<p>I don’t think the engineering career fair is that helpful to be honest. They just want to hear your elevator speech and give you a bunch of pamphlets so they can go to the next person. You often just get a peon so stay sharp and approach the gray beards. I’ve been going to them for the free stuff. </p>
<p>I would think the Engineering With Industry is a far better place to network since you get to socialize a bit more.</p>
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<p>I don’t think so. Sure the engineering degree might get you in the possible interview stack of resumes, but that’s it. Do you know what makes the biggest difference? It’s knowing the right people. Again, it’s not what you know, but who you know.</p>
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<p>Not that helpful in my experience.</p>
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<p>Yes, you are allowed to fulfill your pre-med requirements as an engineering major.</p>
<p>@bonpham Yes, “pre-med” means fulfilling your pre-requisites for medical school, there’s no major that is designed for that at UCLA. It’ll definitely be tougher to do pre-med though, since EE w/ biomedical option and Bioengineering are not easy majors (pretty competitive). There’s about 1/3 to 1/2 of my peers who are applying to medical school right now. (I’m bioE) You have to take a few extra courses (writing, an extra LS course), but it’s not terribly too much outside the core curriculum.</p>
<p>@creepypasta13 Yeah, Bruinview = way smaller pool and you know they’re hiring new grads. In any case, I’ve had the easiest time with apps when I’ve had friends/family/alumni refer me to recruiters. Way easier.</p>
<p>@GB’s comment for ACT’s listserv, it’s helpful if you decide to take advantage of it - not all the companies are tackled, but a good # for engineers. They host a good # of infosessions, but you’ll have to hit up multiple student groups to get the full recruiting side. </p>
<p>For those engineers that are interested in work outside of engineering - e.g. management/IT consulting definitely hit up my student group @ [Bruin</a> Consulting](<a href=“http://www.bruinco.com%5DBruin”>http://www.bruinco.com). They love engineers in consulting and it’s a great field for those of you that are looking for more human interaction/business perspective.</p>
<p>How crazy is it for 3rd year MAE major to take a grad level class - 231B? Do many undergrads take grad level classes? Are grades curved with grad students or separately?</p>
Why are you taking 231B? You will be the only UG in the class, and you will be graded against the other PG students.</p>
<p>In some upper division undergraduate courses (particular MAE electives) there will be graduate students enrolled as well, so they will receive a different exam. But since 231B is a graduate level course, everyone takes the same exam.</p>
<p>Engineering Career Fairs are not useless. Some companies even conduct their first-round interviews at the Career Fair (example: My friend is currently working full-time for Citrix because of the impression he made at the career fair in Fall’09).</p>
<p>Also, if you have an impressive resume, have really good communication skills, or really hit it off with the recruiter, you’ll most likely get a handful of interviews at the end of the day.</p>
<p>Some companies have a “minimum GPA” requirement of 3.5 or 3.3 or whatever. But if you talk to the recruiters at the career fair and they believe you are qualified, you will most likely be able to bypass the minimum GPA requirement if you don’t make the cut-off. That usually wouldn’t happen if you just applied on BruinView.</p>
<p>@Hiker although BH said that, if you’re really into the material, I’d maybe talk to the prof about the courseload, etc. I’ve taken a course at Anderson with other MBAs, but… it’s B-school so not as tough as MAE grad courses.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I’m a current CS major and I’ve been having a hard time keeping grades up. I got a 3.0 last quarter which kinda shot my ego coming from a high school where A’s were routine. Ive been getting all A/A- in GE’s, but its the polar opposite for engineering classes.</p>
<p>I just got back my final for math this quarter and ended up below the curve again. Another C+… While grades are still coming in, my gpa seems horrid this quarter as math was the easiest class for me. There is a good chance that I failed physics 1a and probably did ~below mean in CS32.</p>
<p>People say that maybe I needed to get “used” to the quarter system and how it works but I feel I keep up to pace just fine. Its usually all good until the final where the questions are 5x harder than the questions on previous homeworks and midterms that gets me. </p>
<p>I have thought about changing majors but I honestly can’t see myself doing anything other than some sort of engineering. What do you guys think I should do? Failing a class is really a big shot to your morale.</p>
<p>While I don’t think i’ll fail out of college, what are the prospectives of getting an engineering degree thats <3.0 gpa?</p>
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Did you really find passion in programming prior to coming to UCLA? If not, what else are you interested in? What do you want to do after you graduate? Maybe we can learn more about you and give you some suggestions.</p>
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I have friends that have gotten pretty damn good jobs after graduating with a <3.0. However, they have other skills that make them very marketable and their jobs don’t necessarily revolve around their major at UCLA.</p>
<p>I found programming interesting and had fun learning the topics. I have always enjoyed computers, networking, and making things more portable/efficient but however, I don’t really see myself in the ‘programming’ field later in my career. As a real real tentative plan, I wish to get a degree in CSE, get some work experience, and possibly pursue an MBA. </p>
<p>As of now, I am more interested in the commercial/business portion in these technical fields. I would like to eventually take Management courses and possibly marketing/financing.</p>
<p>Some career paths that have also interested me are:
MIS (Management Information Systems)
IT (Information Technology)</p>
<p>Sounds good. We seem to have similar interests. If you’re interested, I recommend you look into TBP or UPE mentorship and get some insight from upper classmen at UCLA. Or you can shoot me a PM and we can talk about this off the boards.</p>
<p>-Start on your projects early.
-Attend lectures.
-Attend discussions.
-Attend office hours if you need help on your projects.</p>
<p>Prof. Smallberg is a nice and caring professor - you’ll do fine if you work hard. And lastly, enjoy the class! One of my favorite classes throughout my 4 years at UCLA.</p>
<p>Try to give yourself 3-5 solid days of working on the projects. The class load picks up rapidly once project 3 comes around. At the end of the quarter there were 2 homeworks and 2 projects due on the last two weeks of school.</p>
<p>If you took cs31 with Smallberg, you wont have too much difficulty getting use to the structure. The two classes are very similar except you learn more in 32.</p>
<p>Are you a EE who dislikes programming so much that you waited a couple of years after taking CS 31 to take CS 32? Then you’re in for a very rough ride. You’ve forgotten a lot of what you learned in CS 31, so on top of not liking what you’re doing when working on the projects, you’re trying to play catch-up. Maybe if you devote this week to nothing but reviewing CS 31 and actually writing some programs, you’ll be in better shape.</p>
<p>On the other hand, if you just took CS 31 in fall or winter this year, you can probably just grit your teeth and grind through it. Take to heart the advice Smallberg gives you (like “Start early” and “Develop incrementally”). It makes all the difference in the world.</p>
<p>Got an invite for TBP recently. I’ve heard it’s one of the few honor societies that are actually worth the fee, but I have one question before I decide to pay the $99 and begin the initiation process:</p>
<p>I’m a second year with junior standing right now - is the criteria for an invite (top 8th of junior class/top 5th of senior class) the same as the criteria for remaining a member? </p>
<p>i.e. If I’m in the top 8th of those with junior standing, but fall below that in the future, or if I’m not in the top 5th of those with senior standing by the time I hit 135 units, do I get kicked out?</p>
<p>anyone here taken MAE M168/ Civil Eng M135C? how hard is it compared to MAE 103 and 105D? Also, how hard would it be to take it if I haven’t taken MAE 156A, 166A, or Civil 130? </p>
<p>Also, I haven’t even taken MAE 101 statics, but I have taken 2 quarters worth of upper-div mechanics in the physics dept, and one of the MAE profs I spoke to said that should be equivalent to MAE 101</p>