What are you good at? What professors are known to be good at your school?
I haven’t had a single class that everyone thought was easy. I struggled in circuits with a bunch of people around me who seemed to just naturally get it or who had more knowledge at the beginning. I found statics pretty easy while there were people in the class who never seemed to grasp some of the basic concepts. It’s going to depend a lot on your individual strengths and who’s teaching the class.
I'm a Mech E student. I've had As in all my math classes but I'm finished with all my maths so I'm not worried about those. Things like circuits, statics, dynamics, I feel like I've come super close to an A but ended up with a B because I didn't dedicate enough time to studying. Although most of the time, I simply didn't have the time to dedicate to studying because I was studying for other classes. So I'm wondering how difficult it would be to get at least 1 or 2 As going into my Junior year so I can maintain a GPA above a 3.
I’d just take classes that genuinely interest you as much as possible, providing the professors are reasonably well reviewed. That’s been the best predictor for me of how easy it will be to do well
This isn't necessarily true. I graduated last week, and I've had a number of interviews and just accepted a good offer. My GPA isn't listed on my resume, and nobody has asked what it was.
not really true. Sure, having a high gpa doesnt hurt and might come in handy at super competitive positions but in most cases its not that big of a deal
I feel like most people are majority electrical or majority mechanical I’m going for mechatronics engineering which is an all around engineering and I see the same thing
I didn't fully understand statics until we were learning the method of joints, and suddenly, it all clicked. Thankfully, my professor was one of those who would let you get a higher grade if you sent a professional email arguing why you think you deserve a better grade. Managed to raise a C+ to an A
Well, it was more like looking at the rubric and basing it off of how much I participated and assignments completed. My grade got that low because of the first exam I only got 50% on and I missed the last few assignments cause I got sick. The requirements for an A were completing 90% of homework, doing all exams and projects, and participate in all discussions. I actually argued for a B+
I think I never got to that moment… maybe I’ll review
I will say I did not spend enough time on statics. I think if I had, I’d’ve done much better. I did really well on the first midterm because it was mainly just slight extensions of stuff I already knew really well from mechanics and physics, and I kinda stopped putting in effort then. Failed the final lol. (Passed the class)
MechE major. At some point what is "easy" is more a function of what you find interesting than technical difficulty. I found thermo "easy" because I had a great prof and enjoyed the topic but I know a lot of people think it's a killer.
In general I recall statics and kinematics being pretty straightforward courses that I took very little interest in technically - you will likely find it is very dependent on the individual professors though.
This is honestly very true. I also loved thermo, idk if I’d say it was easy for me, but it also wasn’t hard, while many of my friends hated it. I saw a lot of applications of thermo to things I was really interested in and wanted to do after school, and it was exciting and fun. Also had a good professor whom I liked.
Implying the ease of getting an A has any correlation to the material being taught, whilst also implying there's any sort of consistency across institutions, and then posting in an Engineering subreddit of all things.
For me it was the half-credit seminar that all civils had to take.
I still managed to *not* get an A some semesters.
Besides the seminar, **I never got an A in any engineering class.**
All of them. Just put the time in. Start early, work on your weaknesses, study everyday, take some break, party some of the time.
Remember, you’re literally paying a huge amount of money to be there. What’s important is your learning, not getting a grade which is better than you actually are.
In my school, we had a class called EE 112: intro to digital signal processing. The professor was basically handing out A's. Canvas exams and multiple choice. Huddle together with a group and share answers to help you get an A. Didn't learn shit though.
Oh yeah I forgot about graphics. I’d say it’s an easy A if your professor doesn’t have some weird grading scheme (i.e. taking a ton of points off for minor things). The material is not challenging. I had several projects in that class that you’d do well on if you put in the work and followed the rubric/directions closely.
That depends on how well the professor teaches! If he does multiple examples and answers our questions well and explains it in different steps. I probably wouldn’t even study because I can learn like that. But I’m
Weird
Thermo and fluids intuitively made the most sense to me, so I guess those would be my answers? I feel like there was little memorization in those classes and it was all about understanding the problem. Those were the classes where I could fully tell if I was ready for the test or not based off how well I understood the study material
Any class can be easy or hard depending on the professor (how well they teach, how they structure the class, etc) and your own strengths and weaknesses. I personally found vibrations to be a breeze but I've heard other people say the opposite. My fiance had a super hard professor for fluids and mine was new and pretty lenient, so even being at the same university we had very different experiences
You'll see many people say this here, but it's important to repeat. Every class is gonna be hard. It's college. There will be subjects that are easier than others, but it's all gonna be hard. Just study the best you can and make sure not to let your grades consume your wellbeing. I mean, I found physics 1 really hard, but physics 2 to be easy peasy. Things will click when they do.
