Tips from a Computer Engineer in his last week in undergrad: 1. Visit office hours, even if you have no questions. Name recognition is everything and more often than not, you can get helpful tips on study topics. I have even gotten exam questions ahead of time from professors who want to reward interest. 2. Love the process. I averaged 40 hours a week in the library (this does not include class time). If you do not love the material, or are not willing to force yourself, you will have much difficulty keeping up. 3. Study with people smarter than you. You become who you spend time with. If you spend time with non-motivated students on their third round in the class, you adopt the mindset. 4. Value delayed gratification. You will have to make sacrifices. If it was easy, everyone would do it.
@bananarama3624
3 жыл бұрын
3rd tip is correct until its me. Ive always spent time with people smarter than me and i ended up being that depressed friend that failed whilst everyone else did a happily ever after lol
@salwynmathew8545
3 жыл бұрын
+1 for the 3rd tip. I believe that you are the average of the 5 people around you.
@TitanFlare
3 жыл бұрын
I have to disagree with some of this, but it varies by the person. 40 hours a week in the library is A TON. it may help you, but for a lot of people that’s unhealthy and won’t help at all because they will be so unhappy and stressed that they can’t keep up. For office hours, if the professor can’t teach during lecture they aren’t going to be much use in office hours. This heavily depends on the school too.
@wulfazwlkwos9019
3 жыл бұрын
The first tip is extremely useful. In a cryptography course,I didn't do very well at the Viva, but the examiners told me that they have taken into account my activity and critical reflections of the material during term-time, so I have got a better mark than otherwise.
@ananyasharma4220
3 жыл бұрын
What if you don't have the 3rd thing not really as smart people around
@stupid2574
6 жыл бұрын
Ironic how im procrastinating by watching a video telling me to have better time management...
@kalimuthuk7149
5 жыл бұрын
Can you make this video for an indian student
@kxnran.5819
5 жыл бұрын
@@kalimuthuk7149 r/whoooooosh
@sumaiyakhan3498
4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@gerardogarcia7414
4 жыл бұрын
@@kalimuthuk7149 wtf would be the difference? Lol we all have our demons, just work hard and dont quit
@kalimuthuk7149
4 жыл бұрын
@@gerardogarcia7414 no there is a lot of difference gere for an indian student
@DEFBONEZZ
6 жыл бұрын
Wait... You want me to be social?
@rashedulkabir6227
5 жыл бұрын
What is wrong with being social?
@jurates24
5 жыл бұрын
@@rashedulkabir6227 woosh
@elioraraoile3380
5 жыл бұрын
Engineers work in a team
@MarkMcDaniel
5 жыл бұрын
@@elioraraoile3380 -- If by team you mean they group together with two hardworking students whose coattails upon which the remaining lazy students ride, then yes, a team.
@rashedulkabir6227
5 жыл бұрын
@Science AdmirerThere is no survival without being social.
@vlKenzo
4 жыл бұрын
1) Go to class 2) Do the homework and don’t look at chegg until you’re done or you’re really stuck and have tried to work through a problem for more than 15 minutes 3) Read the textbook and get an idea of how different problems are set up how you’d solve them in your mind 4) Pay attention in fundamental classes. At times they may seem dull but they will be your foundation for courses down the road (calc 1 and 2, statics, thermo, physics, circuits)
@BenDover-eo2en
4 жыл бұрын
Pro tip for engineering students - learn the Greek alphabet
@fury849
4 жыл бұрын
Error 404: Είμαι Έλληνας
@pew4410
4 жыл бұрын
Ben Dover huh greek alphabet??? Why?
@nicoledambacher4660
4 жыл бұрын
@@pew4410 you'll have to know a lot of greek letters in many subjects and it helps if you know how to pronounce and write them
@f.a3202
4 жыл бұрын
I am Greek!
@dimitris_zelo
3 жыл бұрын
Haha I'm Greek
@YooBro219
5 жыл бұрын
Let add few on Time Management. As engineering students, we really need to know how to spend our times otherwise we end up screwing up our semester (speaking from experience). Also, staying awake late night is one of the major reason why we ended up doing nothing productive the next day. Try to go to bed at 10 and get full 8hours of sleep, wake up around 6 or 7. Write down tasks for the day and try to complete it. I'm pretty sure at the end of the day you will have 2-3 Hours to have fun.
@MartyBaker
4 жыл бұрын
And it's so useful beyond university. I'm an EE, working from home since COVID started and getting a proper work/life balance has been so tough. It wasn't til about a month ago that I managed to build up solid morning and night routines. Having to do certain things at certain times really helps with knowing when to stop working haha. I've been using this deltacoaching.org/productivity-blueprint/
@aya5468
Жыл бұрын
My time management is terrible but not in a way that I'm slacking off, but that it takes me hours to actually understand something. This isn't good because I have so much homework 😂
@jamescarmody4713
5 жыл бұрын
"Maintain a 3.0 GPA" _has a 2.1_ *cries*
@KMMOS1
5 жыл бұрын
Don't cry. GPA may be important for screening at transition points as between undergrad to grad school, or school to a first job, or back to school, but good performance with recommendations from employer to employer will help you improve your first job to second job, then second job to third job situations. Your work performances, your after-graduation on-the-job networking, and your persistence toward work and life goals are much more important than GPA.
