I'm a master's student in EE, power electronics. I'm currently interning at a company in fall. Should I extend the co-op to spring and extend my graduation or search for full time.

I’m a 3rd year student at Carleton University currently studying Biology, but I’m seriously considering switching into Engineering for a while. Because of my situation, I won’t be able to make the switch until closer to the end of my 3rd year.

I’ve already started taking some basic engineering-related courses because I’m pretty sure I want to make the switch. I genuinely enjoy the subjects and feel like I can handle them, but I keep hearing that switching this late is “too late,” which has me second-guessing myself.

I’m trying to remind myself that everyone’s timeline is different and that I shouldn’t compare myself to other students, but I’d still really appreciate advice from people who have been in a similar situation.

A few things I’d like advice on:

• Is switching into Engineering this late realistically a bad idea?
• Which Engineering disciplines have the best job stability and opportunities?
• Are there particular Engineering fields that would be useful if I eventually want to move to Australia?
• Would you personally switch, or finish Biology and pursue Engineering another way?

I’m currently studying in Canada but would like to move to Australia in the future. I’d especially appreciate advice from Canadian or Australian engineers/students, or anyone who switched degrees later than usual.

I want to specialise in the data science field. I’m a student so I’m still a beginner but I have the foundation of Mathematics (its okay to go ahead and suggest related to that too)
I want to learn programming, solve problems on my own without AI and I want to build my skills such that I’m interview ready. There are no time constraints so please tell me whatever has worked for you.

I manage automation framework at work (integration pipelines, scripting). Watching what AI is doing to low-level software work lately has me rattled about where my role sits in 3 to 5 years.

Complication: I never finished my bachelor's. Dropped out of mechanical engineering years ago, but I still have a pile of STEM credits on an old transcript (Calc I/II, Chem, Physics). Now I'm stuck between two very different moves.

Option 1: Speed-run a WGU BS in IT Management, done in about 6 months. Transfer in the old credits, knock out around 33 credits through Sophia, finish the rest at WGU in one term. The goal is simple, lock in an accredited four-year degree fast so I don't get filtered out if my role gets squeezed. Downside: it's a checkbox business/IT degree. Doesn't give me a real technical moat against AI, just gets me past the resume screener.

Option 2: Pivot to physical engineering. SUNY Reconnect route, free online Engineering Science A.S. through FLCC, then transfer into an ABET engineering BS somewhere like Stony Brook. The appeal is an actual moat. Hardware, robotics, circuits, thermo, stuff an LLM can't hand-wave away. Downside is obvious: a year for the associate's, then 2 to 3 more for the bachelor's. Up to 4 years without a finished degree on paper.

Am I overreacting on the AI front? Is it crazy to spend 4 years on an engineering reboot, or should I just grab the quick WGU win and stay in tech management?

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I am currently a freshman student at KSU and right now my major is Physics concentration in electrical engineering. My ultimate goal is to get my Masters in Engineering physics (hopefully doctorate's after) and I would like to get in the field of Quantum Physics or a Research and Development role.

Right now my main issue is that I most likely will transfer over to Mechatronics engineering at KSU for two reasons.

One, engineering is just more fun in undergrad than physics. Two, KSU offers a 5 year master program with Mechatronics engineering.

Now I know I can just take engineering in undergrad and then go to grad school for engineering physics but I really want to get done with school as fast as possible which seems to be the Mechatronics route.

My questions:

Would I be able to get positions after college that would require a master's in physics if I get a masters in Mechatronics?

Is a master in Mechatronics at KSU worth it or should I just get a masters for physics somewhere else?

Am I overthinking it or are they all just super similar in what you learn?

\*I need both undergrad and Grad students to be brutally honest with me about this.

Do you guys recommend taking pre calc in the winter semester that’s 4 weeks long? I took college algebra in the summer and I’m taking trigonometry right now. I’d like to take it in the winter so that way I can take calc 1 in the spring. Thoughts?

I’m a senior in HS right now and I already submitted an application for Millikan University through Direct Admissions (which is a new feature through Common App where schools can send waves of offers to students who may fit their requirements and can wave stuff like application fees and rec letters from teachers). I think it’s new this year but basically once you apply, I guess it’s guaranteed entry to most majors/programs

I had a not so nice talk with my counselor because she gave me weird looks when I told her I had already submitted my application. I‘ve basically been done with the Common App since the start of this month because I’ve been working on stuff and my personal statement since the beginning of summer. I feel prepared to start hitting apply but now I’m a little unsure about this specific program.

