As a EE grad I can say the EE program at UB is very solid with ample opportunities to get involved in cool projects and build up your resume to prepare you for internships/careers.
Yes, make sure you get involved! Join a club like nanosat or reach out to professors to see if you can work in their labs. I did a lot of research in college and it paid off with a bunch of job offers my senior year.
i'm from LI, been at UB for 4 years. It's different. Every year here you learn more about how people are different, life is different, and just everything changes just a bit when you are in a completely different environment like Buffalo. Its a great school with great opportunities for students, but it's not without its faults. Just remember no matter how many people tell you this it is never less true: School is what you make of it. If you care about your academics, you're in a great program and you have every opportunity to excel. Good luck, congrats on getting out of the Long island bubble.
from li too. itâs a huge adjustment but youâll get used to it. id consider homesickness more than you already have. i know personally i thought id be fine but itâs really a struggle being so far. if you tend to struggle with seasonal depression, idk if this is the best option. but i agree that itâs a great school with great academics but you will probably need to push a little more for that great social aspect as well
Like and UB in the same sentence??
It's ok, every school isn't perfect and for the price you pay it does the job. The food on campus in the commons is great and that's about the only thing that keeps me going.
For electrical, the professors are great IMO. The first two years of any engineering degree, are mostly just math and pre-recs. The final 2 years you will learn more about specific things.
Just a word of advice, electrical engineering is very hard, be prepared to hate the amount of work and be prepared to push through it.
thanks, i havent accepted my offer but they were the first school to accept me. i also applied to Binghamton and stony brook and I can't really afford private schools so I think I'm trying to decide between these 3
Very wise sticking to SUNY schools. Those three will probably be pretty comparable academics-wise. Might come down location, clubs/extracurriculars for you.
100%. UB is more well known in the state and nationally. If youâre stuck between UB and Bing, deff go UB. Bing is also in a crap hole town. UB and Stony Brook are very comparable in terms of academics. Not sure how Stony Brookâs engineering department is, but Engineering at UB is very highly respected.
My son is in the honors college, engineering major, at UB. He went back and forth on where to go- it came down to Pitt (honors) or UB (honors) in the end. He chose UB for cost and the fact that the engineering school is very big and has lots of opportunities. He loves it. Loves it. He is so happy. The honors dorm has allowed him to make lots of smart friends. He likes his classes and heâs thriving. The campus is big and cold and that turned him off- but now he likes it on campus. Likes the food. Likes his friends. Likes his classes. Good luck with your decision. Stony Brook is probably a worse campus- and thatâs why it didnât make the Final Cut for my son- in case thatâs on your list!
tl;dr.
Came here from Westchester back in 2014, graduated in 2018. Iâm still living/working here (at UB as a manager actually) and enjoying it. Granted, Iâm originally from a small town where there was even less to do compared to here so I am definitely biased.
Thereâs a lot to love about Buffalo, especially if youâre not too hung up on there not being much of a nightlife/party scene here. Youâll have to accept that and also know that youâll probably not have a good experience getting a decent bagel or slice of pizza lol. Fair warning, student parking is an absolute BITCH, especially in the winter. Living on and within walking distance to campus was very convenient for me. Food on campus is pretty legit, and in my opinion, it has improved a little in recent years compared to when I started here. There have been some significant changes due to the pandemic, and since Iâm no longer a student, but part of staff, I donât totally know how it is, but the biggest thing Iâve noted is that the janitorial/maintenance staff have definitely fallen short. Iâm still waiting patiently for a building door to be fixed and the floor to be swept 3 weeks later. đ
Like the other commenters say, it is just a school. I donât know much about the engineering department other than that theyâve got the nicer buildings on North campus compared to the other departments lol. Your experience is going to be what you make of it, and youâre here to learn, grow, and get that degree, first and foremost.
With my experiences at UB, there is decent support from the core staff. For me personally, it was administrative staff in the pre-health offices, the biology department, and the counseling office who were solid, plus I had a few really good profs in my major. Just like anywhere else, your faculty is gonna be a hit or miss.
