UCLA Engineering Q&A

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Give me your feedback based on my stats, please. My GPA’s are my predicament.</p>

<ol>
<li>School: University of California-Riverside (2002-2008)</li>
<li>BA Economics 2.5/4.0 scale (2003-2007)</li>
<li>BA Mathematics 3.7/4.0 scale (2007- Spring 2009)</li>
<li>GRE score: 680 Verbal, 780 Quant.</li>
<li>Two internships: First, an entrepreneur starting a painting
business (2007). Second, a junior associate at Merril Lynch (2008). </li>
<li>My essay is about me studying in India for 1 month with several
colleagues of the Dalai Lama (2007). This is what changed my life and it<br>
is obvious from the two GPA’s. I feel this is a strong essay. </li>
<li>3 greatreccommendations from two math professors and 1 economics
professor.</li>
<li>Senior thesis: Stochastics Processes.</li>
<li>Research with a Business professor who specializes in Financial
Engineering.
OBVIOUSLY, EVERYTHING IS BROAD BUT WHAT ARE MY CHANCES OF BEING ACCEPTED? WILL THE COMEBACK BOUNCE ME INTO UCLA???</li>
</ol>

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<p>hey guys i have a quick question.
what calculator do u guys recommend for a chem engin major?</p>

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<p>marnic: Ti-89 Titanium</p>

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<p>i didn’t even know UCLA had a financial engineering program! Well, it’s under the Anderson School of Management. [UCLA</a> Anderson School of Management | Master of Financial Engineering | Overview](<a href=“http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x17277.xml]UCLA”>http://www.anderson.ucla.edu/x17277.xml)</p>

<p>financialecon24, I think it would be best for you to ask this question in the Graduate School forum or the Engineering forum.</p>

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<p>anyone heard of upsilon pi epsilon? its apparently a computer science honors society, I was wondering if it was worth joining or not</p>

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<p>hey r30028, i’m actually an officer for UPE this quarter. i just got initiated last quarter so i’ll tell you how it goes.</p>

<p>my main concern was the pay because it’s not cheap and i was initiated into TBP last quarter too but in the end i decided it’d be great networking with some of the members/officers of UPE as well since they’re all in my major.</p>

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<p>hi, would you guys recommend the schedule</p>

<p>ee103
ee2
ee101</p>

<p>or</p>

<p>ee101
ee103
physics 4bl
some easy 2 unit class</p>

<p>is the first doable? the latter is definitely more relaxed though…</p>

<p>thanks for any input.</p>

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<p>4bl was so much more time consuming than ee2…but i did have professor pan >_<</p>

<p>and yes, the first schedule is definitely fine :]. since it’s only 3 classes, it shouldn’t be bad</p>

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<p>yeah i have ozcan and pan. but the 103 class on bruinwalk sounds really bad.</p>

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<p>oh cool MadeInChina</p>

<p>just one other quick question, is this candidate orientation some formal event or something? or just really casual to show up to get more info about it</p>

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<p>@dimedropper:</p>

<p>since you have pan, it really won’t be too hard to learn/do well in the class if you read the textbook. he goes [almost] exactly by the book and the homework answers are all found in the book as well.</p>

<p>if we’re talking about it on a grade/difficulty level, then he’s extremely generous. he hands out 50% A’s and usually nothing below a C. his exams are almost exactly identical to the homework and it’s open book/notes.</p>

<p>so basically if you’re taking 2 less strenuous courses and one difficult one, you should do fine by concentrating more on 103.</p>

<p>@r30028:</p>

<p>orientations are extremely casual. i’m publicity chair…so come and find me! and yeah, you’re exactly right - it’s just a session to get more info about what UPE is and what we can provide for you. you also get to meet others in your field and make friends/study buddies</p>

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<p>lol just to make even more sure, shorts/sandals level of casual or like collared shirt stuff haha</p>

<p>oh yea and the requirements on the website said that you had to be junior level (90+ units to join) but i wont reach junior status until the end of winter quarter (i’ll only have 88 after this quarter). so why would they be inviting me now?</p>

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<p>I was wondering which engineering major would better suit someone who wants to go into computer hardware engineering? Would I have to go into Computer Science and Engineering or Electrical Engineering? I’m also wondering how good the civil engineering program here is. Thanks.</p>

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<p>For computer hardware engineering you should do EE with the computer engineering option.</p>

<p>@MadeInChina:
Pan’s not using a textbook this time around… he’s using Professor Viswanathan’s notes.</p>

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<p>oh wonder why he decided to change it up…</p>

<p>well i hope the notes are good!</p>

<p>

</p>

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<p>I would buy the book anyway, for reference since it’s cheap.</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Introductory Semiconductor Device Physics: G.J. Parker: Books](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Semiconductor-Device-Physics-Parker/dp/0750310219]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/Introductory-Semiconductor-Device-Physics-Parker/dp/0750310219)</p>

<p>or get a copy from the library</p>

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<p>

I recommend Electrical Engineering with the Computer Engineering Option. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>

Prof. Viswanathan’s EE 2 course reader is very well-written. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Hey flopsy, I see that you were a CS major. What kind of job offers did you get out of college (or while still in)? Are you employed somewhere right now? If so, where?</p>

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<p>

I got mostly programming and QA-related job offers, both for internships and full-time during my undergrad. Right now I’m employed at a startup game developer located in Sherman Oaks. :rolleyes:</p>