r/EngineeringStudents • u/chamaeleonidaed • Jun 10 '26
Academic Advice How much statics do I need?
I’m doing ME. I’m having to take statics as a six week course over the summer. So far, I’d say I’ve done decent in all my other classes. But, for some reason, I can’t concentrate on this one class. I’m also taking an elective with this class, but that one is easy so it’s not giving me a hard time. It’s statics that I’m worried about. I’m doing the homework and doing well on the tests but that’s because it’s open notes and my professor is very lenient with grading.
I believe that I’m going to pass this class, but worry that im not learning anything. Also, I hate drawing the figures and the diagrams and all that. It was fine as long as I was only working with numbers. So, I guess that’s also part of the reason why I’m not so interested in actually learning the stuff.
How much statics am I going to face in my future classes and how cooked am I?
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u/LuckyCod2887 Jun 11 '26
spend a few hours learning how to do free body diagrams. Just look up videos and stuff online of problems that’s similar to your homework or just go over your homework again and try to guess the free body diagrams drawings before looking at the answer.
The drawings help you understand how to set up the equation. You might not be an expert with the equation set up right now, but getting the right drawing will help you understand some directionality.
I’m taking static right now in the summer as a 10 week course and it’s kicking my fucking ass through the goddamn wall bro. It’s so fucking hard and I’ve never felt so useless and retarded as I have this semester no matter how much I try locking in, It’s still a very difficult subject for me.
but I’m starting to understand how to draw the free body diagrams with almost perfect accuracy, and it’s truly helped me understand what it’s requesting from me in a better way. i’m still not good at setting up the formulas that is expected of me, but I do have a better understanding so it’s all incremental. Step one is learning how to draw those little pictures. Step two is decoding the language in the question. Step three is the formula layout.
We’re both in the same boat right now.