union in NYC. HIGHLY selective, but the price is right. (Every student gets a full ride regardless of need.)

[scaredyclassic]

he visited Harvey Mudd. That would be the place if money were no object.

[scaredyclassic]

[quote=bearishgurl][quote=squat250][quote=bearishgurl][quote=squat250]well, he’s filling out applications.

looks like the plan is engineering at CAl Poly pomona, Cal poly SLO…or maybe UC Riverside.

2090 SAT (96th percentile), 3.4 GPA.

5’s on Ap tests, inc chem and physics. finds calculus not hard.

it’s difficult to know where to point your children….

I think it’s going to be ok…but im not sure…thanks for the input…[/quote]

I think Cal Poly will offer your son the best college experience for his field of study. HOWEVER, he will not be able to live at home while attending.

With a 2090 SAT score, he’ll have no trouble at all getting accepted into any of those schools (3.4 GPA be damned).

Go ahead and make application to all. As you know, scaredy, the deadline is looming…[/quote]

im into the cheap live at home thing…

but…
maybe the right thing is to just suck it up and send him to cal poly somewhere…and let him go…

makes me sad…

i need him around…[/quote]

Doesn’t he have some younger siblings who can rake and ride a tractor mower, etc, etc??

SLO is a BEAUTIFUL town and it’s really not that far away …[/quote]

I know I’m supposed to be a parent, not a friend, but he has been my constant companion since he was very small. He gets me. I’m not even allowed to mention him leaving to my wife. She gets angry and will start crying.

We’re kind of attached.

[scaredyclassic]

i don’t know if it’s a good idea to reach too far. As he told me when we were discussing the pros and cons of me applying for higher positions, he said, “Pa, the tallest blade of grass always gets cut first.”

[an]

[quote=squat250]i don’t know if it’s a good idea to reach too far. As he told me when we were discussing the pros and cons of me applying for higher positions, he said, “Pa, the tallest blade of grass always gets cut first.”[/quote]
Did you also look into UCI and UCSD? The GPA might be too low for those two schools, but it never hurt to try. Those are also top notch engineering school with UCSD being in the top 15 in the nation and #1 or #2 in Bio-Engineering (depending on which ranking). Those two schools are also very close to home for you. Maybe make that kind of commute to work.

[spdrun]

If he gets into Cooper, he’d be basically only paying for housing. (Not as bad as you’d think if he finds a place to share with a bunch of people in Bklyn after his first year.)

The money saved should pay for cross-country air tickets whenever either of you needs to visit the other. It’s a very different experience from a typical American university, but it’s both prestigious and cheap.

NYC/Brooklyn also has a substantial tech and maker scene if you know where to look. And 40% foreign-born population, so it’s easy to build contacts/swap language lessons with a view of eventually working abroad.

[Cube]

[quote=squat250]he visited Harvey Mudd. That would be the place if money were no object.[/quote]

If he applies and is accepted, I would stronlgy consider it. (Assuming you/he can afford it or get adequate financial aid.) It was enriching and very, very challenging, and I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

On the flipside, I dread the education bubble, and I really hope it pops before my kids start college in 14 years.

[Rhett]

[quote=AN][quote=squat250]i don’t know if it’s a good idea to reach too far. As he told me when we were discussing the pros and cons of me applying for higher positions, he said, “Pa, the tallest blade of grass always gets cut first.”[/quote]
Did you also look into UCI and UCSD? The GPA might be too low for those two schools, but it never hurt to try. Those are also top notch engineering school with UCSD being in the top 15 in the nation and #1 or #2 in Bio-Engineering (depending on which ranking). Those two schools are also very close to home for you. Maybe make that kind of commute to work.[/quote]

s/might be/is probably/

Unless squat is very poor, or unless he kid somehow trips up the holistic admissions procedure, he would not get past the first cut. I do agree that it wouldn’t hurt to try, but it’s a pipe dream.

The average high school GPA of a freshman getting admitted to engineering at UCSD is above 4.

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