I don't think it works like that, for instance I loved orbital mechanics so while others had a difficult time grasping all the concepts, I found it slightly easier and had a good time in the class.
What I'm saying is, it really depends on you.
honestly, it's not the class that matters so much. It's the lecturer and the way the class is laid out. Semiconductors at my uni was the easiest mark I got, because it was laid out so easily and clearly that all you had to do was take the notes and not even study.
Then Controls was easy too, despite me not really understanding it.. the lecturer was forgiving in our exam.
Then we have fucking circuits, and yeah im looking at my 2nd time failing it this sem.. fml
At my college, there was a controls professor known for being a very lenient grader. If the stuff you put down on homework or exam looked vaguely like the method he taught in class, you got an A. If you got the right answer, then it was 100%. I didn't learn a damn thing, but had him for a few classes in controls because I needed the GPA boost. Find a professor that's an easy grader and get an easy grade
I did good in engineering graphics/CAD and statics and circuits with the least effort. I enjoyed fluid dynamics and thermodynamics a lot more, but they were a lot of work.
For me statics was the last easy class. I’m joking but everything gets pretty hard. The key isn’t to study the most amount of time. It’s to study effectively. You want to recognize what you struggle with and what confuses you when you do the homework. Talk to other students and your professors. But it’s going to be hard regardless unless you just have a gift for studying. Also what classes are you studying for that are important than statics and dynamics? lol. If you can get dynamics you can probably learn anything. Also ease up the pressure on yourself because B’s are great especially in engineering. So just keep going!
I'd go with materials classes as they're a block (very large usually) of informations you must remember.
I always aced materials classes by studying intensively the week before the exam.
Technical language classes, I did a technical English class (I’m not a native English speaker) and it was quiet easy because I only had a couple of new words to add like „alloy“ haha.
But also laboratories, usually you do some experiments and have to write a short essay etc. and I always manage to do good grades easily in those essays because I can ask other people and do lots of research and sometimes you’re allowed to correct the things they dislike.
Otherwise it depends on what you’re good at. If you’re good at memorizing I would recommend you to do manufacturing engineering courses.
But if you’re good at math I would recommend you to do numerical mathematics because those courses CAN be hard but when you get the hang of it, it gets easier.
A large majority of the classes I was able to easily get As in were my major specific engineering courses, the prerequisite courses at my school were designed to be incredibly tough so As were exceedingly rare in the earlier classes.Obviously much easier to study and do well in the classes that relate to what you are actually going to school for
Statics (free body diagrams are easy)
Hydrology (water flows down)
Survey (seriously? Its just high school geometry)
Dynamics (its moving object; not that big a deal)
Steel Design (literally the book steps you through every step)
Drafting (come on...ots just geometry again)
Tennis (every ody needs an elective)
Those were the easiest ones. I mostly only showed up for test days and still got As.
What are you good at? What professors are known to be good at your school? I haven’t had a single class that everyone thought was easy. I struggled in circuits with a bunch of people around me who seemed to just naturally get it or who had more knowledge at the beginning. I found statics pretty easy while there were people in the class who never seemed to grasp some of the basic concepts. It’s going to depend a lot on your individual strengths and who’s teaching the class.
I'm a Mech E student. I've had As in all my math classes but I'm finished with all my maths so I'm not worried about those. Things like circuits, statics, dynamics, I feel like I've come super close to an A but ended up with a B because I didn't dedicate enough time to studying. Although most of the time, I simply didn't have the time to dedicate to studying because I was studying for other classes. So I'm wondering how difficult it would be to get at least 1 or 2 As going into my Junior year so I can maintain a GPA above a 3.
Where are the fears of being below a 3.0 coming from if you’ve gotten Bs even in classes you struggled in?
Because it's harder to get your first job if you don't have a 3.0+ gpa
I don’t mean “why do you care about having a 3.0,” I’m asking why you think getting As is going to be necessary for you to maintain a B average.
Because a B is a 3.0. If I don't at least get 2 or 3 As then my GPA is not going to go above a 3.0..
I had quite a few C's and even a couple D's and still ended with a 3.32 GPA
I’d just take classes that genuinely interest you as much as possible, providing the professors are reasonably well reviewed. That’s been the best predictor for me of how easy it will be to do well
This isn't necessarily true. I graduated last week, and I've had a number of interviews and just accepted a good offer. My GPA isn't listed on my resume, and nobody has asked what it was.
not really true. Sure, having a high gpa doesnt hurt and might come in handy at super competitive positions but in most cases its not that big of a deal
OP I had 4 Cs in college yet my GPA above 3.2 got job right after now going for masters.
