Architectural engineering

grilled_steeze

grilled_steeze

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I'm thinking about college, and I definitely want to go into an engineering field but I'm not sure which one. Im split between electrical, mechanical, civil, and architectural. I'm pretty interested in all but I'm finding it a little more difficult to find info and places with architecture and especially architectural engineering. Also skiing in college and after are really important, so how much time is there for that? If anyone could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated.
 
Also should've added I'm good at physics and sciences, but because the way they teach math at my school (accelerated one year and technically an AP level class) my grade was lower than it would be with "regular" classes so it might look bad on an application. Ways to fix this?
 
13759362:grilled_cheese said:
Also should've added I'm good at physics and sciences, but because the way they teach math at my school (accelerated one year and technically an AP level class) my grade was lower than it would be with "regular" classes so it might look bad on an application. Ways to fix this?
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Wouldn't really sweat it. Theyll take the fact you were enrolled in a harder class into account. Colleges are, imo, a lot easier to get into than they make it seem in HS, unless you're going ivy league or something.

But, engineering degrees and skiing in college don't really mesh well. The workload is insane and you will be doing more maths than you ever thought possible. I wouldn't expect to be a good student and ski often if you're going into engineering. You'd need VERY strong time management skills to pull it off.
 
13760006:broto said:
But, engineering degrees and skiing in college don't really mesh well. The workload is insane and you will be doing more maths than you ever thought possible. I wouldn't expect to be a good student and ski often if you're going into engineering. You'd need VERY strong time management skills to pull it off.
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This is like half what school you go to and half time management skills. At UVM, which is a respected engineering school, myself and others manage to ski 75+ days a winter and retain good grades. I've known kids with far easier degrees that don't even ski that much but end up dropping out or having to stop skiing due to skiing too much.

If you're like me, you're most productive when you're busy, and what better a way to stay busy than skiing!
 
Think about doing civil. There's not architectural at my school so that gives me the impression it's probably a pretty specific degree. If you go with civil you'll probably have broader possibilities after school. Also, lots of kids get mechanical degrees since it's so flexible, you can do almost anything with it.
 
I'm in Mechanical Engineering Technology at Montana State and it's a pretty fun degree. It's a lot more hands on than Mechanical Engineering and with so much less calculus. If you fuckin hate calc like I do (but you still have to use it for some stuff), it's the way to go. Also the workload is quite a bit less than my friends in non-tech engineering degrees. My roomate is in Civil Engineering and the workload is crazy sometimes, so he has to manage his time really well to be able to ski.

Everyone I know in Architectural engineering fucking hates their life. They all bitch about how they live in the dept building and end up in tears for every assignment.
 
I did straight up architecture and can say go for it if you're in love with it. You will spend a LOT of your time in studio working on your projects, but when you're working on something you love and surrounded by your friends working on theirs, it's just great. We would smoke doobies on the roof then bang out modles till mightnight during finals weeks. During the weekends and depending on your schedule a week day a week for skiing is definitly doable. Also, architecture is an art with a massive culture and following that is extremely competitive and continuously evolving. It's the most interesting job in the world if you make it that.

Or you could bitch and moan every project you get and have a shit time regretting every moment you spend in studio.

Engineers make more than architects too.
 
i dont know shit but I know someone in electrical and he is depressed. Try architecture if you lego
 
I know hella architecture students at Iowa State who ski plenty. They put in a fuckton of work but always make time to ski on a shitty hill in the middle of iowa
 
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