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What college should i go to for a mechanical engineer?
I am in 6th grade and i enjoy building and designing #college #mechanical-engineering
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Calvin Weyers
Calvin’s Answer
The college you attend has less to do with what you learn, than your attitude and work ethic do. I have known really good engineers who graduated from community college/small college as well as not so good engineers who graduated from excellent engineering colleges.
Good engineering requires a combination of intelligence, education, and common sense. Not every person has this combination. We used to refer to people as "book smart but real life dumb" when they could solve really hard word problems but put out instructions that could not be followed by the workers (and had to be re-written or re-done) because they required something to be done that was impossible to accomplish. Or, requiring precision in measuring or machining that was unnecessary (increasing the cost without adding any benefit).
Bottom line: study hard, work all the homework assignments, practice solving problems (even extra ones) and you should be able to succeed at being an engineer regardless of which college you graduate from. You should also learn to listen to the people who have to follow your engineering requirements - they might be just as smart as you are, but goofed off in school and could not continue in their education to earn a degree.
Vikas Tirukonda
Vikas’s Answer
I'm here with one of my colleagues who is also a mechanical engineer. Both of us are actually recent grads, so hopefully we can provide some insight. In our opinions, the first step is to understand which schools have good programs and opportunities for the things that interest you. For example, does the school have a shop where you can do hands on work? Do they offer opportunities for cross-functional learning like with electro-mechanical courses? Where do students from those majors usually end up working? This is all information I would look for within the department that you want, in this case, the engineering or mechanical engineering department. I would also suggest visiting the college itself and seeing if you like the campus and the atmosphere since you will have to live there for 4 years minimum. There's a lot more to college than just the academics. For many people it's a huge time of growth and there's a lot of different things you could do with your time outside of class so make sure it's a place where you could see yourself being happy and make the most of the experience.
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