<p>^ Wow! that is an interesting thought!</p>
<p>If he was taking MATLAB and dropped, wouldn’t he have a Student version already? When I was using it as a student, we got it really cheap at the campus bookstore.</p>
<p>Classes are done, and this week is finals. As of right now, son says he is looking at a B- in Physics! I am posting this now, in case the prognosis is much worse by the end of the week…</p>
<p>Yea Shrinkson!</p>
<p>Finals done, and as of yesterday, AFTER physics felt good about them.</p>
<p>This looks interesting</p>
<p><a href=“Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses - The New York Times”>Harvard and M.I.T. Offer Free Online Courses - The New York Times;
<p>Warning - completely offtopic.</p>
<p>Shrinkrap- I know you are a psychiatrist hence the “shrink”. Are your initial “RAP”? THat would be too perfect.</p>
<p>Can I just say yes? Who would know?..</p>
<p>No. But that WOULD be perfect.</p>
<p>^ I don’t get it…You mean how different the class names and sequences are from the English class names and sequences? </p>
<p>Agreed!</p>
<p>But the panicky phones calls were similar.</p>
<p>BTW; D graduates Duke with her English degree next week! Can’t imagine forcing HER to do ANYTHING!</p>
<p>Yes. At first I wanted to major in something dumb like English at Columbia, but then my parents forced me to become an engineer. Thank God!! Engineering is the only path to a succesful life IMO.</p>
<p>Well, if your previous posts are accurate, you haven’t even started college yet, so who knows if you’ll make it as an engineer. There is something odd about these posts. If your SAT is as modest as you say it is, I wonder if you can make it in Columbia’s eng’g program. Did you apply as an eng’g major?</p>
<p>Checking out Stiller17s previous posts, it is doubtful this is anything but a ■■■■■. All the posts contradict each other. It Stiller17 a parent or a daughter? Accepted to Columbia or a junior still looking? SATs 1790 or 2330?</p>
<p>Inquiring minds want to know. Well, not really.</p>
<p>I’ve never posted on this thread and, in full disclosure, I have not read it all the way through. My D is just about done with her freshman year as a civil/environmental engineer and really loves her course of study. Hasn’t necessarily loved every course (i.e. calc 3) but feels confident she’s made the right choice. </p>
<p>She really wants to study abroad and her school is supportive–in theory. She’d have to go second semester junior year (not a problem) but she has to take at least 1.5 engineering courses. It’s a little unclear to me if they’re specific classes or electives…her school has a couple programs for engineers but they’re not in locations she’s interested in. She’d like to go to South Africa or Israel. She will be asking the study abroad office at her school but is doubtful they’ll be able to help much as they’re fairly focused on the programs sponsored by her school. I’m just wondering if anyone here knows or if someone can suggest where I should post to see if anyone has experience with or suggestions as to how to find a reputable engineering academic program in either of these two countries.</p>
<p>For South Africa, you can check the Washington Accord accreditation listings:
[ABET</a> - Is Your Program Recognized by the Washington Accord?](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/recognized-by-washington-accord/]ABET”>http://www.abet.org/recognized-by-washington-accord/)</p>
<p>For Israel, you can check the MOU between ABET and the accrediting organization in Israel:
[ABET</a> - Memorandum of Understanding](<a href=“http://www.abet.org/memoranda-of-understanding/]ABET”>Memoranda of Understanding | ABET)</p>
<p>It is probably safest to plan the schedule to complete all of the core required courses for her major at her home university, so that if her major department does not approve of any of the courses at the abroad university fulfilling them, she will not fall behind and graduate late.</p>
<p>collage1–you don’t say what city you or your daughter are in, but you can get good ideas & info from your local shaliach, if your city has one. And/or check with your Jewish Federation–they must have an Israeli programs office or can put you in touch with someone who knows the facts on the ground.</p>
<p>For those who followed shrinkson’s spring semester; c+ in physics, b - calc 1, b+ bio for engineers. He was pretty upset for about 20 minutes. Not great but not terrible. Thanks all!</p>
<p>Thanks for the update - looks like he survived reasonably well.</p>
<p>Congrats to shrinkrap’s son! It sounds like he made it through his freshman year, which is quite an accomplishment for students! I bet each year will get better as the information becomes more practical.</p>
<p>My S is still in his last month of school for the freshman year. Has had similar struggles, but really does like his major. I know he will never be a 3.5 student in college, but I think he is happy with his choice of major.</p>
<p>Congrats shrinkrap! We are still waiting for semester grades here since last test was yesterday.</p>
<p>Shrinkrap I think your son did fine. My son will be a freshman engineering major next year. But my daughter is just finishing up her junior yeas as a nursing major. Her first year she got similar grades as your son. This year she made Dean’s list. They figure it out.</p>
<p>I’m glad to hear Shrinkson survived ok! He will be taking Calc II over the summer, right?</p>
<p>“I’m glad to hear Shrinkson survived ok! He will be taking Calc II over the summer, right?”</p>
<p>Yes, and right now it looks like it will be at the school he has been attending. Our county is not offering any community college classes, and the one within an hour’s classes filled before my son became eligible to register.</p>
<p>It was interesting to note that his “regular” school’s summer classes had more weeks of classes but shorter class times, and that seemed to suit him.</p>