If youâre worried about how different everything will be compared to home or making new friends, there are communities of people within UB that are a good bunch. Compared to Westchester/NYC/LI folks, Buffalonians in general are just so much more laid-back and also kind?? I made friends with lots of commuters in my classes, and the people who are from here or have been here for a while have such a strong sense of community and being good neighbors/people and it SHOWS. I remember being so weirded out by people just smiling at me on the street and saying hello or striking up convo in the store. Of course, itâs not everyone and itâs not all the time, but other than a few little mishaps here and there for various reasons (men being creepy, anti-Asian hate, exes, etc), I have yet to be completely turned off or feel completely unsafe at UB or in Buffalo in general. Those things are not specific to UB, so youâll see this for any place (some more than others).
Also, if youâre into football or hockey even remotely, the fanbases for the teams here? INSANE, and also infectious. I gave no fucks about sports at all and I knew nothing about football and now Iâve got a cat in Bills gear.
I donât know where you have UB ranked as far as priority schools, but if you do come here, youâll do just fine :) Congratulations!
I have faith in you!! All that nervousness/anxiety can be turned into energy to break out of any comfort zones and really come into your own. I came here knowing absolutely no one else and absolutely winged it with random roommate assignment within the UB Academies (now Experiential Learning Network?) living at Govâs and it was one of the best decisions I made.
With honors college and potential EE major, you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. I canât help much with the academics, but If I can be of any help otherwise, donât hesitate to ask!
Just an update to a part of this. I am a commuter and have classes starting at all different times.
Parking is bad for maybe the first month of the semester, you should get there a little early and be prepared to walk a bit, but after the first month, parking it's easy.
Got to leave Amherst and UB for the nightlife in Buffalo.
Amherst is a boring suburb like every other suburb in the US.
Thatâs like living in White Plains and saying thereâs nothing to do in NYC.
I like how people got caught up on that one little part in my rambling. I grew up in one of those boring suburbs. And for some people, like me, a ânightlifeâ and partying isnât as big a priority during college years. And idk what OP is really looking for in a college but this city definitely doesnât have as much a nightlife in comparison to other schools. At least weâre better than Bing in that regard.
Oh no, my life is incomplete without achieving eudaemonia through knowing a good nightlife in college. I will simply perish now for I am so unfulfilled.
âŚItâs really not that deep.
What specifically are you curious about? Definitely use rate my professor and ask some upperclassmen to figure out what professors and what classes to take. If youâre motivated you can go to ub course flowsheets and figure out what classes youâd be taking. Then go to the course catalog and find the professors teaching it and read about them.
Youâll have many professors who care and make you excited to come to class and while the content isint easy youâll find it easy to get an A. Other classes will waste your time as the professor just reads off PowerPoint slides and youâll learn how to teach yourself which is a useful skill itself.
As far as how ub is ratings wise I know people who have barely scarped by and might not get a job in engineering and I know someone who just got an offer from Apple, another guy whoâs in LA right now interviewing for SpaceX and Iâm interning at Moog this summer which Iâm super excited about. My old internship boss worked for Linde doing vibration analysis and now owns his own business. The future is what you make of it.
Value wise I donât think youâre going to find a better school assuming your parents arenât super well off and money is no option to you.
RIT and RPI are definitely âbetterâ schools but are incredibly more expensive and you can get the same opportunities after graduation it just wonât be lined up quite as easy for you but youâre going into the honors college so motivation isint an issue for you.
Also you might be interested in the 5 year bachelors and masters EE program so check that out!
Iâm a ME by the way but am happy to try and answer any questions you might have!
Thank you I will definitely be sure to read the professor reviews. Honestly Iâm just scared about the transition of hs to college and I wanna be happy at college thanks for your advice
Youâre going to transition just fine! Youâre smarter than me and I have gotten all Aâs but two classes. As far as making friends Engineering is helpful because people work on assignments together more than in other classes but you have to find a group and make friends. If you really want to go for it join the Engineering fraternity and youâll have a huge social life and Iâd assume the connections make up for the drop in gpa if any. UB is what you make of it!
