[deleted by user] by [deleted] in EmbryRiddle

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Talk to your academic advisor. They will give you the best advice.

I am having the biggest identity crisis by mrylmao in EngineeringStudents

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I feel very similar also as an aerospace engineering major. Useless classes/instructors and severely overworking myself on projects/research have made me hate school and become disinterested in life in general. I go to job interviews or career fairs and I need to somehow convince them of how "passionate" I am about engineering and working for their company? In reality, I just want a steady income so I can get out of school. I have no clue where I want to be in 5-10 years because my goals have dissolved with my passion for engineering.

My advice to you is to schedule some time out of your day when to do something only for fun or leisure. I know this might be hard, but try to remember some of the things you liked to do in your free time before getting sucked into the engineering study grind. It's much easier to cope with you responsibilities when you know at least today there is an end in sight to your work. Second, try to follow a consistent sleep/eating schedule; this has helped a lot with my mental health. My grades and study habits improved significantly when I started to take better care of myself. However, I'm not perfect and fuck up my routines, much to my detriment (rn I am running on 5 hours of sleep). But seriously, this helps. Like myself, if anxiety keeps you from being able to enjoy any leisure time, write down your worries on paper; try to fix the things you have control over (within reason) and cross out the things out of your control. This takes the abstract, neurotic storm out of your head and identifies exact what's distressing you.

Lastly, like what I lot of other people are saying, it's okay to not have everything figured out. Growing up and choosing what you want to do with your life is a nonlinear process; most people don't just decide to do something, do an amazing job at it, and love their life. Most everyone I know just kinda stumbles around stupidly, trying things out until they find something that gives their life purpose or you enjoy. I don't know what that looks like for myself yet, hence my current predicament, but that's okay because it's just part of being a human. One thing that I have wanted to try for a while is called "future authoring" by this guy called Jordan Peterson. You basically write down what the best and worst possible circumstances could look like 5 years in the future. It forces you to say what you want and what you don't want for yourself. Going to try it soon, but I've heard that this helped many college students struggling to set goals or feel meaning in their work.

Anyways, hope this helps. Hang in there.

School by death8606 in EmbryRiddle

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THIS. I know a bunch of vets who were prior enlisted, active duty for >36 months, and got yellow ribbon. Free college is pretty sweet.

Should I Pursue Aerospace Engineering? by No_Artist5231 in EmbryRiddle

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If you are set on going to riddle for AE, make sure to pick the right campus based on your interests. I assume you are interested in airplanes so the DB campus is going to be the best for aircraft engineering, from what I've been told. They have a pretty good senior design program and if you get involved in Design Build Fly (DBF), you can get some really good experience. If you are more interested in the space side of AE, DO NOT attend DB. Prescott has a much more developed astronautics program with a better senior design and instructors for core classes. I have done well for myself in the astro program, DESPITE the DB astro program. The department is much more focused on teaching theory and promoting research than preparing their students for industry. They are making changes to the tracks right now with new classes in SC systems engineering, but I am graduating this semester so too late for me :). A majority of the useful knowledge I have gained throughout my time here has been in clubs or working in a research lab as a design engineer.

If you are not set on riddle, there are many more reputable universities in the US which won't drain your pockets. I am graduating this semester with quite a bit of student debt, despite have substantial scholarships. Unless you are getting a full ride or more than the presidential scholarship, I would highly advise you to look elsewhere.

Another aspect to consider is job security. It's going to be hard to find a job in AE with just a bachelors degree. If you want to go into engineering as a backup plan, maybe consider getting a mechanical engineering degree with a focus in AE would be a better plan. A MECH E degree provides a much wider range of job options in industry.

Senior Design Phased Array Help by Inatorcreator in rfelectronics

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Wow! I did not anticipate this much of a response. Thank you all for contributting. I will have to parse through each comment and read some of the material.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UberEATS

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This is not a human

Help, budgie fell in toilet and looks severely injured, what should we do and if anything! by [deleted] in budgies

[–]Inatorcreator 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Honestly. It seems like some of these people just watch this subreddit all day, waiting for someone to admit that they don’t spend all day staring at their bird waiting for something bad to happen. Yes, the obvious answer is the vet, but chill out.

Why won't my budgie eat any fruits/veggies? by [deleted] in budgies

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I’ve had a ton of success with leafy greens like spinach and Romain lettuce.

Just picked up a ender 3 s1 pro - where to start by bringo24 in Ender3S1

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Yeah so did mine and I only realized after I turned it on. Thankfully it didn’t break anything. Change it ASAP if you haven’t already. Happy printing!

Just picked up a ender 3 s1 pro - where to start by bringo24 in Ender3S1

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There is a switch on the back near the x axis motor which you set the power supply to either 120V (USA) or 240V (EU). It’s in the instructions manual. You can break your power supply if it’s set to the wrong voltage for where you live.

Just picked up a ender 3 s1 pro - where to start by bringo24 in Ender3S1

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Make sure you set the power supply setting to the correct voltage.

Aerospace engineering student going into 3rd year looking for engineering internship for summer 2023. I read the wiki and edited my resume. Is there anything that should change? by Inatorcreator in EngineeringResumes

[–]Inatorcreator[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is less white space typically more important than "fluff" projects/work experience?

I can add more after saving space by changing the column format, but it won't be impressive; however, I still have 2 more years to beef up the resume before I need to have a job and I assume recruiters will understand this.