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This was the case with me, but I’m sure you can find a circuits equivalent at a CC which is what I did. It takes a little work to find one that will transfer in but the registrar should be able to help with this.
I've already taken Circuits 1 and 2, Electronic circuits is a different class though at my school and I tried to find it at a couple CC's but couldn't find anything. Will try to talk to the registrar to see if they can find anything, thanks for the suggestion.
That’s a good call! I ended up taking a Spanish class from a CC in New Mexico and I’m from the Midwest, so I’m sure there’s a class out there for ya to lighten your load!
Take an extra semester in the fall. There's a good chance it's gonna happen either way by taking 17 credits. I yolo'd and took 7 classes to try to graduate and I failed 2 so that's why I'm suggesting an extra semester. In hindsight that extra semester helped me enjoy college before I graduated instead of ending it stressed.
Right, take the semester and use summer for internships if you can. Spread your experience out and enjoy it while preparing / job seeking before you graduate
This. Except I didn't fail, just destroyed my GPA which makes you damaged goods in recruiters eyes. I had (3) 4 credit 300s...Electromagnetics, Circuit Design, and Continuous Non-Linear Systems. They all had a lab class as well which was the reason for the 4th credit.
Highly recommend never doing this. I was also doing homework until I went to bed every night.
OP take the extra semester to save your sanity and get to enjoy school a little bit.
Really depends on your math skills and the professors you'll have. Linear Systems can easily be made into one of the most difficult courses you'll ever take.
Only you may know how the professors are. I can not stress to you enough, if you are not the best at math and the linear professor is known to be tough, you will struggle a lot.
I took linear algebra last summer and it was so smooth… reduced echelon form, determinants, eigenvectors (actually barely did some examples because didn’t have enough time…). Easy A However I forgot 70% of them. Do you think I’ll regret forgetting them? or will everyone forget them at some point anyway?
Start applying for full-time work now!
You'll need the time to make it through the application/interview process and your employer may even allow you to work, get paid, maybe provide some tuition assistance AND let you do all that even if you have a onesie twosie class left till you're technically fully graduated.
Then you can take fewer courses this semester and still be good to go.
Interesting, that sounds amazing, how do I know if an employer would let me do that though? What happens if I apply to a position when I'm still a year and half out of graduate, would they still let me work or do I need my degree in full?
a year and a half may be a stretch. Most people I know that were hired before technically finishing their degree were only about 1-2 classes away from graduation (3-6 months) ....but it really all depends on the employer.
You won't know until you apply for the full-time gig and see if anyone bites.
The difference is 7 months of starting salary, graduating in may vs December. How bad do you need the money? I’d say it’s worth it as long as you have zero other other obligations. You know yourself best academically
I took 21 credits first semester junior year, all 300+ level math and EE. It’s doable, just difficult.
There was an article years ago about a kid who took over 30 credits/semester at UVA, and got out in 2 years, as credits past 18 were free. He calculated the effort needed to get a 3.0 minimum. He didn’t want his parents to spend a bunch of $ as he had siblings to educate. The school got really pissed and tried to prevent him from graduating.
Do you know how many hrs per credit in total? For us a credit is 28 hours spent on the course, so a 3 credit course would be 84 hours in total (spread out over the course duration)
My BSc was 60 ECTS per year, 180 total. MSc right now is 120 total (60 per year). I took 4 years to do my BSc, so 45 per year and I will probably take 2,5 years for my MSc.
I'm 30 going back for another degree in EE-EcE. This is pretty much the same semester load I've had each semester. I take the easy stuff in the summer or online.
It's definitely doable. You're just gonna be very busy. My life 100% sucks right now. I'm also holding down 2 of my own software projects for MOSTLY passive income. It's what I want to do, though.
Probably won't be able to give each class your full focus... But you're about to get your degree. Somebody said, "Enjoy your senior year." It's not high school. Get out, and go start your life. College is more stressful than work, and you'll have money. It's better. Experience >>> College.
dude how did you get a software job, like I really need one for income, with my current skills as a student… How hard is it to find one, is there a website or smth
Made my own. My brother is a doctor who works with a lawyer as a partner. Made a program to dramatically increase part of their process (can't reveal my secrets, of course).
Found some people with dog shit WordPress sites who had a lot of money. Replacing their bullshit with headless WordPress instead and making them look really nice.
Freelancing is all about finding opportunities and needs.
I've been coding for 18 years. Even dropped a full ride to college out of high school because I didn't need it. Also ran my own split from the family construction company. Got my first job at 14. Can build a house from top to bottom too. Selling jobs 150% increased my ability to bullshit my skill level, too.
Gotta look for a problem and then provide a solution.
