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Originally Posted by wheatonomics would it be generally more advisable to look for somewhere with a smaller undergrad program where I can get more one on one time with professors, or would the opposite be preferable? Generally, the smaller the program the better. The reason for this is that you get more quickly involved in undergraduate research and stronger letters of recommendation. However, there are some small departments in large school....

Originally Posted by Jack21222 Depends on the state, I guess. In Maryland, some public universities state if you have a 2.0 and an AA degree from a Maryland community college, you get automatic admission. On the other hand, if you're failing at community college, perhaps you need to reevaluate your life. Perhaps you were just meant to do jobs that don't require a degree. Plenty of people make good money doing sales and other such...

Originally Posted by Physics_UG I see. Well what about the master of engineering management? http://www.ltu.edu/engineering/mechanical/_eng_mgmt.asp It will depend heavily on the placement record (network) of the program. In my mind the degree is a little suspect for someone with no experience. If someone told me they had this degree but no experience, I might think, whether true or not, that they will probably be stuck up and think they...

Originally Posted by flyingpig Is first year math in an university just Calculus I, II (or AP Calculus BC), and III? It depends on the strand. Some schools only have one strand but a lot have a standard Calc I and II strand and then others do an honours version of this. The main difference is that you will be exposed moreso to more advanced topics like the proofs of the various identities and so forth and the level of abstraction will...

Originally Posted by Physics_UG The same can be said of EE coursework or any type of education for that matter. That's what we were discussing. The opinion on MBAs was always that it wasn't for what you knew it was for who you knew. And since the advantage of the old-boys network didn't stretch past the top-10 places it wasn't worth spending $50K at Nowhere College for an intro to accountancy. But if MBAs are becoming a...

I work in sales, I don't consider myself evil, and I really resent you insulting me like that.

Originally Posted by twofish-quant An MBA is much more useful if you have business experience, because a lot of MBA's that are geared toward mid-career professionals have a huge component in which people basically swap stories about what they've seen and what works and what doesn't. For people without business experience (i.e. people with bachelor's degrees), an MBA basically *is* just a degree in giving effective power...

Thanks. I downloaded that ebook. It covers lots of topics that will come in useful for physics too. I find it a hundred times easier to learn concepts when I know their applications. I just found out they do sell solutions manuals for my book so I'm pretty much sorted. Thanks a lot.

Preliminary schedule Engineering Dynamics Mechanics of Materials Chemistry II with Lab Engineering Design II Engineering Management Fundamentals of Electronics

You just need to know a bit about the Pauli exclusion principle and maybe the infinite potential well. Of course knowing more never hurts but you don't need to.