I am wondering

For 2nd year engineering I know that you pick what sector of engineering you want

I want Civil engineering (structural) and Management

I dont really want anything else

what happens if I dont make it can I go to another type of engineering and transfer back to Civil?

Thanks guys and no trolls please I know its tempting

My boyfriend's in Civil Engineering. They've gotten rid of the separate streams this year, apparently, so you can't pick between structural and environmental now.

Originally Posted by alh24

My boyfriend's in Civil Engineering. They've gotten rid of the streams this year, apparently, so Civil Engineering is one stream now.

im confused what did they get rid of?

Originally Posted by mfattal

im confused what did they get rid of?

You can't pick between structural and environmental streams when you go into Civil Engineering anymore, they've just incorporated both into Civil Engineering. My boyfriend and housemates were griping about it one day.

Originally Posted by alh24

You can't pick between structural and environmental streams when you go into Civil Engineering anymore, they've just incorporated both into Civil Engineering. My boyfriend and housemates were griping about it one day.

oh that sucks so do they accept more people? and will the competition grow?

Originally Posted by mfattal

oh that sucks so do they accept more people? and will the competition grow?

Good question. I'm not sure, though. You'd be better off to ask an Engineering student in that program.

I don't think it sounds like a bad thing, really. With continuing focus on the environment these days, it seems like a good idea that all students who want to pursue structural engineering also have a good background in environmental aspects. My roommate and boyfriend don't like the environmental courses, but they both agree it'll probably make them more employable. Plus apparently this is something a lot of schools have already done, so it's good to be on par with other schools in that they're well-versed in both the environmental and structural components of civil engineering.

Originally Posted by mfattal

I am wondering

For 2nd year engineering I know that you pick what sector of engineering you want

I want Civil engineering (structural) and Management

I dont really want anything else

what happens if I dont make it can I go to another type of engineering and transfer back to Civil?

Thanks guys and no trolls please I know its tempting

You are really stressing about not making it to 2nd year. This is a good thing, hopefully you will work harder as a result.

Some options are available to help ease the transition.

i) LEAP (I mentioned to you this before)

ii) Summer school. As in you push some courses to summer and spring semester. So instead of taking 12 courses in 2 semesters, you take 12 courses spread out over 4 semesters.

iii) Worst come to worst if you still don't get in even when you tried your hardest, you can repeat 1st year Engineering and upgrade your marks.

Originally Posted by PHLN

You are really stressing about not making it to 2nd year. This is a good thing, hopefully you will work harder as a result.

Some options are available to help ease the transition.

i) LEAP (I mentioned to you this before)

ii) Summer school. As in you push some courses to summer and spring semester. So instead of taking 12 courses in 2 semesters, you take 12 courses spread out over 4 semesters.

iii) Worst come to worst if you still don't get in even when you tried your hardest, you can repeat 1st year Engineering and upgrade your marks.

ya dosent seem to bad just hope i dont get kicked out of mac lol

i repeated grade 12 in order to get my 88% average

and I am gona try and take them all and what ever dosent work out ill repeat in summer

they dont penalize u for repeated in first year eng right?

Originally Posted by mfattal

they dont penalize u for repeated in first year eng right?

Someone else have to help you on this one.

Get about a 7 or 8 GPA and you will get into anything you want basically

I know some people that are repeating first year because they didn't get their first choice. I also know people who were set on a certain stream and ended up loving a totally different one by the end of first year.

To answer your question, I hear its easier to just repeat first year and harder to switch into another department once in second year. (don't quote me on that one).

Just work hard and you'll end up exactly where you want!

Originally Posted by blackdragon

Get about a 7 or 8 GPA and you will get into anything you want basically

This is true. If we work hard at it in first year you'll have nothing to worry about.

If you don't get into civil, you could put a similar stream as your second choice (something that has courses that are shared with civil, maybe materials? I'm not the one to ask) then you can make a better case when you want to transfer, and make the transfer easier.

But don't think about that till you have to. Aim for a high GPA.

Originally Posted by mfattal

and I am gona try and take them all and what ever dosent work out ill repeat in summer

they dont penalize u for repeated in first year eng right?

Why wouldn't they? If you fail a course and repeat it, no matter what year you're in, you'll be penalized. I personally failed PHYS1E03 and took it in the summer. Now I've got a 0 and my summer mark beside each other. Had I dropped it and taken it in the summer, it would not have counted. A fail is still a fail.

I also would recommend spreading everything out. Believe me - and everyone else - it's better than "going all in" - especially as you repeated grade 12 already.

Take ENG1C03/ENG1P03 in the summer, at the very least - since these are the super easy courses (but still time consuming) which you can get out of your way via summer LEAP.

Following that, in the regular year, you could take a certain number of courses in the fall/winter terms, and then in the summer, you could take one or two more courses. Summer courses are weighted exactly the same as regular ones, and there's no 'shame' or 'lower mark weighting' in taking them in the summer. Plus, the classes are smaller, so the focus is often a lot better, and you end up learning things you may not have otherwise.

I'm only stressing the summer since I've seen many of your posts on MacInsiders already, and you're one of those few students who knows what they want to do, but don't know how to achieve it. However, you're at least taking the *initiative* to go about looking for options, alternatives, thoughts, and all that. Many people don't even do that and just go right into University without a clue. (Myself included two years ago, lol.)

Anyhow, I hope the above helps. By all means, keep us informed as to what you choose to do.

I am thinking of just taking 6 courses first sem and 6 courses 2nd sems

ENG1C03/ENG1P03 are easy as i heard but they give good average boosters

I will try and get notes from some one now seeing that I am not going to school atm and try and get ahead.

if any one knows a good place to get notes or some one has it up on those sites where u uplode stuff please let me know

thanks guys

1P03 for us last year was pretty chill and an easy mark booster dunno about it now that it's only one semester, 1C03 while fairly straightforward is EXTREMELY time consuming especially the final project which is usually due a week before exams start and can really put you into a bind, last year I had my P03 and C03 projects due on back to back days.

As for second year if you get a 7 your set, last year the averages were really low for every program wehter this was because a lot of people dropped out or that our year wasn't that bright I dunno but other than mechanical or the management streams a 4 was all you needed