@kxnran.5819
5 жыл бұрын
@@KMMOS1 r/whoooooosh
@henriquepereira4495
5 жыл бұрын
What is GPA?
@priyanshushrestha3246
4 жыл бұрын
@@KMMOS1 does he mean in colleges/universities or high school?
@cabrellepaho2201
4 жыл бұрын
What's GPA please ?
@minibun04
7 жыл бұрын
Lecturers : "Lets set the due date of the projects, assignments and report at the same date"
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Hahahah yeah exactly. What kind of engineer are you?
@minibun04
7 жыл бұрын
EEE
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Heyyy Ye Tien Tang, yeah EEE is a great focus today. Strong future with tech. I'm an engineering student mentor and make videos with tips / advice, so let me know what questions you may have, and I can make you a video for that. Cheers!
@peterparker7639
5 жыл бұрын
Ye Tien Tang 😂😂😂😂😂
@wisdomnwannah4332
5 жыл бұрын
@@JakeVoorhees that'll be nice of you
@TheTruthSeeker235
6 жыл бұрын
I graduated with an EE degree with a 3.79GPA. I got a lot of job offers. Now I am a licensed engineer and I get even more.
@beau9050
5 жыл бұрын
how the fuck did you get a 3.79 and do physics and cal2,cal3 and diffeq?
@Ella-ns9ps
5 жыл бұрын
@@beau9050 right? He is gifted.. I haven't finished my eng degree, one more year but my GPA is 3.56
@corymitchell3228
5 жыл бұрын
Good shit!
@Syphus323
5 жыл бұрын
Damn bro I’m at a 2.7 but I’m climbing to graduate with over a 3.0. I have 5 quarters left of school and trying my best to find internships/experience
@strage88
5 жыл бұрын
@@Syphus323 I'm in the same situation as you, I got a 2.8 and four semesters to go. You just have to work on it one step at a time, you got this
@TheClarkfather
6 жыл бұрын
I'm graduating in a week and a half. Very true! Engineering is tough, but doable, if you dedicate 4-5 years to strictly focusing on school
@fandiego2531
5 жыл бұрын
Can we get an update from you?
@pokeman316
4 жыл бұрын
Gingerbeard Man 2020 update?
@REIDAE
3 жыл бұрын
@@pokeman316 hes dead, jimmy
@rupertgarcia
3 жыл бұрын
@@REIDAE LMAOOOOOOO
@khalid8349
2 жыл бұрын
@@REIDAE lol
@davidobenitez3866
5 жыл бұрын
I am a preengineering student that comes from no background of engineering or even math loving family members! I have a hard time with math myself and I failed Calc 1 and passed programming with a D which is still passing but obviously not how I wanted to pass. I am determined no matter what! My time management still needs a few tweaks but I am very dedicated worker. So much I decided to retake Calc 1 and programming now I have a B+ in Calc and A+ in programming! I am determined no matter what I also grew to love math even if I am not the worlds best! That and I have to work and provide at home for bills and live with a family who does not allow me to study! This is not for me to get pity or sympathy! This message is from my personal life to the world to hopefully encourage those who struggle! This channel scares me with facts but it helps me a lot!! If I haven’t subscribed now I sure will now!
@jaylopez7748
5 жыл бұрын
So motivating! My names David too
@erblinbeqa6550
5 жыл бұрын
the only reason you are not good at math is because you think that way. "I came from a family with no math background". Forget about it, tell yourself that you are actually good at it and you will improve very quickly.
@davidobenitez3866
5 жыл бұрын
Erblin Beqa hmm I entered calc 1 with positivity and failed! Although i tried to be positive I know lacked in my skills So instead of saying “I can do it” i laid out a plan of where was it I struggled with most and said “i will do it...but this is how” Im saying im not good at it naturally but it’s okay because i dnt need to be good naturally i can adapt and learn I know it’s not an impossibility Im not good but I will get better I mean no negativity but im coming from a real experience being that life isn’t perfect and there are sure to be kids who although remain positive can still fail but persistence is key
@jacobwittman412
5 жыл бұрын
I’m a senior right now in high school and I’m doing fine in calc but thinking about this stuff in college made me nervous! Thanks you so much
@yt_nh9347
5 жыл бұрын
@@davidobenitez3866 As a final year electrical engineering student i want to impart some knowledge to you in hopes it will help: 1. Very few people are actually born good at maths, for most of us we get good at it through A LOT of hard work and grit. This is fine because performance in maths scales with your dedication level, just don't expect to understand everything off the bat when you first see it 2. Get good at maths as soon as possible, everything in trigonometry, algebra and calculus will be useful. Maths is actually the easiest thing in an engineering degree, the hard parts involve APPLYING maths and physics to engineering problems (it is not linear problem solving and is more a case by case analysis) 3. Probably avoid electrical engineering if you still find yourself struggling with maths after awhile, it is a hard major where you can't afford the time to be patching up maths skills along the way (there is a lot more abstract concepts and other things outside of maths to learn, for example embedded software, control systems etc.)
@thomaspadget1
6 жыл бұрын
Just to emphasize the awesomeness of interning/co-oping: I am a mechanical engineering co-op/intern at a Fortune 50 Petroleum company making $36.88 an hour as a junior. My friend also is interning at another petroleum company and is making around $55 an hour. If you keep your GPA high and apply for internships and you can easily pay off your tuition in one semester of interning.
@slimxshady6111
4 жыл бұрын
What types of things did you do in your co-op?