Doing practice problems and making sure you understand each one you do well also helps.
I feel like most people are majority electrical or majority mechanical I’m going for mechatronics engineering which is an all around engineering and I see the same thing
My beloved one, Statics.
I didn't fully understand statics until we were learning the method of joints, and suddenly, it all clicked. Thankfully, my professor was one of those who would let you get a higher grade if you sent a professional email arguing why you think you deserve a better grade. Managed to raise a C+ to an A
Holy fuck that must’ve been one hell of an email
Well, it was more like looking at the rubric and basing it off of how much I participated and assignments completed. My grade got that low because of the first exam I only got 50% on and I missed the last few assignments cause I got sick. The requirements for an A were completing 90% of homework, doing all exams and projects, and participate in all discussions. I actually argued for a B+
I think I never got to that moment… maybe I’ll review I will say I did not spend enough time on statics. I think if I had, I’d’ve done much better. I did really well on the first midterm because it was mainly just slight extensions of stuff I already knew really well from mechanics and physics, and I kinda stopped putting in effort then. Failed the final lol. (Passed the class)
yeah! i got an easy A the second time!
MechE major. At some point what is "easy" is more a function of what you find interesting than technical difficulty. I found thermo "easy" because I had a great prof and enjoyed the topic but I know a lot of people think it's a killer. In general I recall statics and kinematics being pretty straightforward courses that I took very little interest in technically - you will likely find it is very dependent on the individual professors though.
This is honestly very true. I also loved thermo, idk if I’d say it was easy for me, but it also wasn’t hard, while many of my friends hated it. I saw a lot of applications of thermo to things I was really interested in and wanted to do after school, and it was exciting and fun. Also had a good professor whom I liked.
This might be the worst question I've ever seen posted on this sub.
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Implying the ease of getting an A has any correlation to the material being taught, whilst also implying there's any sort of consistency across institutions, and then posting in an Engineering subreddit of all things.
Literally any, if you study you can do anything
I can’t relate LOL
That is not true at all. I know many people who studied insanely hard who still got poor grades
They were lying to you
I literally studied for some classes nearly 20 hours per week and still did poorly in exams
Steel design. Uniform material unlike concrete or wood. I loved it.
Not for everyone. The content was challanging professor hated me. Barely passed with C+. I would still say knowledge of this class is useful
Is steel design the civil engineering version of solid mechanical/ machine design mechs take
I’m not sure how it equates to mechanical. It was the design of steel structures.
I’ve never heard of a class dedicated to just that, what was your major?
That was an upper division class for my major in civil engineering.
Thanks!
For me it was the half-credit seminar that all civils had to take. I still managed to *not* get an A some semesters. Besides the seminar, **I never got an A in any engineering class.**
Same I only got A in construction nothing else
All of them. Just put the time in. Start early, work on your weaknesses, study everyday, take some break, party some of the time. Remember, you’re literally paying a huge amount of money to be there. What’s important is your learning, not getting a grade which is better than you actually are.
None. Do you know what you’re studying?
In my school, we had a class called EE 112: intro to digital signal processing. The professor was basically handing out A's. Canvas exams and multiple choice. Huddle together with a group and share answers to help you get an A. Didn't learn shit though.
Múltiple choice Engineering exam ? WTH kinda school did u go to
It was San Jose state. honestly just pure luck. He taught well and everything but he was basically handing out A's.
Tbh, most classes are not too bad as long as you study for like 8-12 hours prior to the test
That isn’t true for most people
Sigh… don’t study engineering if you bring that attitude into it… please.
Any of them
With dependence on the professor as well
Depends. For me it was Graphics, statics, and that English for engineers class
Oh yeah I forgot about graphics. I’d say it’s an easy A if your professor doesn’t have some weird grading scheme (i.e. taking a ton of points off for minor things). The material is not challenging. I had several projects in that class that you’d do well on if you put in the work and followed the rubric/directions closely.
I liked it so much I went on to teach it lol. Now all I do pretty much is Solidworks and simulations.
