The Term Paper (aka research paper)

Pickwick
Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:56:40 +0000

As an engineering major, you will be spared many worthy college classes that would enhance your ability to write, research and reason abstractly which – while not a great thing in my view – obviously will be good news to you. However, I can say without any equivocation that in today’s world being able to write well is an absolute prerequisite to real success. Whether you are a scientist, engineer or in another numbers/science orientated profession, you must communicate with your peers, clients, employers, supporters, and if you get good, you may even want to publish – engineers make important breakthroughs all the time, but if you can’t communicate in writing someone else will be cashing in on your ideas. I simply could not enforce enough the importance of being able to write well. And really, it’s a matter of practice. You don’t have to be James Joyce – but you need to get to the point where you can write fluidly and coherently without sweating blood everytime you try. And the only way to get there is practice. So write that research paper.