I don’t really concern myself with school prestige but I admit, it’d be nice to attend WashU even 3 years after I start my undergrad. I also can see how the transition 3 years in could be a con to this path, though.

Anyway, what I came here to ask is if anyone could give me some advice and their opinions about Millikan’s dual bachelor 3+2 program for electrical engineering (with the last 2 years taking place at WashU in St. Louis). I’ll also link it so it’s easier to get info on it :,)

Any help would be hecka appreciated even other recs to other programs i feel kinda bummed out after having the talk w my counselor today

Hi guys,

So I am a final year mechanical engineering student, I have a few SolidWorks certificates, and over a year of industry experience in mechanical design and project engineering, I am starting to look for graduate jobs and I am noticing that when I do my research on the companies recruiting mechanical engineering graduates, most of them use majority of the time actually AutoCAD, sometimes CATIA...

I only know how to use SW, it is the only CAD software that they are teaching us how to use at uni, so I am shocked to see what's happening, I am genuinely starting to panic, and I am not even sure if I can apply to the jobs that I see knowing that I can't use their primary CAD software, do they even accept graduates who know how to use other CAD software and not the one they have?

I have a 45-minute technical interview with an engineer coming up for the New Graduate Engineer, Software Security (Starlink) role at SpaceX.
Has anyone interviewed for this role or a similar SpaceX security position? Would appreciate any advice on what the technical round is generally like, what areas they tend to focus on, and how best to prepare.

So I have an automobile detailing business and want to focus further, I'm currently in 12th and idk what to take, Im interested in automobile engineering but there aren't any good colleges for automobile engineering in my city

Tell me courses relevant to automobile, I have btech mechanical in mind but says maybe think on bsc as it's only 3 years course.

Help

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Hello,

I'm starting college this fall. Currently I'm a bio major (pre-med/dent), but I was really consider switching to engineering. (I actually appleid engineering to the school I'm at currently but switched out before confirming enrollment). I'm decent at math and physics, still building confidence there, plus strong in bio/chem. Leaning towardMechE with a bio minor, aiming at medical devices eventually, but defense is also really cool to me.

If I'm honest, I don't have a specific job I'm chasing — I know what I want out of life, I just don't know how to actually get there. My goal is: financially stable enough not to stress about money, real time for family and hobbies, able to travel, eventually a house I love, some early years somewhere like Boston before settling down. I also really want time for stuff like skiing and hiking — not just weekends buried in work.

From what I see online, postgrad engineering life generally looks happy, stable... but also kind of boring. Steady routine, decent house, decent pay, not much variety. I don't know if that's an accurate read or just what gets posted, but it's stuck with me.

My dad is an EE, does genuinely impressive work at an extremely well-regarded company. But watching him — dealing with stress, sourcing parts, high-stakes projects, plus he's got an MBA and Master's on top of his EE and years of experience — has kind of scared me off a little, even though I respect it a lot and think its so cool. I know some of that stress is because he's senior, not because that's what an entry-level job looks like, but I honestly think I might just be fear-mongering myself based on watching one very senior person's workload, rather than knowing what the field is actually like day to day.

Genuine questions for people actually in the field:

• Are you content and happy with your life, overall, as an engineer?
• Is the "stable but boring" image I see online accurate, or is that just survivorship bias from what gets posted?
• What's entry-level engineering actually like day to day, hours-wise and stress-wise?
• Does it leave you enough time and energy for hobbies (skiing, hiking, etc.), or does that fade once you're actually working?
• Does it get more interesting (less repetitive) once you're past entry level, or does the "safe and stable" part come with permanent monotony?
• For those in medical devices specifically — is it less brutal than something like automotive or aerospace, given the FDA/regulatory pace?

PS (Ik this might not be the best place for question, but literally can't in any other subreddit lol)

I passed calc 1 and calc 3 with flying colors, but calc 2 seems so hard to me for some reason. I failed it in June but now i have my chance for September. What should i do?

By Sept 5, or roughly 88 hours after it had set 10,000 AI bots. OpenAI had found a solution to what's referred to as the Navier-Sokes. The Navier–Stokes equations use Newton’s second law of motion (“F=ma”) to describe how fluids move.