@vroomvroom4061
3 жыл бұрын
dang which petroleum company. Exxon, sinclair, etc
@entityzero1269
3 жыл бұрын
38 dollars/hr for just internship?!?! That's more than what licensed teachers make Atleast in my country
@Not_Valentine
3 жыл бұрын
To those who are down bad right now: I failed differential equations, probability/statistics theory, electrical networks analysis, and signals and systems on my first attempts. All of these were the "weed out" courses at my school intended to reduce the amount of students that move forward, but I didn't give up easy. It sucked so bad and my gpa was a 2.1 at one point, but I pushed forward each time and now I'll be graduating by the end of this week with an EE degree at exactly a 3.0. There's always hope, so just dip deep and keep on keeping on!
@whatislife142
2 жыл бұрын
why do people keep marketing this "weed out" courses as if the university intentionally wants to reduce the amount of people to move forward. We don't know that. It is just a made up theory you and most people come up with.
@Not_Valentine
2 жыл бұрын
@@whatislife142 Because my ENA professor directly told our class on our syllabus day that "this is a weed out class." This is when I even learned what that meant. Now I can't say that for every ENA professor specifically, but the chances someone in each engineering program has encountered a class with this intention at least once primarily in their early core classes are pretty solid. So no, I in particular did not make it up. If you need me to show you her grade distributions from when I took the class, I will.
@user-zc3tn2we1g
Жыл бұрын
pls come with some tips!
@sin7wu
7 жыл бұрын
Keep GPA at or above 3.25 - Everything else you said is right on point. Also, if there are no internship opportunities ask your Professors if there are any summer research projects you can hop on. This will also look good on your resume. Join IEEE if you're Electrical Engineering student. Good luck guys!
@doublebubleguy12
7 жыл бұрын
The reason he picked 3.0 is because that is the most common cut-off for automated resume bots. I'd like to note that in most engineering courses the average GPA is 3.2-3.3 so think about all of those GPAs that are below that.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yup always ask your professors for help! They are so well connected and know everyone, and have ties to university research for sure. Joining engineering societies is great, joining engineering teams can get you more connected and show extra experience / drive, like engineers without borders or robotics / steel bridge / solar power car team! This will help you stand our from other engineers
@Lemurai
7 жыл бұрын
Most of my chem E class was below that GPA threshold. I was probably the most miserable college student ever.. No partying, drinking or serious dating for 36 months straight through.. Studying sucks and I definately wasnt interested in being a 6 year senior with messed up priorities and a debt ratio higher than that of the US gov.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Lemurai, yeah I can see that, especially for chem Es! What are you up to nowadays?
@mkobd
6 жыл бұрын
sin7wu i fucked up with my first semester, is it hard to bring it up?
@connorhunton6869
4 жыл бұрын
My engineering teacher the day before our test “if at any point you find yourself unsure and not writing, you should just skip it because you are gonna run out of time.”
@hisholiness4537
2 жыл бұрын
Make your exact predicted schedule for the next week at the end of each week and commit yourself to it. You'll have a lot less stress when you know exactly what you should be doing at any given timeframe. Leave room to adjust so as to deal with unexpected events adequately. Study fast and rigorously. Try to engage with the material as hard as you can. The more "friction" or resistance you feel towards whatever it is your studying (like, sometimes even painful), the more your mind is trying to establish synapses and make new neural connections. Once you understand enough of the material and a bigger picture of it forms in your mind, you'll skyrocket from there and will start to actually like it. Studying slow not only makes your work take longer to finish, but also gives your mind excuses to wander off bc it's not fully engaged with the topic. This means that the faster you go, the better you study as you slowly adjust to higher speeds. Don't worry about not understanding things at first this rate, just mark them and come back to them after a while. Believe me, making this a habit will not only change the way you study (for better) but will also make you faster at everything else. It'll change your life. Also, try to enjoy it. Convince your mind that this is exciting info it's gathering for future successes and applications. Never choose short-term pleasure over long-term satisfaction. Suffering is good if you consciously decide to take it on for the sake of your goals and dreams. If you don't pick your poison, life will pick it for you and you will not be pleased with it.
@GetMeCoding
6 жыл бұрын
Solid advice. The opportunities exist and the idea to keep in the front of your mind is that you are building your resume. It needs to tell a story. The story is part GPA, part internship/co-op, research with teacher, projects on your own, etc.. Just listing your courses, regardless of what university you attend, doesn't make you stand out amongst the other 40,000 graduates each May.
@georgemendez5245
7 жыл бұрын
you've earned a new subscriber
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the sub!
@georgemendez5245
7 жыл бұрын
this coming semester im taking cac 2 in the summer and in the fall im taking calc 3, physics 2, writing for science, and french 3.... i need all 3 classes but i can't handle all 3 because it's hard.... doing so would mean getting all Cs.... should i drop 1 to bring my gpa up?
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
If it's too crazy of a semester then yeah I would say drop one. I NEVER did one of those high unit semesters just because I knew people who did it and they were insanely busy, so instead I took summer classes like I say in this video which I really did thank myself for. But it also sounds like you're in your first or second year of college so be aware the classes just get more difficult as time goes on.
