<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Motorhead_AZ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You changed your major too quick, but I'm sure this change was to your benefit. Whatever field of study you chose, remember, college isn't about being taught. It's about learning. There are no "teachers" in a college/university to "teach" you the material. There are professors and they don't "teach"; they give lectures. Sometimes you understand the lecture, some times you don't. It's up to you to take time and learn the material on your own. Many people enter college with the high school mentality and get shocked! </TD></TR></TABLE>

I agree

 

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Very well put motorhead... although i have heard it a few times before around campus

 

anywho. back from the dead. Anybody have any info, expeirence, opinons on a college like this? http://www.mees.uncc.edu/motorsprt/

Mech. Engineering with a concentration in motor sports. im really interested in something like this...any colleges that offer something similar?

 

buuuump

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drchulo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anywho. back from the dead. Anybody have any info, expeirence, opinons on a college like this? http://www.mees.uncc.edu/motorsprt/

Mech. Engineering with a concentration in motor sports. im really interested in something like this...any colleges that offer something similar?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't corner yourself in to a concentration in motorsports, its a bad idea. Motorsports in the US is concentrated with going backwards, not forwards. Also the automotive industry is dying in the US. I would just get your basic ME degree and worry about your concentration once you get to your final year or even in graduate school. To be honest that website doesn't inspire me at all, they have the same stuff that just about every school has with engineering, FSAE, Baja, nothing impressive.

UCF is a very very good school if you want to be an SAE freak. They are probably the best in the country for that at the graduate level. I would look into them. Their tuition isn't bad either.

 

What do you guys think of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for ME? I'm about to apply for a second bachelor's. Or, what other CSU's would someone recommend? CSU's are my only option right now because I'm a resident of California.

 

Berkley.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Nature’s Renewal &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What do you guys think of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo for ME? I'm about to apply for a second bachelor's. Or, what other CSU's would someone recommend? CSU's are my only option right now because I'm a resident of California.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Cal Poly SLO is awesome. I just graduated from there with a BS in ME in June. The professors know their stuff, plus many of them share an enjoyment for cars like the people on this site. Another thing to be aware of is that San Luis Obispo is close to paradise, trust me it was hard to leave that town after 5 years. But overall the school has a very good rep and it is a good place to spend your college years.

Brian


Modified by brobards at 12:42 PM 4/6/2006

 

Thanks for the info. anybody else?

 

bump bitches!

 

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Don't corner yourself in to a concentration in motorsports, its a bad idea. ..... </TD></TR></TABLE>

The reason that i havent really gotten involved automotive specialization is for the reasons that this guy listed, but also because i like motorsports as a HOBBY and not a career. I have found that over time if you overwhelm yourself with things they lose thier "fun" as a hobby

Also motorhead is right on about college!!! I wish someone had told me this before i started, it would have spared me some shitty grades

 

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Mech. Engineering with a concentration in motor sports. im really interested in something like this...any colleges that offer something similar?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Here's my 2cents:

Getting a job in motorsports usually involves having the right experience (on-track and vehicle setup experience, understanding of overall vehicle dynamics) and being in the right place at the right time. FSAE, concentrations in motorsports, taking motorsports seminars.... those are all great things. But they are pre-reqs to motorsports, not gauruntees of motorsports. Which means, now adays to get into motorsports, you need to have those boxes checked. But having those boxes checked does not gauruntee you'll get a job.

When you graduate, if you can get a job in motorsports, then go for it. If not, then you have to find a job in the real world, and a concentration in motorsports may not help. If you're serious about that program, ask what their placement rates, salary, and what companies all of their students are getting placed in. Don't be lured by 1 or 2 students getting dream jobs in F1.

All that being said, motorsports is great fun. But its a tough way to make a living. A lot of travel, a lot of stress, and its a cut throat industry until you make a name for yourself.

As Richard Hammond on Top Gear said "Never meet your hero, you'll always be dissappointed." or something like that....

 

They do IT work All of the MEs I know don't even work in their field or they get hired to do something other than what they majored in. Most companies just want someone with an engineering degree of some sort. They figured if you made it through school, you're trainable and know the basic skills....theory, problem solving..etc, etc.

 

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yep excatly what ive been told but quite a few people...also why im pursuing a minor in business.

 

thanks for the info....

 

http://www.answers.com/mechani...pedia

Its a good career as long as you have consulting as your major career goal. In this way you can start your own business or work with a high paying consulting firm or get a managerial position at a large company that will earn plenty.
Putting your effort into the technical details of a project is what will get you somewhere and being a problem solver and a proactive team player is what makes a good engineer.
Someone mentioned reliability engineering around here they call that Green Belt Certification and you can research that. $100K and up guaranteed when you recieve that. You need to work for 5 years on an assembly line type of project. You can recieve that working for any company that manufactures highly precise components at very high quantities. Then you can work for any company in the US, Europe, whatever and basically increase efficiency, accuracy, precision, and then profits and reduce all the problems. It hasn't really happened but I am predicting Ford or maybe even Honda will be offering big bucks to us MEs that get into quality control in other more strict industries and obtain certifications with the systems we design. Even if they don't: there are a lot of business that need us and nanotechnology is the future.
Just my $0.02

 

weeeeeeerd back from the dead.

 

Hopefully engineers will soon be considered professionals. It is a big topic currently, I know ECE has been talking extensively about it lately. So maybe when we get our degrees we will be grandfathered in to a true professional society. It would be nice to have some exclusivity in engineering, instead of having every joe schmoe being able to do the same stuff as us at a reduces price and with little or no education. Kind of frustrating actually.

 

Do you have your PE? That makes a difference.

 

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and then i look at your avatar

 

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lol

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Being a PE is pretty much the exclusive "society" you're referring to snooch.

 

a little off topic, but anyone going to FSAE comp this year in Michigan, it's being held at Ford proving grounds, if i was told correctly.

I'm going, last year was really interesting. and for those who are going, drive safe, and God bless. hope to see some of you guys out there.

I'll be representing Old Dominion University (ODU). good luck guys

oh, i picked up tickets for the family to attend my graduation. oh Sh!!!!t

 

yea i'm having a difficult time with engineering at villanova. i'm a freshman and things are difficult, but the challenge is what makes me able to get through the workload. I actually asked made a thread on this a year or so ago and I found that it helped alot and alot of what people said is true. now if I could just get an internship this summer. anyone wanna help me out? lol.

 

Try applying at Honda MFG. in Ohio thats where I'll be doing a co-op this summer.

I'd really like to work for the government tho on my next job, get a security clearence and knotch that salary up a bit for when i get out.

 

I'll be in michigan fo-sho. Hope to see some H-T members representing.