<p>Will I have time for a part time job, or a club sport or any EC at college at all?!</p>
<p>I’m wondering because I was definitely planning on getting a part time job and making some money while in college, but I might not even have time, and want to focus on my studies.</p>
<p>Yes. Don’t spazz out. You’ll be fine. There were tons of EEs and comp sci folks in the band at Rice making some fairly hefty time commitments on staff, and they were often the most dedicated folks. Just structure your time well, at you’ll have time to get a job and participate in an extracurricular or two. Might be best not to get a job your first semester, though, if you can avoid it. That way, there’s no risk of overextending yourself and not being able to meet your commitments.</p>
<p>(Re: acronymical ambiguity: EC… EECE… C?)</p>
<p>how many different schools have EECE as a prgram</p>
<p>O my bad, it’s electrical and computer engineering. Rutgers has this program, but that’s not the point. All engineering is basically the same difficulty so, generally speaking, I need to know if I’ll have time for an EC.</p>
<p>That was a good idea Aibarr. I’ll see how the first semester goes and determine for myself if I have the time or not. If anyone cares to share stories of their experience with ECs and engineering, I’d be interested to hear them.</p>
<p>I’m not an engineer, but my fiance is – he manages to do all his schoolwork, work 15-20 hrs/week for one of the professors on campus, and be a nationally-ranked freestyle skiier.</p>
<p>aibarr is right – it’s all about the time management.</p>
<p>Which school you go to will also have quite an impact on free time.</p>
<p>lol and Mollie’s at MIT ;). So youve got some hope :P.</p>
<p>No worries, I worked a 25 hr/week part time job all throughout undergraduate. My 2nd yr I even worked a SECOND part time job, about 10 hrs per week for one year. Although I would recommend against that (2nd job) in hindsight. </p>
<p>I would also recommend quitting your job/EC for the LAST semester (long ways away right now for you) when you do your senior design project. Trust me when you are in the lab for 30-40 hrs a week + 25 hrs work + 16 hrs of class + 15 hrs of studying = death. This only applies to the semester when you do your project though.</p>
<p>Granted, time was tight. The key is time management. Set a time for study, work, relax, play, and sleep and follow through with them. I suppose I did ok in that regard, although sometimes I deviated from my schedule and naturally sleep suffered. If you plan to get wasted every other day, then it probably won’t work for you. Then again if that’s your plan, you probably won’t do well as an engineering major. You will have time for relax and play though.</p>
<p>Time management, GPA goal, innnate intelligence/skill at EECE.</p>
<p>Wow that Sneior Design Project sounds like hell. I’ll make sure not to work the first of last semesters then, thanks.</p>
<p>I personally thought senior design was a blast… For me, it was pretty much the same sort of grind as I face every day at work… I didn’t think it was hell.</p>
<p>O well, I never had to do one, so I don’t really know. It sure sounds like a lot of work though.</p>
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<p>you sure?..so there’s no hope or someone who never messed around with electrical components of machines before enrolling in EE?</p>
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<p>It WAS a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. I aplogize if my post sounded rather negative toward the project, it’s not my intention. I was the team leader for one of the teams, so I had to put in more time. There are no words to describe the awesome feeling of something that you worked tirelessly to build come to existence.</p>
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<p>As with anything in life, I’m sure there are people who take to a specific topic quicker than others. It helps, in school, to have ‘innate skill’ with whatever your studying. It doesn’t neccessarily mean you had to have circuit boards in your room as a child. In fact, I’d think that anyone who played with this stuff as a kid would quickly be stripped of their advantage because things generally get complex very quickly.</p>
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it means that some people will have an innate advantage over others because they are naturally gifted in a certain way of thinking. not everyone is playing with the same set of cards when they enter college…and basically, if u find urself spending 10 hrs/day studying to get a C-, then the major just isn’t for you.</p>