<p>Did you get accepted to the Camden Honors Program? What about the 2+2 Program? Did you take any? Why?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>thanks koto, i appreciate it!</p>
<p>HLA0392: No problem!</p>
<p>nothing4me: I am actually in the New Brunswick School of Engineering four-year undergraduate program; I’m not quite familiar with the programs you mentioned. Sorry.</p>
<p>one more question! How does the master’s program work? is it 5 years?</p>
<p>wait, why are some people are talking about engineering at camden or newark? I thought School of Engineering is only in NB. am i right?</p>
<p>HLA0392: I know that there is a program to get your BS&MBA in five years, but I do not know of a engineering master’s and bachelor’s dual program. (There may be one I am simply unaware of.)</p>
<p>infamousbdesi: I’m not really sure. I checked the Newark and Camden sites and neither have a legit engineering school. Perhaps they have special programs with other schools.</p>
<p>Koto … </p>
<p>I am an Engineering student and applied for the Honors Program. </p>
<p>Just wondering if you are glad you’re in the Honors Program? </p>
<p>How many students are in your Honors classes as compared to your other classes?</p>
<p>Yes, I am glad I’m in the honors program. The perks aren’t overtly helpful: honors housing for engineers for sophomore year can fall through, and the classes are harder, but they have a better curve sometimes (depending on professor) and if you need to get off-campus housing for a year, you can get back into honors housing without a lottery number. However, graduating with honors is really good, and being in the honors program gives you an advantage in getting research with professors, and maybe even co-ops and internships.</p>
<p>Well, we don’t have honors classes for every single subject. We have:
Honors Physics I and II with Labs it is its own class. there are around eighty students in the class, I think.
Calculus I through IV (with different names) they have their own honors sections. These have significantly less people than regular math classes, which is around twenty.
Honors Engineering Mechanics: Statics This has around forty people in it.
Honors Introduction to Engineering This has around forty people in it as well.</p>
<p>I should be finding out whether or not I made the Engineering Honors Program this week.</p>
<p>But I am curious to the class sizes of the non-Honors courses.<br>
If there are 80 students in Honors Physics, how many students are in non-Honors Physics? Is it a large lecture class?</p>
<p>Have you found the professors so far really good teachers? Are they helpful?
Or are you on your own more?</p>
<p>If you don’t mind, just wondering how are you doing in your classes?</p>
<p>How big are the elective classes? (not the core or required ones). If you don’t mind may I know which major in engineering are you pursuing?</p>
<p>collegedecision: The regular physics class would be twice the size of the honors class at maximum. I’m not sure how big a regular one is. One perk of honors, though, is that physics is accelerated. Regular physics takes four semesters, but honors has only three. (The fourth/third semester is also not in every engineering curriculum.)</p>
<p>The professors are a mixed bag, like any college. I have had a few great professors and some boring/bad ones. All the ones I’ve had do care about students and are good people, although I know some friends who have some terrible professors.</p>
<p>College is more independent in high school, just in general. You’re teaching yourself a lot of the material because you’re on your own, basically. There’s quite a bit of reading and individual practice you’ll need to do by yourself, and if you need help, you’ll have to contact the professor and set up office hours or go to their prescheduled ones.</p>
<p>I’m doing fine; my gpa right now is above 3.5… I’m alright answering, but I don’t like getting too specific.</p>
<p>collegebiomed: Elective classes can be any size. There are technical electives such as Introduction to Linear Algebra (20-30) and humanities/social science electives such as General Psychology (~200).</p>
<p>I am pursuing a chemical engineering degree.</p>
<p>Thanks, Koto. Sounds like your doing pretty good at Rutgers. </p>
<p>Do professors teach all your classes? or do TA’s ?</p>
<p>collegedecision, we seem to have similar questions. I was just going to ask ^^^ that. HAHA</p>
<p>Rutgers has been a good fit for me. (:</p>
<p>Professors teach my classes; I haven’t had a TA teach yet. For physics, we do have a TA teaching recitation, though. He’s pretty good at it. Matlab (or Intro to Computers for Engineers) had TA’s for recitation as well, but all of them were terrible. (People in the dorm knew a lot about computer science, so that was where I got help.)</p>
<p>The thing to remember about professors and TAs, though, is that either could make a better instructor than the other. It just depends on how well they communicate and how much they care about teaching.</p>
<p>Just found out that I got into the Engineering Honors Program, and am quite happy about that.</p>
<p>Koto, do Rutgers graduates have good job placements upon graduation? I know it is next to impossible to have a definitive answer to the question. However, from your experience at Rutgers, maybe like with your talks with professors, TA’s, seniors or any one else, can you shed some light on it, if possible.</p>
<p>Honestly, I can’t tell as a freshman. (I’ve only taken a few engineering courses, and won’t take my first chemE course till next semester.)</p>
<p>Materials Science said they had very good job placement, but with the economy as it has been, I’m sure it has been hard on everyone.</p>
<p>Which engineering are you considering?</p>
<p>Biomedical engineering</p>
<p>Oh wow. That was really stupid for me to ask considering your name. (I thought you were collegedecision, sorry.)</p>
<p>Are you planning on graduate school/PhD?</p>
<p>I have heard from seniors that biomedical engineers have a hard time finding jobs simply because the things they can do can be and have been done by other types of engineers. I personally see biomedical engineering as an offshoot of mechanical, electrical, and chemical with a heavier concentration in biology. Mechanical is prosthetics, electrical is imaging, and (bio)chemical is tissue. (It may be wrong of me to oversimplify like this, but the truth is that companies have been hiring these engineers for a long time, and biomedical engineering is relatively new, even if it is growing very quickly.)</p>
<p>If you want to do biomedical engineering specifically after graduation, I have heard you need a higher education degree, master’s at least.</p>
<p>This information is pertinent to all colleges, not just Rutgers, I feel. (Disclaimer: I am an undergraduate freshman, there are most definitely better sources of information than my humble opinion and hearsay.)</p>
<p>While this may all be true, I know many biomedical engineers who don’t regret their decision and love the research and the professors they work with. Everything has its shortcomings, which sometimes we forget when looking at prospective colleges and majors. I am just trying to be very frank.</p>
<p>Hi Koto,
I m taking placement tests on May 8th. I wanna know if english section is difficult. How is it compared to SATs? Also, what is the essay topic? or do they keep changing it? {My brother’s college told him what the essay topic was.}
If i get a 5 in AP calc BC, will i get enrolled in calc 3?? I believe that engineering students take chemistry classes for a year… What chemistry do i need to take if i get a 5 in AP chem?
Thank you!</p>