<p>lajolla3, it would be really good if you could explain what happened. i took 4al last quarter and i messed up lab 2 (dropping a ball -_-). i left the precision at 3 decimals, so my data was very crappy. i wrote about it well and did the extra credit - got a P+ (i had an awesome TA tho)</p>
<p>BUT for you… I think maybe you could be calculating your change in momentum wrong? you should realize its a vector sum and one of them should be negative. This means that ure change in momentum “p final minus p initial” equals “abs val of p final plus p initial” ( |Pf| + |Pi| ),
maybe that’s not your problem, but i know other lab groups who had that problem ;]. good luck</p>
<p>oh wow, thank you so much for all those thoughtful and kind advice!</p>
<p>zero786, I get what you’re saying about adding vector momentums, and I actually had them added correctly in my calculation. I thought I did the calculation wrong too, so I did it on excel 5 times. -_- I might wanna try once more. For a second, I thought you were my lab partner, cuz I actually made the same mistake of having 3 decimal precision with the dropping ball lab!!! haha. My TA made me stay longer and redo the experiment though.</p>
<p>My error percentatge is currently 195%. much less than BoelterHall’s (over 1000%??), but yeah… I’ll try my best to bs my way through, I mean reason scientifcally in the lab report!</p>
<p>How many people double major in alternate engineering degrees?</p>
<p>I’m admitted as an Aero E. I know Mech E would be the natural and easiest choice to double in. What about Chem/Bio Engineering? Too different? What’s UCLA’s stance on this anyways.</p>
<p>I have a buddy at UCI who’s doubling in mech and material engr. And is thinking about tripling with aero. Is UCLA this flexible with you?</p>
<p>I know that Flopsy and others know more on the topic, but I don’t believe we can double major in alternate engineering degrees.</p>
<p>All engineers have to satisfy a Technical Breadth Requirement, which is basically a couple courses from another Engineering discipline. That allows us to kind of engage in other types of engineering fields. </p>
<p>Some engineering majors also allow you to choose a specific path. For example, an EE major has the option of choosing between 3 paths: Straight EE, EE/biomedical path, EE/CS path.</p>
<p>PS: If what I said above is true, can someone explain why we do it this way, rather than having us double/triple major in multiple engineering disciplines?</p>
<p>additionally, even if they did let you double major in engineering, AE and ME do not mesh here; as of this year they only share 7 classes + a lab, excluding prereqs.</p>
<p>however, there are concentrations/options for certain majors, so in that sense you could “double major” in ChemE and BioE.</p>
<p>You can’t double major in AE and ME, because too many courses overlap. If you do, you might as well triple with CEE.</p>
<p>It’s good to learn theory from a variety of fields, so the technical breaths will help you be flexible in knowledge. (what made in china said).</p>
<p>Mechanical and materials double major will take over 4 years, and should be quite different unless he/she specializes in solid mechanics. Let us know how your buddy is doing in his/her pursuit . :rolleyes:</p>
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I think the paths are to give you SOME exposure to the secondary field, but not a whole lot. For example, if you are EE-BME, you won’t have the best knowledge in EE, but you won’t know a lot beyond the fundamentals of life science. That is acutally the worst option when you think about it. It is a weak analogy to a minor in the secondary field, and not considered completion of the engineering major.</p>
<p>Why would you want to double major within engineering? Is it personal interest, or better job outlook? B.S. degrees are considered similar to a high school diploma by some people in the industry. This is why many push and recommend that you go to graduate school.</p>
<p>The technical breadth is just there to make you more profitable and versitile when you get to the industry. That’s basically what the dean said to the audience during last springs free pizza and listen to him talk day.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information on the quality of the Civil Engineering major in terms of rankings? and any additional insight in terms of job availability post graduation?</p>
<p>is bioengineering a good major for a premed student? how does the workload compare to a non-engineering, science major such as biochemistry? (everyone talks about how much work engineering is and how much studying will be required, and i just wanna know if its the same for bioE).</p>
<p>so, realistically, do you think i will have time to accomodate hospital volunteering, research, doctor shadowing, and leadership activities along with studying if i become a BioE major?</p>
<p>That’s a whole boatload of activities you got there. To be honest, if you’re damn good at managing your time, I think you could manage half of those activities. I’m pretty locked up with just my research (about 12 hours a week), but I’m not the greatest time manager by far. I think you can definitely do all of them at some point during your career here, or at least feel them out and see what you want to truly do (quality > quantity).</p>
<p>I have a question regarding internships at UCLA. I got accepted into both Cal and UCLA (leaning towards UCLA since the environment has a much more pristine feeling to it, and the school is gorgeous)</p>
<p>I’m a chemical engineer and was wondering if UCLA has just as many internship opportunities (from big companies like Chevron, Concophilips, etc) as UC Berkeley in my particular branch of engineering and in general? </p>
<p>Hopefuly TB54, flopsy or anyone else can shed some light on this topic.</p>
<p>Does UCLA have internships with big companies? Yes. Will everybody get their internship of choice? No. </p>
<p>Take whatever internship you get offered in my opinion.</p>
<p>I had an internship offer with a small environmental engineering firm and they offered me 15 bucks an hour. I was mad they offered so little I rejected their offer and ended up with nothing for the summer. </p>
<p>My friend went with a small downstream refining engineering firm, got offered 13.50 an hour. In the end, this internship got him his job with Chevron and he makes 10k more than me. (Not to mention we’re in different applications of chemical engineering, but still)</p>
<p>Moral of the story? Don’t shoot yourself in the foot.</p>
<p>Companies that give out internships (off the top of my head)
Tesoro
ConocoPhillips (heard all UCLA ChemE who got offered rejected it)
BP
Chevron
Baxter</p>
<p>Thing is, most companies don’t hire interns unless after your junior year due to learning what ChemE truly is during your junior year. For UCLA ChemE, we have our own counselor or liason to industry who helps with jobs, Mr. Bill Beard. He’s such a great guy and he knows the ropes about getting a job and promotions (used to be the recruiting manager for Arco which is now BP).</p>
<p>Schlumberger can bite me. They put me on an oil rig for 48h straight for a job interview, I hated it so much. I read reviews and what people truly think of Schlumberger/Haliburton, treat you like a dog and work you. Sure you get a lot of money but it blows, not a fun career.</p>
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<li>TB54 aka “We’re making 20 million a year on our biodiesel and not tanking, sucka!”</li>
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<p>Good question. Their plants are located in Carson. Perhaps location but BP is also located in Carson.</p>
<p>Chevron is located in El Segundo. Don’t see much ExxonMobil, don’t know why. Tesoro is independant and Aera is like a daughter company of Shell and Exxon (If memory serves me correct).</p>
<p>My best guess, cause ConocoPhillips is Coco for Coca Poofs?</p>