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    2016 Fall
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    Aerospace Engineering

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  1. This is a VERY good way to study. When I was an undergrad, I rarely ever studied. Well, in a traditional sense. I would essentially re teach my friends the material presented in the class. Though my lesson would be shaky at first, I would eventually be able to convey the concepts clearly and concisely. In my experience, the professors have been teaching the same material for years and years, so things that are apparent to them might not be so obvious to students. So, in being able to simplify the lessons in MY OWN words and teach it to other students, I can ensure that I fully understand a concept. Only when I couldn't clearly explain something in the class would I go back and review my notes/book until i would be able to.
  2. Yeah, 60% averages are normal from my experience. From what I've heard, the logic behind designing tests with averages in this range is to give a good differentiation between A students and C students since a normal distribution is normally achieved with a large enough standard deviation. Averages around 90% will give you just a few point difference between high and low achieving students (and the same logic on the other side of the spectrum). The scary thing is, if i knew someone was designing a plane with 50-60% competency, I would never step on a plane ever again.
  3. I am in my first quarter of graduate school in engineering. I was expecting a change of pace in graduate classes compared to my undergraduate classes, but nonetheless, I am definitely struggling to grasp the material that is presented. Sometimes, when I am in class thinking "what the hell is the professor trying to say," I look around and see a handful of students nodding as though every single word is prior knowledge to them. On top of that, these students never take ANY notes in class, while I am frantically writing down the nonsense uttered by the professors for me to decipher later on. This makes me feel SO much more inadequate in my abilities. I feel as though I am so far behind all of the other students playing a desperate game of "catch up." Secondly, I've heard of averages on midterms and finals as low as 15-20%. Are these things normal? I would be in a state of complete panic if I was only able to answer 15% of a test. Averages in my undergrad classes seldom dropped below 55% (which I already thought was very low). What are your experiences?
  4. Will be attending UCLA this fall for Aerospace Engineering! Time to look at housing @.@
  5. Not yet! I met one person who got accepted to ME at Berkeley when I was at the UCLA visit day yesterday.
  6. Heard from Berkeley (applied MS given MEng) today and UCLA (accepted) ~2 weeks ago.
  7. No word on funding. Simply said they will contact me with funding info if i applied.No idea when that normally is )=
  8. Will be visiting on Friday !!
  9. accepted for aerospace engineering MS, but waiting on other schools !
  10. Undergrad Institution:Mid-Tier California UniversityMajor(s): ME & AEMinor(s): GPA in Major: 3.87Overall GPA: 3.87Position in Class: no ideaType of Student:GRE Scores (revised/old version):Q: 165V: 157W: 4.5Research Experience: 6 months at uni + 1 summer at NASAAwards/Honors/Recognitions: Just good gradesPertinent Activities or Jobs: 1 summer at NASAAny Miscellaneous Accomplishments that Might Help: meh. Eagle Scout?Special Bonus Points: Applying to Where:MIT - Aero/Astro (PhD/MS) Berkeley - ME (MS) UCLA - ME (MS) UCI - ME/AE (MS) USC - AE (PhD) UW - Aero/Astro (MS) UT Austin - AE (MS)
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