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12-25-2012 at 11:58 AM
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oh yeah and I have kinematics (high school physics). Is chemical engineering physics different?
how different is university physics?
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12-25-2012 at 12:37 PM
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You only take 2 physics courses in first year. Course 1 is Newtonian (mostly high school). Second is more electrical engineering stuff with magnetism circuits etc. The material isn't that hard but it does require time to absorb/practice questions etc.
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12-25-2012 at 12:43 PM
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The cut off my year was a high 5. I've heard it has been as high as 6.5 in the last year or two (but this is mostly hear say, and it really depends on your individual year). There are 600-700 first year eng students. If 200 of them want chem bio, the average needed is going to be a lot higher. I have never spoken to anyone in straight chem who wanted chem bio and didn't get it. Just do your best in first year and you'll have your choice of programs. The cut off average really depends on what the mass amount of people in your year want.
I personally found physics very different from high school. Some people like it more, some like it less. I found physics to be more theoretical in University, and that I had to understand the whole concept as opposed to just learning some equations like in high school. I liked physics in high school, and it was my lowest mark in first year. My brother on the other hand had physics as his lowest mark in high school and it was one of his favourite courses in first year engineering here (he's in software now). Its pretty individual.
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12-25-2012 at 01:24 PM
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There are 600-700 first year eng students. If 200 of them want chem bio, the average needed is going to be a lot higher.
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Not anymore! Haha, last year (my year) there were 1100 i believe, this year its somewhere around 800 or so i've heard. |
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12-26-2012 at 11:45 AM
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Do you guys think i should do coop?
pro: experience / money
con: study 6 years
Im planning to do P.Eng, and masters after too
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12-26-2012 at 12:09 PM
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6 years sounds a bit much...
Since chem-bio is 5 years, you can do co-op in the summers (minimum 3 four month terms) instead. This means you would have to work 3 out of the 4 summer breaks.
That way you could still finish in 5 years with co-op and then do a masters or whatever you want
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12-26-2012 at 12:26 PM
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Yeah, I thought of that too.
On my university application OUAC there are two options
1) Engineering 1
2) Engineering 1 (coop)
Can i choose option 1, for now. And then after I get into Mac, what if I change my mind and want to do coop (6 yrs total). Can i do that?
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12-26-2012 at 01:26 PM
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Yeah, I thought of that too.
On my university application OUAC there are two options
1) Engineering 1
2) Engineering 1 (coop)
Can i choose option 1, for now. And then after I get into Mac, what if I change my mind and want to do coop (6 yrs total). Can i do that?
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You can sign up for coop after you come to mac, even if you don't indicate it now on the OUAC. It's all good 
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12-26-2012 at 01:40 PM
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Do you guys think i should do coop?
pro: experience / money
con: study 6 years
Im planning to do P.Eng, and masters after too
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Also, not a lot of people know this, but just like coop, masters count towards the experience needed to get your P.Eng. But it has to be in something related to your field...MBAs don't count.
Forgot to link the source: http://members.peo.on.ca/index.cfm/c...42/la_id/1.htm
Ctrl-f "master"
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12-26-2012 at 01:48 PM
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Say a worrdd! thats coooooooooooooool. So if you do 2 yrs of masters for lets say chem eng, it counts as experience needed for P.eng? wow
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