<p>It probably wouldn't hurt to put more engineering related questions (that can probably be found online) here.</p>
<p>There are a lot of helpful engineering students that frequent this board as well. </p>
<p>Fire away. </p>
<p>Gives me something to do at work</p>
<p>I took calc 1 and 2 last year and got a 3 on the BC exam, 4 on the AB subscore. This year I’m taking calc 3 and 4. The engineering website says that it doesn’t give credit for the AB subscore of the BC exam, so does this mean that I potentially have to take calc 1 next year even though I have already taken calc 3 and 4? I feel like that would be a complete waste of my time, but I guess thats what I get for blowing off the AP exam…</p>
<p>Yep, sounds like that would be what you get.</p>
<p>“The College of Engineering does not award credit for the AB subscore of the BC exam.”</p>
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<p>Have fun taking those again.</p>
<p>I took Linear Algebra and Multi Var Calc through a college at my high school Sr year. It was by a certified college prof and happened before school started (math at 6:00 am, sucked). </p>
<p>Anyway Michigan said that because it was taken at a high school, I get no credit. So I had to retake those classes again…</p>
<p>My advice would be to role with it, get the easy A. Don’t bother taking honors math though. I did because I was still on the high school kick of always taking honors courses. Turns out it doesn’t matter at all and will only hurt your GPA in the long run. If you realy wanted to take the Applied honors at least, not Theoretical.</p>
<p>I think I got an LSA student to answer this on another thread, but I wanted confirmation from a Engineering student:</p>
<p>Do you think Engineering majors have it easier living on North Campus because all of our classes are there? Are all of our classes actually there? I’m worried about how everyone says North Campus living sucks because you cant stop in your dorm after class but if my classes are going to be there anyway… I still want a social life too and that seems to be better in Central?</p>
<p>Also, how hard is it to double major? (I was thinking Biomedical engineering and another engineering major, either Electrical or Mechanical)</p>
<p>As a freshman engineering student you’ll have one class each semester on North Campus (Eng 100 or 101 (/151) ). Even once you start your engineering course load you’ll still be heading to central for advanced math, humanities, social science, whatever.</p>
<p>Once you hit your Jr or So year as an engineering student you’ll be spending most of your time at the Dude anyway so it won’t matter where you live. Yes, if you were on North its more convenient and you might find time to swing by. </p>
<p>Social life is better on Central, but its all what you make out of it. Outside of the music and theater kids doing whatever it is that they do, North is all engineering students which means they’ll be working a lot of the time. That being said there is no reason you can’t ever head down to Central. The buses are very easy to use and very frequent. Just don’t be one of the drunk freshman hopping on to go to north at 2am or so and throwing up all over the place…</p>
<p>I just ordered my dorms freshman year by the type of room I wanted to live in. You’ll get put where you’ll get put and you’ll have other freshman to complain about your living condition with. By the time you are applying for housing next year you’ll have a better idea of where you want to be and you’ll see where your friends want to be. </p>
<p>Adding another major to any engineering major is going to be hard because there isn’t a lot of wiggle room in the engineering course plan. The biggest things the difficulty depends on is:</p>
<p>How much of an overlap there is between the two majors. Some departments have this well laid out on their websites, others don’t. You best bet is emailing staff you see listed in the academic services offices for the department. Just google “umich (mechanical) engineering” and look at the undergrad handbook. </p>
<p>How many applicable credits you come in with. Its one thing to come in with 50 AP credits. Its another to have 30 of them be humanities and social sciences and not matter at all. Getting ahead in your courses will make double majoring easier. You can also take courses at a local college over the summer (I took physics E&M and a humanities). Remember though, after these core engineering courses, most likely nothing is going to transfer. Double majoring could mean a lot of packed semesters. </p>
<p>I took 4 ME courses at once in during two different semesters. Add in the lab portions and this can wear you down. I know at the end of my Sophomore year I was completely burnt out. By doing this though I was able to work this semester (work experience trumps all when applying for a job FYI) and give myself an easy Sr year. </p>
<p>There is a good chance that if you double majored you would go through that a lot.</p>
<p>Like I said though, it is gonna matter a lot as far as how much overlap there is. Then its all about how much work you want to put into it.</p>
<p>Do you suggest getting involved in Greek Life? Is it necessary to if you want to have a social life?</p>
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<p>I have a friend who was allowed to substitute Linear Algebra for Calc 2 because his score only got him Calc 1 credit and he jumped straight into Calc 3. You might be able to work out something like that. But you’ve got no shot of just being fully excused from the requirement.</p>
<p>If you’re still in high school and can still sign up, I would highly recommend you just try the AP test again. That’d be the easiest way.</p>
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<p>A buddy from high school is doing a dual with BME and EE and he seems to be managing it fine. He’s pretty smart though. But if you’re smart too you can probably work it out fine.</p>
<p>Hey! Where do we get our list of schedules, courses and books required? i wanted to look at the freshman courses for Mechanical Engineering…</p>
<p>All freshman take the same engineering courses, nothing department specific. </p>
<p>I’ll see if I can get you more info when I get home. If you look around though you’ll find the answer on Michigan’s engineering site</p>
<p>Search “umich engineering bulletin” for more info. I think that’s still where a lot of it is</p>
<p>Do engineering have time to rush? I’m somewhat interested in joining a sorority, but I’m not sure if I can juggle all of that. (especially if double majoring is as hard as you say it is.)</p>
<p>I don’t do anything Greek related. I don’t have a positive view of it. </p>
<p>Engineering takes up more time than most majors and greek life takes up time. I can’t tell you how well you can manage your time.</p>
<p>I can’t accept me getting less than 3.5GPA and Im really scared as avg GPA is 2.9
Besides, I heard electrical engineering(my major) is the hardest to get a high GPA in.