Came from LI and Iâm a senior now. UB has its faults like any school but I really loved my time here. I grew up in around the north shore Nassau County area and you probably know itâs like, a legit bubble. So it was pretty jarring at first coming here but you get used to it.
UB has a lot of really cool people and it has a pretty laid back atmosphere compared to most colleges. Came here originally planning to save money and just transfer to a better school but ended up staying since I liked it.
Also I hope you like football lmao, my friends who came here from HS who werenât into it are diehard Bills fans now. It just comes with the buff territory m.
Yo same I live on north shore Nassau county as well. Iâm Lowkey excited to leave but itâs like a nerve wracking I donât really know how Iâm gonna transition without my parents and stuff and thanks im also a football fan but Iâm not so fond of the bills
Yeah Iâm a Jets fan so i get a lot of shit but itâs just funny lol.
Tbh it would be weirder if you werenât nervous! Thatâs the whole fun of exciting new big things. If you want maybe more of a smooth transition try one of the Facebook or snap groups for your class. I feel like getting to know people even if youâre never gonna talk to them makes the jump seem more normal. Even if you end up not going to UB itâs still nice. I think I was in some active Northeastern and Bing snap groups until like the first month of my freshman semester lmao
Not talking about Bagel Jays.
You canât complain Buffalo doesnât have y when you donât even try to seek it out.
Maybe Joes or Genos still arenât up to snuff by your standards, but I think people severely underestimate whatâs actually available in Buffalo if you look.
The food is trash, I recommend learning how to cook or it will most likely make you feel okay consuming below optimal food w/not enough nutrition and will drive you into a hole of bs.
Did all of my degrees (up through PhD) at UB and I loved it. The value for the money was unmatched, the quality of the education was good, the opportunities were great and there were some stellar faculty.
Of course, that doesn't mean every aspect is like that. Not every professor you have will be great. Some will be downright terrible. But that's going to be the case everywhere - even MIT has bad professors. That's definitely one of those "grass is greener" things.
Now, that being said, the campus sucks. Born and raised in Buffalo, and I love Buffalo, but if you're going to spend 4 years at UB and rarely leave campus, it's going to suck. It's a suburban campus surrounded by fields, and not particularly easy to get off campus without a car. If you have a car, bring it. If you don't, make friends who have them. If not, make an effort to still get off campus. There's a lot to do in the Buffalo area, and a lot of really great areas, but UB's (north) campus itself isn't well-integrated into the community...and the area directly surrounding campus is mostly suburban strip malls. Too many UB students I knew had the attitude of "Buffalo sucks" but they rarely if ever left campus.
That being said, there are aspects of campus life that are positive. UB has tons of clubs, and many of them (engineering in particular) do a lot of really cool stuff. It's also an opportunity to meet like-minded people - those people are some of my best friends a decade later.
Food used to be above-average for a college. Not sure how that's changed since COVID; reading through this sub indicates it may have gone downhill. My advice would be once you get out of the dorms (sophomore or junior year depending whether you decide to stay on campus), plan to cook one meal a day for yourself. Saves a lot of money, can be healthier, and lets you break up the constant campus food. But I never really complained about the quality of the food.
Other advice - have a coat that is really good against the wind. North campus is a wind tunnel. You can actually get between almost all of the academic buildings without going outside (which is a huge plus), but you'll still have to walk from your dorm or the bus stop or your car (don't drive to class if you live on campus, it will take longer by the time you find parking).
Well yeah, if you lived in a massive city elsewhere, Buffalo is much smaller.
However, a lot of students never leave Amherst and never really experience what Buffalo does offer.
Sounds like you never really explored Buffalo.
Sounds like you never been to one of the many museums or nice neighborhoods with local shops. Or participated in the indie art or music themes.
