<p>Thanks a lot MadeInChina. I don’t know what happened in 33A but I simply didn’t like that class so I guess it all makes sense. I love the applications of lin. algebra though, but we don’t really get to study them :(</p>
<p>I just checked class schedules for next quarter. In addition to CS32, EE3 is also not offered in Fall. Is there a class you guys would recommend? An easy GE, or an interesting/fun class? Is there anything like that in economics/finance I can take?</p>
<p>I’m taking EE101 (its upper-div) next quarter because its with the same professor who I had EE1 with this quarter (he hinted that EE101 should be easy for us).</p>
<p>I petitioned to switch majors within the school of engineering around 8th week of spring quarter, but I never got a response. Is this because they are waiting for my spring quarter grades? And if so has this happened to anyone else because 2 quarters should be sufficient enough.</p>
<p>electrifice: We sound pretty similar because I hated 33A and the professor that taught it. However, I took a course last quarter (CS170A) that was based on linear algebra applications (such as manipulating sound, images, and FFT) and I really enjoyed it! </p>
<p>As for “easy” GEs, I suggest you look at the list yourself and see which ones you are interested in. I took A&A10 as a GE, and although I got an A, it was extremely boring and not my taste. The true “easy” GEs are the ones you are interested in; after all, that’s what GEs are for anyways.</p>
<p>you guys aren’t alone in disliking 33A. i had heard that it was one of the easiest math classes in the series, but after taking it with Gamelin it was harder than 32A and B imo. He taught it really really theoretically with very little practical applications or specific problems. I’m sure that I would have liked it a lot better if I had a different professor or if the class was less theoretical and more practical. Also, I did the worse in 33A than in the last two math classes sadly :(</p>
<p>MadeInChina, I just finished my first year in EE (with EE option). I will be starting my second year in fall.
Citan, Ozcan may be a bad teacher but I tend to be the kind of person who learns more from books and practice than from lectures anyway so I really liked him because he is fairly accessible and fun. His lectures are usually all over the place and he goes through the stuff extremely fast. At the very least, he keeps me awake.
As for 33A, I feel that it should be taught to engineers by engineers. Its such a useful course, but up until the last two weeks its just theorem after theorem. I could really see that my professor (Laub) got extremely excited about the most abstract and unappealing things, and his homework and test problems had a bunch of concept type problems. That is not to say that he was hard because most people found him to be easy, but he is a very bad teacher during lectures (his office hours are gold though), and he just couldn’t motivate me towards the subject. This is the first time that I ended up copying my homework from the manual, it was just way too boring.
I’m glad 33B is back to calculus. Thank God!</p>
You’re lucky that at UCLA, the first linear algebra course is not as much proof based. There’s a lot of computations involved. </p>
<p>There are many proofs in the homeworks too, and I think some cannot be completed from reading the book alone. The question even doesn’t relate to 33A sometimes. However, the average for the homeworks is always over 95% … :rolleyes:</p>
<p>You’ll probably need to wait for at least 2 weeks after the official grades show up on URSA. The counselors take into account grades from every single class you’ve taken so far AND in progress at the time of your applying. Good luck!</p>
<p>Rising MAE sophomore here. Have to take Physics 4AL over. Understood the material well enough but apparently wrote horrible write ups. Now trying to figure out schedule.</p>
<p>Was going to be:
1st Q Math 33B, MAE 94, Physics 1C, Physics 4BL
2nd Q MAE 104, MAE 105A, GE
3rd Q CS31, MAE 101, MAE 103, GE</p>
<p>Now?
1st Q Math 33b, Physics 1C, Physics 4BL, Physics 4AL
2nd Q MAE 94, MAE 104, MAE 105A, GE
3rd Q CS 31, MAE 101, MAE 103, GE</p>
<p>So I was in a meeting today with other interns, and we went around introducing ourselves. One of the my managers at work said in the meeting that UCLA doesn’t have a very good program. Another intern went to Cal Poly Pomona and my manager pointed out that it was an excellent engineering program.</p>
<p>I know UCLA isn’t as great at UIUC, Georgia Tech, Mudd, Berkeley, MIT, Stanford, etc. , but is it really that bad?</p>
<p>What do you think about that, flopsy. Or anyone?</p>
<p>Here is the difficulty of your planned 2nd year in my opinion:
1Q - 7/10
2Q - 5/10
MSE 104 I suppose
3Q - 7.5/10</p>
<p>I think that you won’t have any difficulties in those courses. The beginning MAE courses should be easy (101, 102, 103, 105A). If they aren’t, you will struggle in more advanced courses</p>
<p>haha yikes. sadly i agree. i’ve always said that ucla had a poor engineering program. however, i do like most of the professors in the CS department :)</p>
<p>I’m assuming Pomona’s program is the same as SLO. They really prepare you for the industry, which is probably why your manager said that. There’s a huge difference between just taking classes and learning theory vs. the hands on approach. I think I learned more in my design classes than anything else, but unfortunately only one of the design classes in the MAE department is useful (MAE 162B).</p>
<p>Despite all this, I would have to agree with what you’re manager said from my view of the MAE department. I could write a freaking essay about this, but it’s not worth the time.</p>
<p>I’ve heard bad things about about Owen Smith. What’s so bad about him, zero?</p>
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<p>It seems like Cal Poly people know a lot of technical things, when it comes to projects. I feel that even the people with >3.0 GPA at Poly are more capable to contribute to a project than someone with a ~3.3 at UCLA.</p>
<p>It seems like at UCLA, people just learn the theory well for a short time, and then forget it after a few quarters. The undergraduate courses don’t cover much concepts too; I feel like I have to take graduate school to learn the theory what I want to know. So what makes UCLA a top 25 engineering program, if other lower ranked schools are more capable of preparing students for the industry?</p>
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Most likely about the MAE program, because the B.S degree doesn’t cover as much as what Poly has to offer. Poly has a variety of classes
in many topics of engineering (for example welding, nuclear power plant, all kinds of modeling, etc.), so in that aspect, UCLA has a little disadvantage.</p>
<p>My coworkers/interns say it’s hard to get out in 4 years at CPP. Some have to take 5-6 years to get their B.S. I’m not sure
if it’s because there’s too many courses in the pledge, the courses are too hard, or people are slackers, but yeah, that’s what they said … on the 5-6 year pledge.</p>
<p>Just read through the bruinwalk reviews. I usually don’t trust it too much, but when there are 40+ reviews, then it might be worth a read. Basically smith is one of the toughest prof. in the MAE dept, but this is only because you don’t get anything from his lectures. Ask any grad student that did their B.S. here. You’ll see a look of fear come from their eyes. His 30% average on exams is the lowest I’ve seen in the MAE dept. Avoiding him is one option, but the problem is that he might teach it again the following quarter. I knew a few people that avoided his 103 class for spring 06, but then he taught it again during Fall 06.</p>
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<p>What’s the point of the rankings if each schools focus is different? Industry preparation vs academia (like phD). I had the option of either ucla or cal poly slo before i transfered here. I was told that if wanted to go to graduate school, then I should choose ucla. If i wanted to go straight into the industry, then cal poly would be a better option.</p>
<p>For my first pass sign up I have a choice between Physics 1C or MAE105A to leave for second pass, which one should I leave for later. Is MAE105A quick to fill?</p>