Is that true?
What percent of students get 3.5+?
Do you know any electrical engineers with 3.5?
What is your GPA and what’s your major?</p>
<p>Thank You, I really appreciate it</p>
<p>I’m no engineer, but a 3.5 probably isn’t going to be a fun time at the park. It’s possible and I know some who have it (and higher) but they’re the exception. </p>
<p>Don’t feel bad if you get something in the lower 3.xx range. Engineers are bright and its not possible to beat em all.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply.
If others can get it, I can get it for sure too.
I’m not trying to sound arrogant, but I am currently taking 7 AP courses, one through self-study.
My teachers aren’t really that well.
So most of the concepts are vague for me and I don’t have time at home to revise.
I barely study and have fun, studying the day prior to the exam.
With my school notorious for harsh exams, I have easily gotten 3.7+ GPA and that’s with an A+ being 95-100.
If they give marks such as 5% highest getting A for instance, I will definitely have a 4.0 since I have the highest marks.
I realize there is more competition, but then I will start to revise and study</p>
<p>taking AP courses doesn’t mean you’re smart… what high school do you go to?</p>
<p>@Alan91 I think you might be getting a little ahead of yourself. There’s not just a little more competition, there’s a hell of a lot more.</p>
<p>I also had very high stats when I was coming in. I only had 2 B’s and I took 6 AP’s including one self study and another 3 dual enrolled classes giving me a full 40 credit hours before I even came here. I got a 36 on the math portion of my ACT, and I was going into CS, an extremely math oriented field. The important thing to note from this is that my stats are not unusual in the least. I might have had slightly above average stats coming in, but I know many people who came in with stats substantially more impressive than mine. </p>
<p>A 3.5 is doable as long as you put in the proper time, but a 4.0 on the other hand…let’s just say you shouldn’t count on it.</p>
<p>You may be very smart, but you have to realize most of the engineers here were the same in high school and could take a ton of APs with little study. </p>
<p>I would just advise you monitor your expectations, especially if you haven’t had the study habits in high school. To be honest, its that type of thinking that really gives you a wake up call in college.</p>
<p>Hi, I’m a high school student planning on starting LSA’s Electrical Engineering minor next year. I have the opportunity to take the equivalent of Engineering 101 at a local community college and then transfer the credits to UofM, to reduce my course load and expense. The course guide says it transfers, but the class doesn’t cover MATLAB (whatever that is). Do you think that it’s possible to take ENG 101 somewhere else or will I miss a lot of important stuff?</p>
<p>Thanks for your time.</p>
<p>Thank you for your responses everyone.</p>
<p>I know taking AP courses doesn’t mean Im smart, but I have had a very difficult path both in my personal and academic life.
I am an internation student from Kurdistan and due to discrimination have had to live in different countries.
I have studied my elementary school in Persian and then had to learn Kurdish very late.
Worse part was in grade 6 when I had to study in English while I couldn’t read simple words like ‘the’
I have studied the grade 1-9 curricula with such bad english skills in only four years and this has had a bad effect on me.
I feel that I will succeed more in college.
I study at the International School of Choueifat-Erbil as one of you asked me</p>