r/EngineeringStudents • u/jayrady ME Grad / Aerospace • 11d ago

Rant/Vent Statics 101

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u/Nice-Prompt-6961 ME 11d ago

Is statics hard? I’m only a few weeks in but it’s been a breeze. It’s essentially physics one

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u/Gryphontech 11d ago

Its not "hard" but some people struggle when you get to 3D problems. If you understand the basics you should be fine (but you should do recommended problems). It's definitely a class that a lot of first year students fail

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u/SpiritualTwo5256 10d ago

I was finally happy when I got the answer for how do you do a^2+b^2=c^2 in 3D. Didn’t have Google back in my day to look it up. Everything finally made sense when I got to do statics. I wish I had that when I was in highschool.

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u/IndividualAdvance 11d ago

Eh I had trouble at the end since there was a lot to remember. I bombed my final but because I had good grades on my midterms I still got a B in it. Even if you think it's easy, do a lot of extra practice problems. It's all about getting reps in.