Tips for an electrical engineering undergraduate
August 6th, 2013
I am a 1st year student in electrical engineering. I started my 1st semester during the winter session. I would like to have some tip about things to do and avoid during my university life, and you can share your experience with me. I also want to know what does undergraduate do during the summer session if they don’t go to school?
any tips would be appreciated
thanks
lance
Avoid associating with the wrong crowd. Don’t go out and party, you won’t have time for it when you get into the upper level math courses. Associate yourself with the smartest kids in your classes that will help you when you have any questions. Eventually swap phone numbers with them, in the event that you need to know an answer to something class specific that cannot wait until the next day. Brush up on some physics, with a major focus on electrical circuits (i.e. how to complete simple circuits, kirchoffs loops, total resistance, resistors, capacitors, switches, flux, voltage drops, etc.). Most likely you’re going to be taking all the way up to calc 3 and differential equations plus two calc based physics classes (some call them university physics, as opposed to college physics). During the summer you can get a job, some internships or work/study programs pay good money to undergraduates of a specific field.
My background:
I’m graduating with my A.A. in Pre-Physics this semester. I am going to FSU (Florida) to major in Astrophysics next fall. There is virtually no difference between pre-physics and engineering A.A., at least where I am.