<p>If you are in an engineering major, how much work do you usually have per day, per week, etc.? What's it like for the first year? I was accepted into Electrical Engineering but recently been having some doubts about doing engineering.</p>
<p>Thanks for your help</p>
<p>I'm doing aerospace, but...</p>
<p>It all comes down to time management--if you keep up with understanding the course material, then I probably average a few hours of homework a day, plus half days on each weekend day. The few days before a test I'll study a few hours each. The first year was the easiest for me, as the homework load was lighter. But, those first classes (calc, physics) can be weed-out courses at some schools, so pay attention and stay above the class average.</p>
<p>What are your doubts about? If you'll like it, or if it will be too difficult for you? I know at my school not too many people have had to drop out because it's too difficult--it's more that they didn't want to put the effort in, or didn't like their major enough to stick with it!</p>
<p>if you are an EE major, then expect to do a 9 - 5... </p>
<p>but 9-5 of studying, that is...</p>
<p>but that of course depends on how many classes you take</p>
<p>you will have some day where you can sleep all day and goof around...
It is a grind but not a constant grind.</p>
<p>Just make sure to take four or five shots of Jack Daniels before your classes, you'll do fine.</p>
<p>I am in my first yr now (second semster).
The Cal, Phys classes aren't that hard.</p>
<p>Its the elective courses and English courses that I find hard, theres a lot of books to read.</p>
<p>The main thing I think I'm worried about is if the courseload is so much that it's almost impossible to have a life outside of studying. I'm not one of the top students in high school (3.9 gpa weighted), so I'm just afraid I can't handle the material or something. thanks for all the help so far</p>
<p>BTW, proton, what do you mean by 9-5 studying? studying from 9am to 5pm?</p>
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BTW, proton, what do you mean by 9-5 studying? studying from 9am to 5pm?
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I think that's what he means.</p>
<p>It's not so bad that you can't have a life outside of school. Not even close to that.</p>
<p>It's a lot of work but you can definitely still have a life. Time management is key. I make it to the gym usually 4 or 5 days a week and go out every weekend and have fun with my friends but there is the occassional weekend maybe once a month where I find that I have to stay in on a Friday and maybe even Saturday night also to do work otherwise I'll fall too far behind. And there are also weeks like last week where you live in the library and don't have time for anything except for work. It also depends on if you care about your GPA and actually learning the material or your just taking the courses to get them over with and get the degree.</p>
<p>i meant that you would be studying like 8 hours a day if your a full time A/B student</p>
<p>Im a computer engineering student so My major is alot more intensive in terms of time than other engineering. I spend about 13 hours a day doing school work, whether it be programming projects and labs or just studying, that is what it takes me just to maintain a C in my classes. The majority of my friends in the same classes are the same and we usually do work together and such. But in general at my school for my major each student spends about 13-15 hours a day and yes that includes working on weekends.</p>
<p>50g50g, where the hell do you go to school? 13-15 hours a day is probably 5x more than I spend, in Electrical & Computer Engineering here.</p>
<p>Where you go to college matters the most... engineering at a no name school won't be as hard as say, Princeton, or Harvard or MIT...</p>
<p>You know... another thing is that the intro classes are WEED out courses...</p>
<p>an engineering degree is gold</p>
<p>I go to the university at Buffalo. while it may not be well know and repected, I love it and boy do they work us like mules. But i throght everybody had it as hard as I did. </p>
<p>In my algorithms class we have been given projects which are easily worth 150+ hours for a excessively experienced programmer, Those who don't have a lot of experience take sometimes 2-3 times that. we have had 3 of these this semester and I am currently on the 3rd now. </p>
<p>There is a huge difference, In my EE classes I could take 5 hours a day and still get by. Its the CS portion which I what makes me thing CS is alot harder than any type of engineering, it just the amount of work they give. Its ridiculous.</p>
<p>Id also like to point out that it has never been shown nor proven that a higher ranked school is harder than a lower ranked one.</p>
<p>I never said it was, 50g50g. But anyway, I'm glad I don't go to Buffalo if thats what you guys get. 13-15 hours a day leaves time for nothing else...do you not do anything but study and sleep?</p>
<p>i mean the weather is really ****ty so what else can ya do. My professor tells me it keeps us off the streets selling crack and meth. and there is still time to have fun, every now and then. The other non lab intensive engineering here arent as bad. They are about average.</p>
<p>Yeah I was a little shocked at "13-15 hours a day" corresponding to a "C-grade". I don't think its that hard. Everybody's different I guess.</p>
<p>One of my ECE classes gave up 15 hrs a week hw and then one week it took me 25 (and everyone else). Most of the class complained so he shortened it and it took 3 hrs. I am thinking about complaining so he bumps it back up, I need the motivation.</p>
<p>well the majority of my teachers only give 1 A and no A-'s, and then everybody else is spread out from B+ and down. The majority more than 70% of the class is given C's</p>