mechanical engineering is the best major at NCSU baby

3/24/2007 9:59:05 PM

only if you enjoy hating life

3/25/2007 12:01:59 AM

I'm going to have to disagree, for chemical engineering pwns mechanical engineering in every way.

3/25/2007 12:46:56 AM

yay for ME's

3/25/2007 1:40:32 AM

cEM IS WHERE ITS AT ABTBAT

3/25/2007 2:58:07 AM

NE > MAE

simple math

3/25/2007 5:04:42 AM

EE >>> [A-D]|[F-Z]E

3/25/2007 6:47:34 AM

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"I'm going to have to disagree, for chemical engineering pwns mechanical engineering in every way."

3/25/2007 12:45:10 PM

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"I'm going to have to disagree, for chemical engineering pwns mechanical engineering in every way."

no.

3/25/2007 1:23:56 PM

yes

in every way

3/25/2007 1:30:29 PM

nah, ME's dont have to take organic so it's better

3/25/2007 2:47:59 PM

yeah it was soooo great. I majored in ME, I have a great job because of it. BUT I would have to go with something else other than engineering...because you have no life in your last year

3/25/2007 2:51:36 PM

^agreed

3/25/2007 3:48:53 PM

i'd have to go with turf management on this one

3/25/2007 5:31:40 PM

^ agr33d. Turf is important.

3/26/2007 10:34:34 PM

Dude if you think senior year in mechanical is difficult, you haven't even tasted aerospace senior design.

You have no reason to bitch unless you are in aerospace, nuclear, or chem engr.

3/27/2007 11:51:31 AM

^ I think you meant to include EE in that group, since NE is not as hard as EE

3/27/2007 12:14:51 PM

Hard is relative. I'm a EE and I can't imagine doing some of the stuff for MAE/CHE, but I know some people in those majors that can't imagine doing EE stuff. It's just what you're good at and interested in that makes it easier.

3/27/2007 12:33:42 PM

Uh Oh

This has turned into one of THOSE threads

All we need now is CHASS bashing

Oh and I would have chimed in with "CHE is easy"

But that was before I had taken unit ops lab

Or even gotten to MY senior year

Shit's crazy, yo

3/27/2007 2:59:35 PM

obligatory "omg CHASS is so easy with all their stupid non-real majors"

3/27/2007 3:01:32 PM

ive been told by students and companies alike the ncsu's ME undergrad program isnt really that great, but that the ME masters program is one of top ones in the country.

can anyone confirm?

3/27/2007 3:11:37 PM

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3/27/2007 4:21:07 PM

i came into state for ME...it def. wasnt for me...

3/27/2007 4:24:37 PM

why do Chem E's think theyre so much better than everyone else?

3/27/2007 4:25:15 PM

Because, well, they are.

3/27/2007 4:49:56 PM

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"ive been told by students and companies alike the ncsu's ME undergrad program isnt really that great, but that the ME masters program is one of top ones in the country."

reverse that and youd be correct

ncsu is 35th in the country for grad

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 4:55 PM. Reason : 

3/27/2007 4:54:58 PM

NCSU is #6 in the country for undergrad NE
and #4 in the country for grad NE



only out of a possible 33 schools with NE, but still...

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"Hard is relative. I'm a EE and I can't imagine doing some of the stuff for MAE/CHE, but I know some people in those majors that can't imagine doing EE stuff. It's just what you're good at and interested in that makes it easier."

I think it's agreed that civil and industrial engineering are easy.
I'd have to say NE, Aerospace, and Biomed Engineering are some of the toughest
I heard EE is pretty tough too.

You can make any major hard with extra classes/minors/majors but I'm just basing this by following the degree audit exactly.

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 6:55 PM. Reason : asdf]

3/27/2007 6:50:57 PM

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"why do Chem E's think theyre so much better than everyone else?"

Quote :

"Because, well, they are."