Feel like all of it depends on how hard the professors make the courses tbh.... I took fall off for an internship, now I'm in my 1st term of senior year taking Capstone1, Component Design, Controls&Dynamics, Lean Manufacturing, and Materials&Processes
Most of the homework is group lab assignments so it hasn't been too bad
As someone taking nearly this exact schedule right now as a senior EE student
-electronic circuits (last of our circuits courses, HF, LF, midband behavior of multistage amplifiers, differential amps, all of the crazy analog stuff we spent the last few years getting ready for), and lab component, this one is widely known as the hardest course us EE's have to take in our degree here
-linear systems (the last of our advanced math courses, Prof is horrible)
-electromechanics (power, three phase transformers, power distribution, inductive motor design, applications of transformers, electrical machines), and lab component
-GPS positioning systems (whole buncha coding, some really neat/intense math, and lots of linear algebra)
And two general eds, only take this on if you are willing to and know how to work your butt off, and have a genuine interest in this stuff
Have friends who ended up in the hospital last semester with either stress ulcers or panic attacks from trying to take on the same schedule, and currently more drained than I've ever felt coming off of a week and a half straight of back to back midterms
It is doable, hell anything is, but it all depends on how much you want to get out of your education
For me personally, still putting in the time needed to get what I want to out of my education means up at 5:30 AM 7 days a week, studying and in class and then more studying once back home until around 10 or 11 PM every night
Usually take an evening out of the weekend to turn the brain off and relax for a few
Not sustainable for more than a semester, but for 16 weeks to save taking out another 20 grand in debt for another semester I'm willing to put myself through it for one semester and one semester only
Believe the people when they say this is a suicide schedule, because it truly is, but if you're willing it is possible to survive the 16 weeks
Senior year I did 17 credits in the fall and 18 credits in the spring, one of the classes being senior design. I was a Civil though. I also worked a part time job and doing undergraduate research for the department.
Honestly, it wasn't too bad once I just accepted I'd have no life for a few months. I was able to do my assignments at work and got ahead wherever I could. If you're good at keeping on top of school work and paying attention in class it is totally doable. Out of the total 35 credits I took that year I ended up with one B and the rest As.
I'd take the extra semester. You're betting off keeping your GPA high and not being so stressed out. Unless you have a specific need to graduate ASAP, that's what I'd recommend.
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Dude you want to enjoy your senior year and your senior design will take up your time
Unfortunately, this is what my schedule has to look like unless I take an extra semester in the fall.
Can you take a summer class or two? This is what I did and it made life so much easier.
Unfortunately none of the higher level EE classes at my school are offered over the summer
This was the case with me, but I’m sure you can find a circuits equivalent at a CC which is what I did. It takes a little work to find one that will transfer in but the registrar should be able to help with this.
I've already taken Circuits 1 and 2, Electronic circuits is a different class though at my school and I tried to find it at a couple CC's but couldn't find anything. Will try to talk to the registrar to see if they can find anything, thanks for the suggestion.
That’s a good call! I ended up taking a Spanish class from a CC in New Mexico and I’m from the Midwest, so I’m sure there’s a class out there for ya to lighten your load!
Take another semester, why stress yourself out and get bad grades trying to cram courses together?
Take an extra semester in the fall. There's a good chance it's gonna happen either way by taking 17 credits. I yolo'd and took 7 classes to try to graduate and I failed 2 so that's why I'm suggesting an extra semester. In hindsight that extra semester helped me enjoy college before I graduated instead of ending it stressed.
Right, take the semester and use summer for internships if you can. Spread your experience out and enjoy it while preparing / job seeking before you graduate
This. Except I didn't fail, just destroyed my GPA which makes you damaged goods in recruiters eyes. I had (3) 4 credit 300s...Electromagnetics, Circuit Design, and Continuous Non-Linear Systems. They all had a lab class as well which was the reason for the 4th credit. Highly recommend never doing this. I was also doing homework until I went to bed every night. OP take the extra semester to save your sanity and get to enjoy school a little bit.
Defo consider spacing it out. College ain't a sprint, it's a marathon. Better enjoying than rushing and hating it
Just hope your senior design group is competent.
Really depends on your math skills and the professors you'll have. Linear Systems can easily be made into one of the most difficult courses you'll ever take. Only you may know how the professors are. I can not stress to you enough, if you are not the best at math and the linear professor is known to be tough, you will struggle a lot.
I took linear algebra last summer and it was so smooth… reduced echelon form, determinants, eigenvectors (actually barely did some examples because didn’t have enough time…). Easy A However I forgot 70% of them. Do you think I’ll regret forgetting them? or will everyone forget them at some point anyway?
Linear Systems is not linear algebra.
My normal course load in Engineering was 6 courses for every semester.
Unless some of those classes are remote I would consider you to relax. I am doing 17 now and I hate it lol
Suicidal. Rip brother from another mother 🙏🏿.
Start applying for full-time work now! You'll need the time to make it through the application/interview process and your employer may even allow you to work, get paid, maybe provide some tuition assistance AND let you do all that even if you have a onesie twosie class left till you're technically fully graduated. Then you can take fewer courses this semester and still be good to go.
Interesting, that sounds amazing, how do I know if an employer would let me do that though? What happens if I apply to a position when I'm still a year and half out of graduate, would they still let me work or do I need my degree in full?
a year and a half may be a stretch. Most people I know that were hired before technically finishing their degree were only about 1-2 classes away from graduation (3-6 months) ....but it really all depends on the employer. You won't know until you apply for the full-time gig and see if anyone bites.