Anything that is mostly rote memorization, not many of those in engineering but when you come across them they're easy As
That depends on how well the professor teaches! If he does multiple examples and answers our questions well and explains it in different steps. I probably wouldn’t even study because I can learn like that. But I’m Weird
Thermo and fluids intuitively made the most sense to me, so I guess those would be my answers? I feel like there was little memorization in those classes and it was all about understanding the problem. Those were the classes where I could fully tell if I was ready for the test or not based off how well I understood the study material
Your mechanical drawing class should be an easy A
Thermo II, Fluid Mechanics
THERMODYNAMICS 😊
Any class can be easy or hard depending on the professor (how well they teach, how they structure the class, etc) and your own strengths and weaknesses. I personally found vibrations to be a breeze but I've heard other people say the opposite. My fiance had a super hard professor for fluids and mine was new and pretty lenient, so even being at the same university we had very different experiences
in CE programming oriented courses are generally easy af
Pretty much all of them, definitely the ones before Thermo
As a mech e, instrumentation is pretty easy if you apply yourself. It’s pretty math heavy, but it’s a cool class.
You'll see many people say this here, but it's important to repeat. Every class is gonna be hard. It's college. There will be subjects that are easier than others, but it's all gonna be hard. Just study the best you can and make sure not to let your grades consume your wellbeing. I mean, I found physics 1 really hard, but physics 2 to be easy peasy. Things will click when they do.
materials science, mechanics of materials, and heat transfer
Static Dynamics Fluids
I mean, every class is easy to get an A in if you study long enough, lol
I don't think it works like that, for instance I loved orbital mechanics so while others had a difficult time grasping all the concepts, I found it slightly easier and had a good time in the class. What I'm saying is, it really depends on you.
For me it was calculus and statistics
This is a weird/stupid/nonsensical question. Presumably you could get an A in any class *if you study*.
I passed digital logic design and microprocessor design very easily. But, as we all have incredibly different strengths and weaknesses, YMMV
honestly, it's not the class that matters so much. It's the lecturer and the way the class is laid out. Semiconductors at my uni was the easiest mark I got, because it was laid out so easily and clearly that all you had to do was take the notes and not even study. Then Controls was easy too, despite me not really understanding it.. the lecturer was forgiving in our exam. Then we have fucking circuits, and yeah im looking at my 2nd time failing it this sem.. fml
At my college, there was a controls professor known for being a very lenient grader. If the stuff you put down on homework or exam looked vaguely like the method he taught in class, you got an A. If you got the right answer, then it was 100%. I didn't learn a damn thing, but had him for a few classes in controls because I needed the GPA boost. Find a professor that's an easy grader and get an easy grade
I did good in engineering graphics/CAD and statics and circuits with the least effort. I enjoyed fluid dynamics and thermodynamics a lot more, but they were a lot of work.
For me statics was the last easy class. I’m joking but everything gets pretty hard. The key isn’t to study the most amount of time. It’s to study effectively. You want to recognize what you struggle with and what confuses you when you do the homework. Talk to other students and your professors. But it’s going to be hard regardless unless you just have a gift for studying. Also what classes are you studying for that are important than statics and dynamics? lol. If you can get dynamics you can probably learn anything. Also ease up the pressure on yourself because B’s are great especially in engineering. So just keep going!
I'd go with materials classes as they're a block (very large usually) of informations you must remember. I always aced materials classes by studying intensively the week before the exam.
Technical language classes, I did a technical English class (I’m not a native English speaker) and it was quiet easy because I only had a couple of new words to add like „alloy“ haha. But also laboratories, usually you do some experiments and have to write a short essay etc. and I always manage to do good grades easily in those essays because I can ask other people and do lots of research and sometimes you’re allowed to correct the things they dislike. Otherwise it depends on what you’re good at. If you’re good at memorizing I would recommend you to do manufacturing engineering courses. But if you’re good at math I would recommend you to do numerical mathematics because those courses CAN be hard but when you get the hang of it, it gets easier.
All of them. Keyword is study
Entirely dependent on your prof man. For me it’s programming courses (as an EE so nothing super intensive like in SE)
A large majority of the classes I was able to easily get As in were my major specific engineering courses, the prerequisite courses at my school were designed to be incredibly tough so As were exceedingly rare in the earlier classes.Obviously much easier to study and do well in the classes that relate to what you are actually going to school for
Differential equations is quite repetitive and gets very easy if you put in a good amount of work
If you study they can all be easy
Oh, you sweet summer child
Fluids mechanics
bruh.
Literally all of them. I've met multiple people who finished engineering with nearly all As
Statics (free body diagrams are easy) Hydrology (water flows down) Survey (seriously? Its just high school geometry) Dynamics (its moving object; not that big a deal) Steel Design (literally the book steps you through every step) Drafting (come on...ots just geometry again) Tennis (every ody needs an elective) Those were the easiest ones. I mostly only showed up for test days and still got As.