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"in every way"

but basically its because ChemE's make stuff whereas ME's make the things/machines that make stuff

thus MEs are ChemE's bitches--we tell them what we need and they do it

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 8:37 PM. Reason : and they're just specialized mechanics ]

[Edited on March 27, 2007 at 8:42 PM. Reason : same goes for computer science peoples... but then again, they're everyone's bitches]

3/27/2007 8:32:46 PM

specialized mechanics? i think not.

3/27/2007 9:06:34 PM

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"I think it's agreed that civil and industrial engineering are easy. "

Civil shouldn't be lumped with Industrial. I'll concede that it's no NE, ChE, or EE, but it's tough... at least structural and Environmental (Sure traffic may be easy).

You take a heckalot of the same courses as an ME.... and to say it's 'easy' is absolutely ridiculous. Industrial maybe be the 'easiest' becuase the word 'engineering' doesn't really belong on the end, but Civil is no cakewalk. Quite the opposite, actually.

3/27/2007 9:19:54 PM

ME is the collecting grounds for those who can't cut it in AE.

3/27/2007 10:50:38 PM

sometimes we just stay in AE though

3/28/2007 2:47:11 AM

We build your classrooms.

3/28/2007 8:43:23 AM

Civil was a joke. I'm glad I majored in it though because I was able to only spend 15-20 hours a week on anything school related (other than my semester with senior design) and had a good GPA. I also enjoy the work I do so I guess thats a plus.

3/28/2007 9:31:35 AM

i would have liked civil more than ME probably

3/28/2007 10:56:18 AM

AE is just a specialized ME

3/28/2007 11:10:46 AM

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"but basically its because ChemE's make stuff whereas ME's make the things/machines that make stuff thus MEs are ChemE's bitches--we tell them what we need and they do it"

How do you expect to make stuff without the machines used to make stuff?

3/28/2007 2:30:06 PM

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"NCSU is #6 in the country for undergrad NE and #4 in the country for grad NE"

NCSU is #6 for grad NE out of a possible 15. The 2006 rankings have us behind Michigan, MIT, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, and Purdue.

3/28/2007 3:00:37 PM

I think travos4 said ME is the best major, not necessarily the toughest so I am confused as to where this arguement is heading

3/28/2007 3:27:41 PM

^^^what came first the chicken or the egg?

3/28/2007 4:06:13 PM

that adage is hardly applicable here

meaning that it isnt applicable here

3/28/2007 4:15:25 PM

i hate me, i tried to get out but it was too late

3/28/2007 4:25:43 PM

i feel u on that one...after my first year i was like hmmm either rough it out and keep trying or just cut my losses and move on...i was like i cant spend any more money than i have to if i'm not sure if i dont wanna do it

3/28/2007 5:18:47 PM

^^^you're right

its more like building a house

i have the idea for the house, i make up the plans...and then I hire some contractors to build it for me

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"How do you expect to make stuff without the machines used to make stuff?"

how do you expect to run your machines without the fuel we refine for you?


[Edited on March 28, 2007 at 6:45 PM. Reason : could have been meaner...but decided against it ]

3/28/2007 6:35:37 PM

how do you expect to refine your fuel without the machines that we design and build for you?

3/28/2007 6:59:48 PM

like i said, chicken and the egg

3/28/2007 7:13:48 PM

exactly

3/28/2007 7:17:20 PM

not to mention that there are other sources of energy besides refined petro, or the fact that you couldn't "refine fuel for us" without our machinery

3/28/2007 7:21:52 PM

this thread spiraleth out of control.

3/28/2007 7:33:40 PM

fine, but we're going to profit way more from developing the fuel than you are from making the machine--and at some point the need for machines will decrease whereas the need for the fuel/product/whatever's being made will stay more consistent over time

all in all, it just all goes back to the whole leader vs follower thing

[Edited on March 28, 2007 at 7:41 PM. Reason : plus we'd design/build our own machine 1st to make sure it works before we told you how to build it]

3/28/2007 7:35:26 PM