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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #30 on: Apr 14, 2008, 10:54AM »
yeh that differentiation is easy lol, it pisses me off when pie and cosh and tanh is involved in fractions and farken square roots.

what are you doing at uni if you cant even use the sqaure root button on your calculator?

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #31 on: Apr 14, 2008, 02:01PM »
Perseverance - that's the only way you'll get through uni.

I did a 3 year full time bachelor of commerce (with double major in accounting) and there are so many times that i wanted to quit, but at the end of the day i couldn't bare to see all my hard work go to waste. So i stuck with it and completed it.
Then, to find out that i had to do another 3 years part time study to gain my CPA (professional membership) qualifications, which I've just recently finished my studying for. In the end, all my hard work has paid off, and i also have something that i have achieved and am proud of.

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #32 on: Apr 15, 2008, 02:07AM »
what are you doing at uni if you cant even use the sqaure root button on your calculator?

Differentiation has nothing to do with calculators!
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #33 on: Apr 15, 2008, 09:26AM »
Differentiation has nothing to do with calculators!

yeh but i wasnt talking about differentiation, dont worry

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #34 on: Apr 15, 2008, 09:37AM »
2 + 2 is 4
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #35 on: Apr 15, 2008, 11:42AM »
what are you doing at uni if you cant even use the sqaure root button on your calculator?

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #36 on: Apr 15, 2008, 12:13PM »
what are you doing at uni if you cant even use the sqaure root button on your calculator?

fair point, in a way...

in the latter years of most uni courses it all comes down to being able to use calculators and computers to do shit for you anyway... or at least thats what i've found at rmit doing automotive eng. (NB: SHIT UNI DO NOT COME HERE!! SERIOUSLY!!! 80% OF LECTURERS ARE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS WHO CANT SPEAK ENGLISH)

i remember fuk all raw maths, but as long as you can build something in CAD you'll get through ok.
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #37 on: Apr 15, 2008, 12:45PM »
who the fuck said i cant use a calculator lol?
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #38 on: Apr 15, 2008, 07:29PM »
i did mechanical engineering

yeah i lasted 6 weeks

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #39 on: Apr 17, 2008, 02:05PM »
I started a double degree in Comp Sys Eng/Comp Sci. I went through till about half way through the 2nd semester, at which stage I decided to change the straight Comp Sci. I only failed the subject that was basically Chem Eng (well technically I failed a maths subject in the 2nd semester too, but I actually just missed the exam and they wouldn't let me sit the supplimentery exam). I did enjoy some of the Eng stuff and got some good marks though.

Got a fair few Ds and some HDs, otherwise Cs throughout the Comp Sci degree. A lot of people find Comp Sci degrees much easier than Eng, I think it's just a different level of abstract thinking, and a lot of people go into Comp Sci having played with computers + coding before hand, not sitting there studying away at maths.

If I went back to uni now I'd probably spend a LOT more time researching what the market for jobs is going to be like when I get OUT of uni, not when I start it.

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #40 on: Apr 17, 2008, 02:11PM »
If I went back to uni now I'd probably spend a LOT more time researching what the market for jobs is going to be like when I get OUT of uni, not when I start it.

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #41 on: Apr 17, 2008, 03:04PM »
Lol, maths isn't the hardest thing you'll do in mech eng at uni.

One of the electives i chose, involved understanding the theory BEHIND calculating each individual element in a finite element analysis study.

Not 10-20 elements, more like 100-200,000 elements in a reasonable size part using a surface matrix only.

*Note: we didn't have to actually calculate any of it, just understand it so when we were generating models for analysis we did it correctly and chose the right options.

Actually, i tell a lie.

Wait until you start doing control systems, if you do at all. that subject was the bane of my fucking existence. And guess what the majority of my current work involves. rofl.

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #42 on: Apr 17, 2008, 06:07PM »
finished uni...thought it was hard at the time, but now im in the real world...it was easy as eating pie.  although i did develop a alcohol problem during 5 years of uni and the uni bar

worth it cuz im earning extremely good coin nowadays
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #43 on: Apr 17, 2008, 09:17PM »
finished uni...thought it was hard at the time, but now im in the real world...it was easy as eating pie.  although i did develop a alcohol problem during 5 years of uni and the uni bar

worth it cuz im earning extremely good coin nowadays

What course did you do?

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #44 on: Apr 18, 2008, 03:52PM »
What course did you do?
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #45 on: Apr 18, 2008, 04:59PM »
prostitution 101
it was easy as eating pie. 
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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #46 on: Apr 18, 2008, 11:25PM »
At a mate's BBQ last week I met one of the test drivers for Ford (just 28yo).  Clearly he loves it.  Got to ride in the new XR6 Turbo ute (just unrevealed) across Melb.  and got to see all the cool shit inside.  Let me tell you, the 4-5 years of uni would be worth it for sure!!!
Not to make it about the car but turbo 6 sedan is currently running 13.2sec quarters in street gear.

If you can do it all with an industry part time job, you will definately be set once you are finished.  You just have to keep priories.  Always do more uni than you are working, otherwise you'll risk not finishing (due to loosing interest or whatever).  Once you have a few mates to kick around with uni is so much better...

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Re: uni and how you did it
« Reply #47 on: Apr 21, 2008, 10:26AM »
The first year is always the hardest, getting used to balanceing everything, the fact that unlike high school, no one is going to chase you for assignments etc. I think 3/8 subjects that year i got 50s, another 4 were between 50 and 60. But then i pulled my finger out over the next 3 years, chalked up some decent marks and managed to scrape into a phd. If you had told me that was possible in the year and even some of second year, i would have punched you in the face for talking bullshit.

As for the part time work, i would definately go for that, experience is almost as valuable as the degree, but make sure you are focused on the theory not the job for the next couple of years

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