@georgemendez5245
7 жыл бұрын
thx, you're probably right.. it might be better to prepare for those classes during the summer after calc 2, just to easy the difficulty
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
George, Calc2 is not easy, and if you can more around some of those classes in the fall, do so like MajorPrep is suggesting! It's better to take more time in engineering and succeed, then cram stuff and get Cs and Ds. A D in a core class usually means you have to retake it and that can mess you up mannn
@101lukman
6 жыл бұрын
This guy definitely knows what he’s talking about.
@emmaostrowski9805
7 жыл бұрын
I'm going into my second year of college as an EE major, and this video has been so helpful in building my confidence! Thank you so much!!! Your tips really helped me see the bigger picture of engineering rather than the smaller challenges we face along the way.
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment Emma! So glad the tips helped and good luck in your second year :)
@extinctcomp3908
2 жыл бұрын
So you should be graduated from undergrad right now or gotten or almost finished your masters, how did it go? Do you like the work you do?
@Mustacheman17
2 жыл бұрын
did it work out?
@chrisgeorge1095
7 жыл бұрын
i closed the video after seeing *networking*
@xXSlyFoxHoimiexX
5 жыл бұрын
yeah, right when he said networking i knew this wasnt for me. time to find something where i can be anti social. :/
@yxiiiu
5 жыл бұрын
Tatsuya it’s not that bad. every job needs networking. engineering can be a job you dont talk to many people. but in order to get the best opportunities, you must talk to people. networking is temporary, but a good career is forever
@renuprashanth2217
5 жыл бұрын
Then, no chances to became successful
@khalidalamin8069
5 жыл бұрын
@@renuprashanth2217 why do you all have to be so negative about yourselves......see the problem strive to solve it
@rashedulkabir6227
5 жыл бұрын
why do you fear networking?
@randallmcgrath9345
3 жыл бұрын
You are like a freaking SAVIOR to pre-engineering and engineering students.
@marshal11ify
7 жыл бұрын
I cant wait to graduate and prove these tips work!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is good stuff, appreciate the support to the engineering community :) Especially the networking advice. It's never too early to be hunting for a job. Really your search should begin during freshman year!
@TajWorld13
6 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees pp
@samirsam7889
5 жыл бұрын
oh! me too .really I'm so excited for that
@escape2739
4 жыл бұрын
Hey bro
@techsupport7273
4 жыл бұрын
Update?
@TheTechTwins
6 жыл бұрын
I agree with some of the tips mentioned. I personally am a Mechanical Engineering and Business double major at UC Berkeley and wouldn't recommend summer classes, as these are times when internships are key. I think my channel could be helpful. My twin brother and I have interned at Apple, Tesla, and Microsoft, and are Juniors at UC Berkeley. We share weekly insights on how we got there, hopefully helping budding engineers along the way
@OmegaFalcon
6 жыл бұрын
ahh I've already failed at all of this so far
@abisarwan20
6 жыл бұрын
OmegaFalcon keep spirit ! never give up
@OmegaFalcon
6 жыл бұрын
thanks man, i will :)
@hibak8196
5 жыл бұрын
Haha me too! But dang it it's never too late to fix stuff or for a new beginning. :D
@skippydw1228
7 жыл бұрын
This is my new favorite channel.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Same! what kind of engineer are you?
@danithaman4610
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees the good kind
@JakeVoorhees
6 жыл бұрын
same!
@pizzadispenser1389
7 жыл бұрын
Also do college in the high school (I graduated high school with an associate's degree and am about to graduate university at age 20), or pursue community college after high school to save a ton of $$$. You get a higher GPA because community college courses are a lot easier than the weedout university courses, and you get the same exact classes for like a fourth of the price.
@Bobay4224
7 жыл бұрын
Most accredited universities (at least in my experience), won't accept GPAs from outside their institutions. While community college is great to save money and to get your general courses completed, you shouldn't do it to pad your GPA. I do completely agree with taking as many classes as you can in high school, though.
@pizzadispenser1389
7 жыл бұрын
They don't accept your GPA as the University's GPA, but they use it to accept you to the University. It also pads your high school GPA as in my experience community college classes are a joke compared to AP classes and u only have to take 3 per quarter as opposed to 6 or 7.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yup! Great advice, I suggest this to all my students, particularly because of the expenses aspect. Definitely have to be careful not to get acclimated to comm college difficulty and then get slammed with a bunch of hard 3rd year courses at a regular university. Otherwise, it's a great option!
@franckinho
5 жыл бұрын
Yup I mean I only started dual enrolling the summer going into senior year because that's when I got my car. Raised my GPA a ton. Helped my rank a ton and I'm pretty much starting off university with half of the first year actually completed. I can't imagine how it would've been if I could've started earlier...
@christiansnaturestudio6599
3 жыл бұрын
I wish I graduated early 😪 😩 😕
@rite2bcreative
2 жыл бұрын
I would add staying on top of requirements for your program, like gpa minimum, max attempts at a class (my school only allows 2 attempts total), and any changes to what classes are required. I recommend meeting with an advisor at least once a semester to check in and make sure you're on track and find out about any new changes or resources. Also, if you're going to a community college then transferring to a 4 year degree, make sure your credits will transfer (get it in writing if possible). I know a lot of people that have had set backs due to a requirement they didn't know about!