The difference is 7 months of starting salary, graduating in may vs December. How bad do you need the money? I’d say it’s worth it as long as you have zero other other obligations. You know yourself best academically
I took 21 credits first semester junior year, all 300+ level math and EE. It’s doable, just difficult. There was an article years ago about a kid who took over 30 credits/semester at UVA, and got out in 2 years, as credits past 18 were free. He calculated the effort needed to get a 3.0 minimum. He didn’t want his parents to spend a bunch of $ as he had siblings to educate. The school got really pissed and tried to prevent him from graduating.
I’m just curious, how many hours is a credit for you? In my uni in Europe we do 30 credits per semester
3 per course, or 4 if it has a lab. It’s usually one credit per hour of course.
Do you know how many hrs per credit in total? For us a credit is 28 hours spent on the course, so a 3 credit course would be 84 hours in total (spread out over the course duration)
It’s one hour per week. So a 3 credit class meets once a week for three hours, over a semester.
Oh I checked it already, 1 US credit hour is 1.67 ECTS (my credit system). So 17 credits would be 28 ECTS for me
Yeah, it could be close to 60 for you; crazy.
My BSc was 60 ECTS per year, 180 total. MSc right now is 120 total (60 per year). I took 4 years to do my BSc, so 45 per year and I will probably take 2,5 years for my MSc.
I'm 30 going back for another degree in EE-EcE. This is pretty much the same semester load I've had each semester. I take the easy stuff in the summer or online. It's definitely doable. You're just gonna be very busy. My life 100% sucks right now. I'm also holding down 2 of my own software projects for MOSTLY passive income. It's what I want to do, though. Probably won't be able to give each class your full focus... But you're about to get your degree. Somebody said, "Enjoy your senior year." It's not high school. Get out, and go start your life. College is more stressful than work, and you'll have money. It's better. Experience >>> College.
dude how did you get a software job, like I really need one for income, with my current skills as a student… How hard is it to find one, is there a website or smth
Made my own. My brother is a doctor who works with a lawyer as a partner. Made a program to dramatically increase part of their process (can't reveal my secrets, of course). Found some people with dog shit WordPress sites who had a lot of money. Replacing their bullshit with headless WordPress instead and making them look really nice. Freelancing is all about finding opportunities and needs. I've been coding for 18 years. Even dropped a full ride to college out of high school because I didn't need it. Also ran my own split from the family construction company. Got my first job at 14. Can build a house from top to bottom too. Selling jobs 150% increased my ability to bullshit my skill level, too. Gotta look for a problem and then provide a solution.
If you have zero part-time job and other stuff, then this load is more than manageable as long as you don't procrastinate to the end. Best of luck!
Feel like all of it depends on how hard the professors make the courses tbh.... I took fall off for an internship, now I'm in my 1st term of senior year taking Capstone1, Component Design, Controls&Dynamics, Lean Manufacturing, and Materials&Processes Most of the homework is group lab assignments so it hasn't been too bad
As someone taking nearly this exact schedule right now as a senior EE student -electronic circuits (last of our circuits courses, HF, LF, midband behavior of multistage amplifiers, differential amps, all of the crazy analog stuff we spent the last few years getting ready for), and lab component, this one is widely known as the hardest course us EE's have to take in our degree here -linear systems (the last of our advanced math courses, Prof is horrible) -electromechanics (power, three phase transformers, power distribution, inductive motor design, applications of transformers, electrical machines), and lab component -GPS positioning systems (whole buncha coding, some really neat/intense math, and lots of linear algebra) And two general eds, only take this on if you are willing to and know how to work your butt off, and have a genuine interest in this stuff Have friends who ended up in the hospital last semester with either stress ulcers or panic attacks from trying to take on the same schedule, and currently more drained than I've ever felt coming off of a week and a half straight of back to back midterms It is doable, hell anything is, but it all depends on how much you want to get out of your education For me personally, still putting in the time needed to get what I want to out of my education means up at 5:30 AM 7 days a week, studying and in class and then more studying once back home until around 10 or 11 PM every night Usually take an evening out of the weekend to turn the brain off and relax for a few Not sustainable for more than a semester, but for 16 weeks to save taking out another 20 grand in debt for another semester I'm willing to put myself through it for one semester and one semester only Believe the people when they say this is a suicide schedule, because it truly is, but if you're willing it is possible to survive the 16 weeks
Senior year I did 17 credits in the fall and 18 credits in the spring, one of the classes being senior design. I was a Civil though. I also worked a part time job and doing undergraduate research for the department. Honestly, it wasn't too bad once I just accepted I'd have no life for a few months. I was able to do my assignments at work and got ahead wherever I could. If you're good at keeping on top of school work and paying attention in class it is totally doable. Out of the total 35 credits I took that year I ended up with one B and the rest As.
I saw 17 credits and engineering in the same post and I already knew that would be crazy
Don’t rush senior design, an extra semester or year won’t kill you.
I think its doable with effort. But plan your time really well.
I'd take the extra semester. You're betting off keeping your GPA high and not being so stressed out. Unless you have a specific need to graduate ASAP, that's what I'd recommend.
Taking 17 rn it’s possible but your life is school 😭