When you guys are considering universities, you should ask the question about how much 'contact time' you will have with your tutors. All universities in the UK are reducing this, so you do much more of your work on-line and on your own. A better university will have more contact time and smaller classes. BU is now aiming to have classes of up to 100 students and then on-line assessments and tutorials, so you will hardly ever get one-to-one help.
Is Uvic like UBC was - first year general science, second year general engineering, later years specialising?
Lot of EE's in the family - Me, Michael, Ben, AJ(?) - petroleum engineers - Rona's other son and husband.
I found that the structure of the course at UBC so many years ago where it was as I said above gave me a good insight into other types of engineering. EE is not just about electronics/electricity, but how you convert it into mechanical work - or light (ref Vivian). I suppose it could be argued that Mechanical Engineering in some cases is about how you turn mechanical stuff into electricity ( Madeleines previous boyfriend Simon was a mechy and worked with wind turbines. )
Just don't become a Civil - Could we bear it!!,
Just joking - because of course a lot of your fathers work is applied civil engineering. If you are good at maths I suppose it is OK.
I remember in second year we did a lot of stuff with trusses and compression/extension forces, and tensile strengths, that come into both mechanical and Civil engineering. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't my main interest.
Have you thought about looking at a Rhodes scholarship?
I found that the structure of the course at UBC so many years ago where it was as I said above gave me a good insight into other types of engineering. EE is not just about electronics/electricity, but how you convert it into mechanical work - or light (ref Vivian). I suppose it could be argued that Mechanical Engineering in some cases is about how you turn mechanical stuff into electricity ( Madeleines previous boyfriend Simon was a mechy and worked with wind turbines. )
Just don't become a Civil - Could we bear it!!,
Just joking - because of course a lot of your fathers work is applied civil engineering. If you are good at maths I suppose it is OK.
I remember in second year we did a lot of stuff with trusses and compression/extension forces, and tensile strengths, that come into both mechanical and Civil engineering. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't my main interest.
Have you thought about looking at a Rhodes scholarship?
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