@skullpumpkinmedia
3 жыл бұрын
You're a man of wisdom, I love your advice and how you educate me on becoming an engineer, you're one of the best KZitemrs out there and they reason I love to use the internet. Keep up the good work and don't give up
@CookerSeven4
4 жыл бұрын
As a sophomore civil engineering major at manhattan college, I say with experience that anyone thinking about taking online summer courses SHOULD ABSOLUTELY TAKE THEM!!! My college requires that we take some form of religion 100, 200, and 300 level courses, and I took both 200 and 300 last summer. Now, I have one more social science to finish up next summer and I’m all done with GE’s. For me, they were 7 weeks long, had about five assignments a week, and were quite possibly the easiest A’s that I’ll ever get in a course here. You will never, I repeat, NEVER, regret taking summer courses, especially one that’s online. Best of luck to all my fellow engineering majors out there! You got this!
@tommytran5962
7 жыл бұрын
Wow, this was one of the best videos I have seen yet. I learned so much, I hope you never quit doing what you're doing.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Tommy Tran, what kind of engineer are you man?
@ajf9408
4 жыл бұрын
Don't get the generals done early! Keep them for as long as you can! A semester of only engineering classes is brutal. 3 technical classes and a general is so much more manageable than 4 technical classes.
@Elienguitar
4 жыл бұрын
Add-on: Apply for job that will grant security clearance. It add a significant amount to base pay.
@Gregkatr
6 жыл бұрын
Im about to start studying Mechanical engineering , watching your videos clears my mind out a bit, thanks and keep the good work up!!!
@Wurded
3 жыл бұрын
How’s it going?
@elinfelicia382
3 жыл бұрын
“Making connections is really important” Me with crippling social anxiety: 🏃♀️🏃♀️
@user-lv8dn8gw9z
3 жыл бұрын
Add in fucking wuflu and that one gets way harder to do.
@harrisons62
2 жыл бұрын
Chose engineering but can’t talk to anyone? Great idea.
@crystallizationofthesoul7095
5 жыл бұрын
Engineering is so hard! :D
@HeyEveryoneHi
4 жыл бұрын
Not really, you just have to know math well and study a lot :)
@Mo74mmad
4 жыл бұрын
ABo NaBiL Gamer ! If you have to study a lot then it’s hard
@christiansnaturestudio6599
3 жыл бұрын
Being a doctor is HARDER
@andrewramirizkbassily1837
3 жыл бұрын
@@christiansnaturestudio6599 it depends on how you view it, those that chose medicine over engineering probably chose it for a reason and vice versa
@dddd-uk4vn
3 жыл бұрын
@@christiansnaturestudio6599 Medicine/Law just seems like memorizing slabs of information
@RunOs3
Жыл бұрын
THank you Chat for helping me with my essays for all the bs classes I had to take. Your channel is full of great content. Thank you.
@yashkapoor5894
4 жыл бұрын
You can be successful in engineering by doing endless textbook problems and then doing some MORE textbook problems. You guessed it. Do some more textbook problems! :)
@abdulqader.a2417
3 жыл бұрын
I really don't think so
@ee214verilogtutorial2
3 жыл бұрын
And by the end of your education, all you’ll know to do is to solve textbook problems, with having no idea how to solve real life problems
@ee214verilogtutorial2
3 жыл бұрын
Don’t get me wrong, textbook problems are important, but they are not everything
@milkeynub4862
3 жыл бұрын
If your looking for a college, try to find one with a mandatory coop program. You get alternating school and work terms. You get real engineering experience before you even graduate so your already ahead of other schools grads.
@martirenedaljeetolim3825
7 жыл бұрын
Awesome video mn. Very good mind opening and perspective
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks man! Glad you liked it.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yup! What kind of engineer are you Martirene?
@martirenedaljeetolim3825
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees I am studying Chemical engineering.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
cool man, do you have an engineering internship this summer?
@EduardoGarcia-iy4jz
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks bro! I'm glad you provided perspective on class failures.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah I had a class failure - gotta focus and really commit the time required for success!
@txlec99
4 жыл бұрын
Every videos of yours really help for people interested in this field, please keep posting more.
@wackyacorn1858
5 жыл бұрын
I'm 15 and I've landed a summer job in h-vac. If I can do it, so can you!
@jeffreymuu5451
4 жыл бұрын
Where I live in Northern Ca you have to be going to college perusing engineering even get an internship. Haven’t seen any high schooler internships for engineering.
@wackyacorn1858
4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreymuu5451 MA
@jeffreymuu5451
4 жыл бұрын
wacky acorn I guess Massachusetts the spot also was the internship good?
@chkpwd
7 жыл бұрын
This guy is amazing !!! Subscribed
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
100% You must be an engineer?
@JakeVoorhees
6 жыл бұрын
Yup, we have a bunch of collabs, his content is 110%
@kryptocat4240
5 жыл бұрын
@@JakeVoorhees yes bro i know you too
@os9458
5 жыл бұрын
@@JakeVoorhees u are every where bro
@marionvanier6809
5 жыл бұрын
While these tips do help, the biggest thing is perseverance. There will be a lot of tough classes, there will be a lot of work. But nothing worthwhile in life comes easy. Some classes are meant to weed out people however if you get help and surround yourself with people who also want to succeed. College is tough and engineering is one of the toughest majors, but if you want it bad enough, put in the work and you will succeed.