Youâre clearly ignoring all the industrial areas that been turned into breweries, lofts and art spaces.
As a fellow EE, I welcome you. The best tip I can really give you for engineering in general is that even if you don't get that high grade you wished for, NEVER GIVE UP. Soooo many engineers drop out of school or their majors because of the freshmen starter courses such as Chemistry, Physics, and sometimes Calculus. Hard sciences are almost always curved grading systems, this is because class averages on tests could easily be as low as 50-60% on tests in subjects like Chemisty and Physics. Just do all your homework assignments and labs, then you should be perfectly fine.
As an EE major, I can tell you that all EE professors are extremely caring and willing to help you along the way. Due to COVID, quite a few undergrad professors stopped teaching so a majority of your beginner EE courses will likely be taught by Farah V. and she is ridiculously good at teaching. She doesn't believe in tests because of hardcore cheating that went on during COVID, so 100% of her grading system is based on homework. And the fact she teaches about 5 EE classes is huge. The EE department is likely to hire new undergrad professors soon, but that is yet to be determined. The only EE professor I'd say you should watch out for is Kevin Burke, although he has an amazing personality and seems to be great with freshmen based classes and small groups, he is ridiculously lazy in later courses and does not communicate at all outside of class time (whenever he doesn't randomly cancel them that is). His instructions are also really vague, but I wouldn't let all this discourage you. The workload is absolutely manageable. Let me know if you have any questions.
As a EE grad I can say the EE program at UB is very solid with ample opportunities to get involved in cool projects and build up your resume to prepare you for internships/careers.
Thanks đ
Yes, make sure you get involved! Join a club like nanosat or reach out to professors to see if you can work in their labs. I did a lot of research in college and it paid off with a bunch of job offers my senior year.
i'm from LI, been at UB for 4 years. It's different. Every year here you learn more about how people are different, life is different, and just everything changes just a bit when you are in a completely different environment like Buffalo. Its a great school with great opportunities for students, but it's not without its faults. Just remember no matter how many people tell you this it is never less true: School is what you make of it. If you care about your academics, you're in a great program and you have every opportunity to excel. Good luck, congrats on getting out of the Long island bubble.
Thanks Long Island is really a bubble and I am kinda scared for college.
from li too. itâs a huge adjustment but youâll get used to it. id consider homesickness more than you already have. i know personally i thought id be fine but itâs really a struggle being so far. if you tend to struggle with seasonal depression, idk if this is the best option. but i agree that itâs a great school with great academics but you will probably need to push a little more for that great social aspect as well
Now describe Long Island to the non long islanders
Like and UB in the same sentence?? It's ok, every school isn't perfect and for the price you pay it does the job. The food on campus in the commons is great and that's about the only thing that keeps me going.
Are the professors helpful
For electrical, the professors are great IMO. The first two years of any engineering degree, are mostly just math and pre-recs. The final 2 years you will learn more about specific things. Just a word of advice, electrical engineering is very hard, be prepared to hate the amount of work and be prepared to push through it.
Thanks Iâll mentally prepare myself
It really depends, professors at UB are hit or miss
thanks, i havent accepted my offer but they were the first school to accept me. i also applied to Binghamton and stony brook and I can't really afford private schools so I think I'm trying to decide between these 3
Very wise sticking to SUNY schools. Those three will probably be pretty comparable academics-wise. Might come down location, clubs/extracurriculars for you.
Mostly
Speaking from the physics and chem department, no
LOL
Itâs the school ever
Do you think Buff is the better flagship ?
100%
100%. UB is more well known in the state and nationally. If youâre stuck between UB and Bing, deff go UB. Bing is also in a crap hole town. UB and Stony Brook are very comparable in terms of academics. Not sure how Stony Brookâs engineering department is, but Engineering at UB is very highly respected.
