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Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:05 am to volod
You go to Southern. What did you expect?
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:09 am to volod
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I am pursuing Electrical Engineering at Southern
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Graduate School is Supposed to be Harder ?
I really don't mean for this to come off condescending, but I already know it's going to. Sorry in advance.
Southern Engineering from what I have personally experienced is a joke of a program. When I took Geotech lecture and lab over the summer at LSU years ago, we had two guys from SU taking it so they could graduate. They were without a doubt the worst engineering students I had ever seen. They made incredibly simple blunders, and couldn't understand why even after I explained to them. Really simple concepts like using metric constants when working in standard units. They both barely passed, and I know for a fact one of them works as a security guard at Mall of LA now. Not sure what the other one is up to. They were nice enough guys, but it was scary how little they knew that close to graduating.
That's probably why you think engineering graduate school is easy.
This post was edited on 8/27/15 at 8:10 am
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:11 am to volod
Grad School is designed for those that probably have work experience already. Grad School was easy for me after having real work experience because most of what you do is projects and in group settings. Had some online coursework too.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:19 am to volod
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Southern
Your answer is in your own post to why it isn't harder.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:23 am to volod
Graduate school is harder. Much harder. You're just a moron.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:26 am to yellowfin
is GCS working on his post-graduate degree in Alter Creation?
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:39 am to volod
I have a 4.0 in grad school. I did not in undergrad. Has bee much easier. Same major field of study.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:39 am to volod
My wife did her undergrad at "UL" and is doing a doctoral program at LSUHSC. She said her undergrad program was much more difficult than her current doctoral program. She's 2/3 of the way through her doctoral work.
ETA: Also, I graduated with a 3.8 in graduate school, and a 3.2 in undergrad. I don't think it had to do with difficulty of the undergrad program, but that I cared more about grad school and I was taking classes that I actually enjoyed.
ETA: Also, I graduated with a 3.8 in graduate school, and a 3.2 in undergrad. I don't think it had to do with difficulty of the undergrad program, but that I cared more about grad school and I was taking classes that I actually enjoyed.
This post was edited on 8/27/15 at 8:42 am
Posted on 8/27/15 at 8:44 am to Epic Cajun
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I have a 4.0 in grad school. I did not in undergrad. Has bee much easier. Same major field of study.
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My wife did her undergrad at "UL" and is doing a doctoral program at LSUHSC. She said her undergrad program was much more difficult than her current doctoral program. She's 2/3 of the way through her doctoral work.
Your edit I think is the big difference.
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I don't think it had to do with difficulty of the undergrad program, but that I cared more about grad school and I was taking classes that I actually enjoyed.
For most, you choose to go to grad school because you want to. Plus, you're no longer 18 and you're likely serious about school and have developed study habits that work for you. My wife just went back to school for nursing. She graduated undergrad with a 3.0 from LSU with a BA. In nursing school taking much harder classes she has a 4.0.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:07 am to Epic Cajun
quote:Once I did this in undergrad, my semester GPAs went from 2.0-2.5 to 3.5-4.0 (taking 15-21hrs every semester).
I don't think it had to do with difficulty of the undergrad program, but that I cared more about grad school and I was taking classes that I actually enjoyed.
I am expecting the same this time around. Classes are more interesting, so I retain more information easily
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:16 am to volod
Grad school SHOULD be easier.
If you're in grad school, you should be working with a field in which you already have some expertise, and your coursework is not loaded down with irrelevant material that may take more time to understand.
The amount of work you do on your area of proficiency should increase. If it doesn't, then you're probably not doing it right. But this work should seem easy to you. If it doesn't, then you probably don't belong there.
Also, don't be fooled by your grade in grad school. It is well-known that grad school grades are usually inflated.
If you're in grad school, you should be working with a field in which you already have some expertise, and your coursework is not loaded down with irrelevant material that may take more time to understand.
The amount of work you do on your area of proficiency should increase. If it doesn't, then you're probably not doing it right. But this work should seem easy to you. If it doesn't, then you probably don't belong there.
Also, don't be fooled by your grade in grad school. It is well-known that grad school grades are usually inflated.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:19 am to volod
I got a BS in Chemistry and then a PhD in polymer chemistry. I found undergrad to be more difficult.
They don't try to weed you out as much in Grad School.
They don't try to weed you out as much in Grad School.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:29 am to volod
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But in the end, what makes you an engineer (or any professional for that matter) is passing the course work required from your institution.
No. You need an engineering license to be an engineer.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:31 am to Pectus
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This post was edited on 9/25/15 at 6:47 am
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:32 am to volod
School is easy. Period.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:34 am to volod
Graduate school was much easier...
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:34 am to torrey225
quote:incorrect
No. You need an engineering license to be an engineer.
you need an engineering license to stamp a design and take liability for the work
it is not uncommon for junior technical professionals to conduct all the grunt engineering and design work only for the PE to stamp the efforts.
Posted on 8/27/15 at 9:56 am to volod
Leesville?!
walkin distance from folk polk....
I wouldn't lose sleep over it just yet
there's plenty of time to hit a brick wall
walkin distance from folk polk....
I wouldn't lose sleep over it just yet
there's plenty of time to hit a brick wall
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