@andrewwatson7044
7 жыл бұрын
I just finished my junior year in civil engineering. I can verify that you do not need a 3.0 GPA to get a good job in engineering. Mine is barely above 3.0 but when I applied for my internships, it was below 3.0 and not a single employer asked about it. I have an engineering internship this summer and I'm taking a summer class at community college so I can take less credits this fall. If you can prove to an employer that you are passionate about what you study and that you're a likable person who gets along with other people, that will say much more about you than your GPA does. I'm also fairly certain that my school mentioned the average GPA for an engineering student was 2.7. Also to all the incoming freshman as engineering students, the first year (calculus 2 and physics 1 especially) are weed-out classes. Make it through those with good grades and you'll be set for the rest of your engineering career.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Firstly, congrats! I'm a civil engineer too so good for you. Yeah I graduated with under 3.0 but because of my interpersonal skills and networking with great players in the industry, success has come to me (with lots of hard work too). I guess you have an engineering job lined up huh? Cheers!
@andrewwatson7044
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! But no, not quite. I still have to finish up my senior year and I'm looking to move out of the state I currently live in once I graduate. My emphasis is in structures but most of my experience has been in transportation so far, which makes looking for a full time job in structures a little hard with so much transportation experience.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Right right. Cool yeah I'm civil and have an emphasis in transportation. Let me know if you have any questions or think I can help you with anything. I'm about to do a video series on the 5 types of civil engineering, stay tuned
@alvielayague5062
5 жыл бұрын
K
@66karateman
4 жыл бұрын
I have a 2.99 Cumulative in Electrical Engineering when the Average EE gpa in my program is around 2.7-2.8
@tank_m3_tanker575
5 жыл бұрын
Dimension lines got me messed up in high school already.
@mechanicallydev4536
6 жыл бұрын
Senior year Mechanical Engineer student here, and I wish someone have said the same tips to me when I started college. All he said is true. 😀
@Diomedes01
7 жыл бұрын
An additional piece of advice I recommend is to become as skilled as possible in various software tools and development environments that are available. As strange as it may sound, becoming very skilled in things like MS Excel can really showcase your abilities because most people that use MS Office only use the rudimentary features. One thing that honestly got me in the door in one job is because I knew how to connect Excel directly to a database via ODBC and make Excel documents dynamic. Also, perform some job searches for specific companies you are interested in and find out what specific skills they are looking for. Each company maintains different systems. Some may use Salesforce. Some might be using bug tracking tools like JIRA or Bugzilla. Understanding their current implementations and familiarizing yourself with those solutions is a great asset and will be looked upon favorably by the company.
@rinisaramarkose2415
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this advice mann!!
@clearancejohn
5 жыл бұрын
damn dude nice video. Im currently enrolled in CheE and all of this has pretty much already flowed through my mind.
@kamarulbahrain4869
3 жыл бұрын
As intovert, the number 2 make ny heart crack...
@varunrajkancharla1328
3 жыл бұрын
Same here ❤️
@Teeeeanddeeee
4 жыл бұрын
Really helpful, I'm a high school student and I am thinking of making EE my major. This video helped a lot.😘😘
@dasvi7102
4 жыл бұрын
I knew someone whose parents are part of a small engineering company and she said they are looking for internships. I told her I would love to learn more and if she could get back to me with more information. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 situation just destroyed that.
@djpk6773
6 жыл бұрын
Hey, I never really have commented on any videos on youtube before, but your channel contents are awesome! Keep posting for those who find it super helpful!
@Blueian742
2 жыл бұрын
Even though I’m a hs senior I’m trying to manor in mechanical engineering in college and I’m sure some of these tips will come in handy in college.
@mitoCoroadoJr
3 жыл бұрын
0:30 network is most important, or have parents or friends in the company
@alimamulma3sum14
4 жыл бұрын
Bro i just admire you a lot for doing this Thank you
@shawn4626
7 жыл бұрын
Great input thanks!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yup. You're an engineer?
@aqila3006
5 жыл бұрын
thanks a million ! I am gonna start my new semester tomorrow , I learned many things that i was ignoring them
@KirikomiMoon
3 жыл бұрын
This is what I needed to hear. Thank you! 😊😌
@Lysse9
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video it help me, now I'm in my first year second semestrer of Civil Engineer and it's hard to manage time. But I'm trying my best to keep learning and have good grades.
@avilovsky8369
6 жыл бұрын
I sleepwalked through my first 2 years of bachelor getting consistent 2.7-3 grades. Then I ended my 3 year with 4.0 and overall became 3.2. At the end of my Bachelor program i am prognosticating 3.27 GPA. Maan I wish I could go back in time and study harder to get more than 3.5 cause a lot of my friends with 3.5+ got best internships in my country and I had one in literally the worst company. But I am not giving up my dream of being the best engineer in my country
@huey1153
5 жыл бұрын
Then emphasize the gpa of your last 60 or 90 credit hours....Trust me about this and you’re welcome in advanced
@tomatochemist
4 жыл бұрын
A family member worked for Boeing, they paid for his masters at Carnegie Mellon, whether he came back to them or not! ❤️
@warlax5658
4 жыл бұрын
Experiment with studying on your own. Working with people can be great, but it can also be: -distracting -give you a false sense of understanding if you’re all working on the same problem -take up time meeting, setting up, and doing stuff after -make you compromise what you’re focused on with the group Studying with friends can be super useful, but personally, I prefer chegg and a quiet desk
@carnivalwrestler
7 жыл бұрын
When I worked at NSA many years ago, I was surprised to see all the high school interns we had. Some got pretty good positions in comp sci or in admin or whatever. You might want to check into it as NSA is very high-tech oriented (math, engineering, signals, comp sci, EE, plus foreign languages, etc.) and they would definitely want to hire you when you graduate from college as you will have a Top Secret Special Intelligence security clearance with several accesses, and this is HUGE with them and a lot of other employers.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's a great employer for sure, big budget for big projects. You had an engineering position with them? Cheers!