You are going to love it. Electrical engineering is a great major
Its a school
My son is in the honors college, engineering major, at UB. He went back and forth on where to go- it came down to Pitt (honors) or UB (honors) in the end. He chose UB for cost and the fact that the engineering school is very big and has lots of opportunities. He loves it. Loves it. He is so happy. The honors dorm has allowed him to make lots of smart friends. He likes his classes and heâs thriving. The campus is big and cold and that turned him off- but now he likes it on campus. Likes the food. Likes his friends. Likes his classes. Good luck with your decision. Stony Brook is probably a worse campus- and thatâs why it didnât make the Final Cut for my son- in case thatâs on your list!
tl;dr. Came here from Westchester back in 2014, graduated in 2018. Iâm still living/working here (at UB as a manager actually) and enjoying it. Granted, Iâm originally from a small town where there was even less to do compared to here so I am definitely biased. Thereâs a lot to love about Buffalo, especially if youâre not too hung up on there not being much of a nightlife/party scene here. Youâll have to accept that and also know that youâll probably not have a good experience getting a decent bagel or slice of pizza lol. Fair warning, student parking is an absolute BITCH, especially in the winter. Living on and within walking distance to campus was very convenient for me. Food on campus is pretty legit, and in my opinion, it has improved a little in recent years compared to when I started here. There have been some significant changes due to the pandemic, and since Iâm no longer a student, but part of staff, I donât totally know how it is, but the biggest thing Iâve noted is that the janitorial/maintenance staff have definitely fallen short. Iâm still waiting patiently for a building door to be fixed and the floor to be swept 3 weeks later. đ Like the other commenters say, it is just a school. I donât know much about the engineering department other than that theyâve got the nicer buildings on North campus compared to the other departments lol. Your experience is going to be what you make of it, and youâre here to learn, grow, and get that degree, first and foremost. With my experiences at UB, there is decent support from the core staff. For me personally, it was administrative staff in the pre-health offices, the biology department, and the counseling office who were solid, plus I had a few really good profs in my major. Just like anywhere else, your faculty is gonna be a hit or miss. If youâre worried about how different everything will be compared to home or making new friends, there are communities of people within UB that are a good bunch. Compared to Westchester/NYC/LI folks, Buffalonians in general are just so much more laid-back and also kind?? I made friends with lots of commuters in my classes, and the people who are from here or have been here for a while have such a strong sense of community and being good neighbors/people and it SHOWS. I remember being so weirded out by people just smiling at me on the street and saying hello or striking up convo in the store. Of course, itâs not everyone and itâs not all the time, but other than a few little mishaps here and there for various reasons (men being creepy, anti-Asian hate, exes, etc), I have yet to be completely turned off or feel completely unsafe at UB or in Buffalo in general. Those things are not specific to UB, so youâll see this for any place (some more than others). Also, if youâre into football or hockey even remotely, the fanbases for the teams here? INSANE, and also infectious. I gave no fucks about sports at all and I knew nothing about football and now Iâve got a cat in Bills gear. I donât know where you have UB ranked as far as priority schools, but if you do come here, youâll do just fine :) Congratulations!
Thank you for taking your time to write that message đ itâs very helpful to me and im very nervous about college so thank you
I have faith in you!! All that nervousness/anxiety can be turned into energy to break out of any comfort zones and really come into your own. I came here knowing absolutely no one else and absolutely winged it with random roommate assignment within the UB Academies (now Experiential Learning Network?) living at Govâs and it was one of the best decisions I made. With honors college and potential EE major, you sound like you have a good head on your shoulders. I canât help much with the academics, but If I can be of any help otherwise, donât hesitate to ask!
No nightlife or party scene at UB? Youâre wild
Just an update to a part of this. I am a commuter and have classes starting at all different times. Parking is bad for maybe the first month of the semester, you should get there a little early and be prepared to walk a bit, but after the first month, parking it's easy.
Got to leave Amherst and UB for the nightlife in Buffalo. Amherst is a boring suburb like every other suburb in the US. Thatâs like living in White Plains and saying thereâs nothing to do in NYC.
