So im starting Cornell engineering this week

[surftheiop]

So who thinks i'll still be a christian if actually make it all four years.
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Anyone here have any advice for a new engineering student? My first math class is multivariable calculus so if any of your are particulary good at that and would be willing to help me out on occasion could you send me a PM so i dont have to take up any space making a post.
(No i wont be asking you to do my homework as im pretty sure that counts for like 5% of my grade)

[m_the0ry]

the less the homework counts, the more it matters.

[surftheiop]

yeah i know, but thats means id gain nothing by asking someone else to do it for me

[uDevil]

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Just kidding. But most of my friends who started in engineering did not finish. I suspect that first semester calculus was used to weed out weaker students. Grading was tough and about half the class dropped out or failed.

My advice would be to stay on top of your schoolwork. That's easier said than done, but falling behind will cause you a lot of stress you don't need. If you have trouble, get help. Don't waste a lot of time struggling through problems on your own.

Also, don't be a loner. Take some classes for fun. Literature, art, psychology, philosophy, art, whatever. Make friends. Drink some beer. Have fun.

[Max Raker]

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So who thinks i'll still be a christian if actually make it all four years.

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Huh? I don't get this. You think that Cornell engineering is a hotbed of atheism? At my school, which was similar to Cornell, kids in engineering where way more likely to be religious than most other majors including math, physics philosophy and many more.

[bluesbassman]

I have a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and have spent most of my adult life in engineering school. I've also taught upper-division undergrad aerospace engineering courses.

Nevertheless, I'm not sure I'm qualified to give you advice, since I was pretty much a slacker/partier as an undergrad. I'd say try to get a solid understanding of applied math, such as calculus, linear algebra, diff equations, etc. If you do, eveything else will be much easier and kinda fall into place. (That's what saved me.)

If you find mulitvariable calculus to be really difficult, it's probably going to be an uphill battle.

[CallMeIshmael]

what dorm are you in?

[ALawPoker]

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Huh? I don't get this. You think that Cornell engineering is a hotbed of atheism?

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I didn't get that either. I think maybe that was his excuse to ask this question in SMP, where he's more likely to find a smart person to help him with his engineering.

[bluesbassman]

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what dorm are you in?

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Huh?

[CallMeIshmael]

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Huh?

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sorry, used quick reply. Was asking the OP