@carnivalwrestler
7 жыл бұрын
No, I was an analyst and intercept operator with foreign language skills. But my desk was right across the aisle from a guy with a Ph.D. in some kind of engineering, and some of the people that I would hang with were engineers. Plus I had to know weapons systems, capabilities and platforms and associated other technical data backwards and forwards, so it wasn't entirely non-technical. Of course, mathematicians were big with them, and one gifted young lady with an M.S. in math doubled her salary her first year with bonuses 'cause she was so good at cryptology. It could be a good gig for any loyal American citizen with a clean background. Plus you get to see a whole array of technology that won't come onto the consumer market for 10-20 years. I had a lot of fun there and got to know a lot of intelligent (some scary intelligent!) guys and a lot of good looking girls (and yes, they were very intelligent too, and ambitious, too). But you've got to pass a stringent background test and polygraph exam. They went back to my second grade teacher and childhood friends, etc., and I was 27 at the time, and my background check took about nine months. I did have an acquaintance who worked there and loved it and he had done drugs, but he was totally clean for more than a year and they let him in. So they're reasonable.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Wow awesome story, thank you for that. Yeah I hear you about tough background checks, and allll that. Appreciate all the info, thank you :)
@chimples97
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your videos. They are hands-down the most helpful and informative I've seen. Appreciate you - keep it up! :)
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Chelsea! Really appreciate the comment and will definitely keep the videos coming!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
I know right! MajorPrep is awesome :) Chelsea, which kind of engineer are you? Cheers
@SDKwarrior
7 жыл бұрын
YOOO THIS CHANNEL IS THE OG OF GOOD INFO
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@NickMattia44
Жыл бұрын
Just started my first semester of college online this summer. I’m currently 22, and work a full time construction job to pay my bills. The hardest part for me so far is finding the time necessary for getting my work done. Any tips?
@cristianlopez7989
6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the very useful information i will always keep those tips in mind👍
@mustafaglnr8780
6 жыл бұрын
Never told that senior design project will specify your working field and you can determine which area is the closest to you in the future with your own thesis and the projects of the courses and accordingly you can set the roadmap for yourself.
@geoinsightz
6 жыл бұрын
I want the vedio on what is geomatics engineering. Your videos are inspiring and motivating .Thanks for all 😊
@tylermichael1328
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a high school junior and will be a senior next school year and I was wondering how to find internships for me
@sin7wu
7 жыл бұрын
Tyler Michael I used indeed while I was a sophomore in college to get my internship. I only used indeed and LinkedIn to see what kind of companies are out there that are interesting to me and then went directly to the company's website and applied online. I know some really big companies hire high school students for internships.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Tyler, start networking asap! You can conduct informational interviews, go to job fairs, ask your professors for connections, cold call firms, and like you mentioned, look at job postings. It's all about who you know though, as glassdoor and forbes both state about 80% of job openings NEVER get posted.
@niyascott9037
6 жыл бұрын
same
@MrSridharMurthy
3 жыл бұрын
Great advise sir ! Thank you !
@AKmaryrose
6 жыл бұрын
im only 13, and im in 8th grade and my dream is to become a bio engineer, and get into university of chicago, damn, hopefully lmfao.
@angee_p
3 жыл бұрын
Wow u r way ahead of ur time. And that's good bro. I'm in my 3rd yr and finally watching This and realizing ah so thats what I need.
@adamk8277
7 жыл бұрын
Love your videos keep it up!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Engineering life! You're an engineer too?
@Engineering_learners
3 жыл бұрын
Well sir❤👍🏻
@politicalengineer25
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice video. I left aerospace engineering earlier this year for political science, but I wanna go back for civil engineering and all this info was really helpful. I've heard a lot of this my first semester but your video conveyed it in an interesting manner, thanks!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
I'm a civil engineer! Let me know if you'd like any questions answered, or tips & tricks!
@victoriaosawaru6121
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees what do you think of building/architectural engineering that's what I'm planning on majoring in this field.. any thoughts? thanks
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Heyyy Victoria, thanks for the comment. I think you have to first decide are you more of an architecture person, or an engineer. I know schools have "architectural engineering" but this program is pretty oxymoronic as architecture and engineering are parallel but inverse paths in many ways. I did a 1% Engineer episode all about this, here you are bit.ly/2h7vdjk let me know how else I can help you :) i think civil engineering with a structural emphasis and architecture are both valid paths today. You just have to figure out if you're more of an architect person or an engineer. Let me know how else I can help you k!!! cheers
@victoriaosawaru6121
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees well am studying in Rome Italy and I decided to major in building engineering because i attended a technical institute of surveyor ( high school)so I liked the idea of construction and buildings it sparked up an interest to say.. maybe it's different in America
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Good choice :) let me know what other questions you have about your engineering future, and I can help you out w those, thanks!
@alecadanglao8386
7 жыл бұрын
Thx for the tips man!!!!!!!!!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah this channel is awesome for young engineers. Are you an engineering student?