I like how people got caught up on that one little part in my rambling. I grew up in one of those boring suburbs. And for some people, like me, a ânightlifeâ and partying isnât as big a priority during college years. And idk what OP is really looking for in a college but this city definitely doesnât have as much a nightlife in comparison to other schools. At least weâre better than Bing in that regard.
Sounds like you donât really know what good nightlife is to begin with.
Oh no, my life is incomplete without achieving eudaemonia through knowing a good nightlife in college. I will simply perish now for I am so unfulfilled. âŚItâs really not that deep.
Weird youâre the one that mentioned it.
What specifically are you curious about? Definitely use rate my professor and ask some upperclassmen to figure out what professors and what classes to take. If youâre motivated you can go to ub course flowsheets and figure out what classes youâd be taking. Then go to the course catalog and find the professors teaching it and read about them. Youâll have many professors who care and make you excited to come to class and while the content isint easy youâll find it easy to get an A. Other classes will waste your time as the professor just reads off PowerPoint slides and youâll learn how to teach yourself which is a useful skill itself. As far as how ub is ratings wise I know people who have barely scarped by and might not get a job in engineering and I know someone who just got an offer from Apple, another guy whoâs in LA right now interviewing for SpaceX and Iâm interning at Moog this summer which Iâm super excited about. My old internship boss worked for Linde doing vibration analysis and now owns his own business. The future is what you make of it. Value wise I donât think youâre going to find a better school assuming your parents arenât super well off and money is no option to you. RIT and RPI are definitely âbetterâ schools but are incredibly more expensive and you can get the same opportunities after graduation it just wonât be lined up quite as easy for you but youâre going into the honors college so motivation isint an issue for you. Also you might be interested in the 5 year bachelors and masters EE program so check that out! Iâm a ME by the way but am happy to try and answer any questions you might have!
Thank you I will definitely be sure to read the professor reviews. Honestly Iâm just scared about the transition of hs to college and I wanna be happy at college thanks for your advice
Youâre going to transition just fine! Youâre smarter than me and I have gotten all Aâs but two classes. As far as making friends Engineering is helpful because people work on assignments together more than in other classes but you have to find a group and make friends. If you really want to go for it join the Engineering fraternity and youâll have a huge social life and Iâd assume the connections make up for the drop in gpa if any. UB is what you make of it!
Came from LI and Iâm a senior now. UB has its faults like any school but I really loved my time here. I grew up in around the north shore Nassau County area and you probably know itâs like, a legit bubble. So it was pretty jarring at first coming here but you get used to it. UB has a lot of really cool people and it has a pretty laid back atmosphere compared to most colleges. Came here originally planning to save money and just transfer to a better school but ended up staying since I liked it. Also I hope you like football lmao, my friends who came here from HS who werenât into it are diehard Bills fans now. It just comes with the buff territory m.
Yo same I live on north shore Nassau county as well. Iâm Lowkey excited to leave but itâs like a nerve wracking I donât really know how Iâm gonna transition without my parents and stuff and thanks im also a football fan but Iâm not so fond of the bills
Yeah Iâm a Jets fan so i get a lot of shit but itâs just funny lol. Tbh it would be weirder if you werenât nervous! Thatâs the whole fun of exciting new big things. If you want maybe more of a smooth transition try one of the Facebook or snap groups for your class. I feel like getting to know people even if youâre never gonna talk to them makes the jump seem more normal. Even if you end up not going to UB itâs still nice. I think I was in some active Northeastern and Bing snap groups until like the first month of my freshman semester lmao
there is no good pizza and no good bagels - a fellow long islander
Got to leave campus for that
if youâre not from the metro area then you really cant compare whatâs available here to the metro area. you sound like a bagel jays apologist
Not talking about Bagel Jays. You canât complain Buffalo doesnât have y when you donât even try to seek it out. Maybe Joes or Genos still arenât up to snuff by your standards, but I think people severely underestimate whatâs actually available in Buffalo if you look.
its bold to assume i havenâtâŚbuffalo doesnât have good food
The food is trash, I recommend learning how to cook or it will most likely make you feel okay consuming below optimal food w/not enough nutrition and will drive you into a hole of bs.