@francargeric1
3 жыл бұрын
I was hoping to start my own projects after college maybe with a part-time to cover the costs of living, that's the main reason I got into engineering, to begin with, to have that freedom to be able to do whatever your creativity allows. Not rush into a 9 to 5. My GPA sucks since physics kicks my ass but I'm very sociable and know everybody from freshman to senior, I already have 3 or 4 potential projects that as soon as I have the required knowledge I'm going to start working on. Mostly bio-engineering stuff and bio is mostly 4th-year classes. (engineering last 5 years where I'm from)
@DerrickRoseCanFly1
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this video!!!
@nahommekonen20
3 жыл бұрын
Your voice and speed are splendid.
@spetsnatzlegion3366
3 жыл бұрын
We’re engineering students. Socialising is an alien concept we can’t put into the calculator or CAD software or code. Although I assume you already know this.
@youssefyoussef7285
7 жыл бұрын
i fucking love your videos
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Engineering life!
@JakeVoorhees
6 жыл бұрын
Yup best engineering channel on KZitem
@joshuacharlery6060
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You the GOAT FAM!
@Ro.T560
5 жыл бұрын
Taking a summer class lower my gpa. 5 weeks to learn data structure in java was pretty difficult. When you said the average gpa for engineering student i started to have hope again.
@calebereid
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, this semester is getting to me.
@huh5950
4 жыл бұрын
We don't have 3 months of vacation in Italy that would be great, we usually get a little more than 1...
@jassvt7827
3 жыл бұрын
That’s true the other months are usually full of exams 🙂
@EngrAhmed9
6 жыл бұрын
Your videos are the best Thanks for these tips
@ApexKaizo
7 жыл бұрын
hello MajorPrep, love your videos man, all of this information has influenced me greatly and I'd like to become a computer hardware engineer, but is there a way you could create a video over software engineering? I'd just like to get a masters in Computer engineering and a bachelor's in Software engineering when I attend college
@ApexKaizo
7 жыл бұрын
favorited, liked this video and subscribed 👍
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment and the sub! And I have noted many people want software engineering so I will try to get that when I can.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Fluttershy, yeah software engineering / programming is a good field. Where are you looking at for schools?
@ApexKaizo
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees Try to transfer to Georgia Tech or UGA, if not those two then I'll go for Kennesaw State for computer engineering
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Georgia Tech is a great school, UGA too. I dunno much about Kennesaw State but sounds like it's your safety school, which it's great you are thinking that far in advance. I make videos about engineering college / career success, and run a networking group of young engineers called The 1% Engineers :)
@asht7788
6 жыл бұрын
This was inspirational💡
@cman32826
7 жыл бұрын
last job I had did offer paid tuition, but for full time employees only. i could never figure out how it was feasible to work there full time AND pursue something as rigorous as any form of Engineering..so I quit.
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah that's a tough sell, full time employment and full time student. You most likely made the right call. How do you feel 3 months later? Still confident?
@huey1153
5 жыл бұрын
How long would you have had to work to get it paid off?
@adityaluthfit9522
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your informations..its very useful for my future and many engineering students..:)))
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@Karnex1
7 жыл бұрын
Great content, I wish you have million subscribers by end of next year
@zachstar
7 жыл бұрын
haha same here! Thanks for the comment!
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Channels like this desire it! Nemanja, what type of engineering are you studying?
@Karnex1
7 жыл бұрын
I am chemical eng, what about you
@JakeVoorhees
7 жыл бұрын
Nice! You must be very smart, chem engr is considered the hardest engineering :) I'm a civil engineer. What's next for you this summer? You have an engineering internship?
@Sadge1999
7 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees my friend said mechanical was hardest : thermofluids gearatio equations etc.
@vanerwin504
2 жыл бұрын
When doing integrals, use the LOOKUP TABLE!
@MJARDANI1
7 жыл бұрын
I thought I was gonna go to university and make no freinds well now it's important god dammit of wanted to be the lonely kid that sits in the corner
@JakeVoorhees
6 жыл бұрын
yeah networking and the relationships you build in univ is more important that what you learn there
@huey1153
5 жыл бұрын
Jake Voorhees unless you’re some skilled mastermind that doesn’t need any connections...
@drunclecookie216
5 жыл бұрын
eh, I got by better with my "local" connections than I ever did my "university" connections. I'm 17 years in my profession and don't have any contact with anyone I went to school with nor any of my professors. I've been at the same company for 17 years right out of school, and I'm the head of the civil department now. I get more personal time at this company than I've ever heard of anyone getting at any other engineering firm, plus I hardly ever see my boss and get to work at my own pace. I'm in a very rural area so the pay isn't as good as it would be at a bigger city, but the cost of living is so low here I'd lose money by taking a job at a bigger city after expenses are figured in.
@murtadhafawwaz2463
7 жыл бұрын
thanks for the tips it was really useful
@jhonnalbisa8422
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm a 12th grader who will be graduating in June 10th. Planning on taking on mechanical engineering because of how broad it is career-wise.
@endlesssummer9139
2 жыл бұрын
I am chemical engineer student thank you so much for this excellent tip.
@macshm6ney447
6 жыл бұрын
S/o to you brother this was awesome!
@corymitchell3228
5 жыл бұрын
As a very awkward and self conscious engineering student, networking is a big fucking NO GO for me.
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