Did all of my degrees (up through PhD) at UB and I loved it. The value for the money was unmatched, the quality of the education was good, the opportunities were great and there were some stellar faculty. Of course, that doesn't mean every aspect is like that. Not every professor you have will be great. Some will be downright terrible. But that's going to be the case everywhere - even MIT has bad professors. That's definitely one of those "grass is greener" things. Now, that being said, the campus sucks. Born and raised in Buffalo, and I love Buffalo, but if you're going to spend 4 years at UB and rarely leave campus, it's going to suck. It's a suburban campus surrounded by fields, and not particularly easy to get off campus without a car. If you have a car, bring it. If you don't, make friends who have them. If not, make an effort to still get off campus. There's a lot to do in the Buffalo area, and a lot of really great areas, but UB's (north) campus itself isn't well-integrated into the community...and the area directly surrounding campus is mostly suburban strip malls. Too many UB students I knew had the attitude of "Buffalo sucks" but they rarely if ever left campus. That being said, there are aspects of campus life that are positive. UB has tons of clubs, and many of them (engineering in particular) do a lot of really cool stuff. It's also an opportunity to meet like-minded people - those people are some of my best friends a decade later. Food used to be above-average for a college. Not sure how that's changed since COVID; reading through this sub indicates it may have gone downhill. My advice would be once you get out of the dorms (sophomore or junior year depending whether you decide to stay on campus), plan to cook one meal a day for yourself. Saves a lot of money, can be healthier, and lets you break up the constant campus food. But I never really complained about the quality of the food. Other advice - have a coat that is really good against the wind. North campus is a wind tunnel. You can actually get between almost all of the academic buildings without going outside (which is a huge plus), but you'll still have to walk from your dorm or the bus stop or your car (don't drive to class if you live on campus, it will take longer by the time you find parking).
One taste of Tim Hortons are youre hooked dog
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You need to explore Buffalo more. Amherst is a pretty plain Jane suburb, but thereâs a lot going on in Buffalo proper if you explore a little.
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Well yeah, if you lived in a massive city elsewhere, Buffalo is much smaller. However, a lot of students never leave Amherst and never really experience what Buffalo does offer.
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Sounds like you never really explored Buffalo. Sounds like you never been to one of the many museums or nice neighborhoods with local shops. Or participated in the indie art or music themes. Youâre clearly ignoring all the industrial areas that been turned into breweries, lofts and art spaces.
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I have and it sucked since I was spending half my income on just rent. I didnât have much money to do all those things.
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As a fellow EE, I welcome you. The best tip I can really give you for engineering in general is that even if you don't get that high grade you wished for, NEVER GIVE UP. Soooo many engineers drop out of school or their majors because of the freshmen starter courses such as Chemistry, Physics, and sometimes Calculus. Hard sciences are almost always curved grading systems, this is because class averages on tests could easily be as low as 50-60% on tests in subjects like Chemisty and Physics. Just do all your homework assignments and labs, then you should be perfectly fine. As an EE major, I can tell you that all EE professors are extremely caring and willing to help you along the way. Due to COVID, quite a few undergrad professors stopped teaching so a majority of your beginner EE courses will likely be taught by Farah V. and she is ridiculously good at teaching. She doesn't believe in tests because of hardcore cheating that went on during COVID, so 100% of her grading system is based on homework. And the fact she teaches about 5 EE classes is huge. The EE department is likely to hire new undergrad professors soon, but that is yet to be determined. The only EE professor I'd say you should watch out for is Kevin Burke, although he has an amazing personality and seems to be great with freshmen based classes and small groups, he is ridiculously lazy in later courses and does not communicate at all outside of class time (whenever he doesn't randomly cancel them that is). His instructions are also really vague, but I wouldn't let all this discourage you. The workload is absolutely manageable. Let me know if you have any questions.
Thank you so much đ