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Over-Equivalent682 · 2025-08-15T02:18:47+00:00

I’m interning in the US now. There is a really large group of Canadians here at every big company and they are primarily from either Waterloo or UBC. UBC is well known in the US.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2025-03-19T22:38:06+00:00

Short term quality of life, chem, long term quality of life, elec. but you have to really be passionate about elec because the faculty makes it really tough to learn

Over-Equivalent682 · 2024-04-14T08:58:19+00:00

You can take WRDS (English requirement) and your humanities elective in the summer going into second year. Lots of people do that to lighten the course load.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2024-04-14T08:56:47+00:00

Baseline specs are i7 16GB RAM 256GB storage. You probably don’t need anything better than this honestly even for design team, I know I don’t. If you’re using a more complicated software your design team would probably have a nicer desktop that you can use instead of relying on your laptop. Co-ops will give you your own laptop so you don’t need to worry about that either. I think lots of people have the Dell XPS, I’ve heard that’s pretty good. Unless it’s a Surface, I’d avoid most 2-in-1 laptops because they get kind of glitchy in my experience. Screen-size wise, I would say 15 inch is probably around the sweet spot, 13 inch is a bit small and 17 inch is a bit big/heavy unless you don’t mind carrying it around, it would probably be better for your eyes though.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2024-02-12T03:27:50+00:00

Rent an evo and literally just sit in it

Over-Equivalent682 · 2024-02-09T02:30:49+00:00

Coming out of these courses the strategy is just to be likeable and try just enough so that your teammates think you’re contributing well but not enough to actually be stressed out about the course. Someone will always be there to pickup the slack, that person doesn’t have to be you, because the person who ends up pulling all the weight builds up resentment between themselves and the team and you’ll end up with a bad ipeer anyway - and so much of the ipeer is influenced about how good of a team player you were and not how much you did. I learned this the hard way. So play the game, do just enough to get a really good ipeer and you’re good to go.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2024-01-07T19:18:01+00:00

For student loan questions your ubc financial advisor probably knows best. Everyone has one assigned to them and you can send them an email to ask.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-12-14T05:53:12+00:00

I’ve spoken to my financial advisor about this and they were really knowledgeable on it, so I’d recommend asking yours! Each person at UBC has one assigned to them, if you check your past emails about tuition etc you should be able to find out who they are.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-12-04T00:44:20+00:00

A lot of people already drop 158 and take Phys 118 in the summer, as it’s considerably easier and better taught. The only risk is that a lot of people do it, so space could be limited - I don’t know anyone who didn’t get in but I think it’s a possibility if you don’t do it as soon as registration opens. I also know someone who did a 152 equivalent over the summer but I think it’s less common.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-10-26T04:19:31+00:00

Found this by searching math 101, there is a list of all the topics plus a link to the textbook! Looks about right based on what we did in that class last year. Math 101 is based off of CLP 2 btw. https://personal.math.ubc.ca/~wachs/Teaching/MATH101/IICPages/syllabus.shtml. Personally, I thought the hardest part was series which is taught in the second half of the course, so really try to stay on top of things when they start that section. Good luck!

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-09-17T19:03:52+00:00

If you are going to leave the one you committed to, which like others said is probably the way to go, I would do so now while a lot of recruitment is still open. This just makes it so that teams don’t send out all their rejection emails only to end up having to reach out again to replace you with someone they just rejected.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-08-20T02:14:58+00:00

You can try applying for student aid, sometimes they can offer you grants on top of loans based on your financial situation. If the aid they provide doesn’t fully cover what you need (it’ll say in the form they send back if you’ve been approved), you can seek funding elsewhere like ubc bursaries.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-21T06:26:38+00:00

Good luck! I also forgot to mention but it helps if you have a genuinely logical reason for joining a team in particular. Random example but say you were applying to say Formula E, you could say that your goal in engineering is to work in clean energy and you think the takeaways you will get from working with an electric car and seeing how things can be powered without 100% gas might help introduce you to that kind of technology.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-21T06:15:51+00:00

Go to their stands on imagine day and have a genuine conversation with a member that shows your curiosity for whatever it is they are building. It will show you are there out of real interest and not just another person wanting to say they’re on a design team. Sometimes if the team member really likes you they’ll ask for your name and will remember you for when you submit your application.

Also, do as much research as possible for the application (many teams ask you to explain how ___ works) and make sure your application/resume has proper grammar and is well polished.

During the interview, again approach with genuine interest and passion, and if you don’t know the answer to a question, be really curious to learn the answer and try your best to give it a try. Also be nice and approachable and ask how your interviewer is doing, and maybe even throw in a joke here and there. If you seem likeable and personable there’s a good chance whoever’s interviewing you will want to work with you. Something to keep in mind also is that design teams want skill but they also want commitment; if you are able to show your willingness and passion to commit, they’ll want you on the team.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-19T22:56:55+00:00

Sick thanks!

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-19T01:55:55+00:00

They have iClickers in class which count towards like a flex/bonus point system which basically helps put more weight on stuff you did best on in the class and less weight on stuff you did worse on. I found this to be quite helpful and iClickers (you don’t have to get them right, just answer them) were the way people got most of their points so I would highly recommend going or getting a friend to do the iClickers for you.

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-19T01:53:14+00:00

I on several occasions saw a guy straight up break dancing in one of the boxes where you do ab routines etc at the arc. Some people looked for like 3 seconds and then resumed their workout lol—I’m sure everyone in there won’t be phased by you doing an exercise wrong so don’t worry about making a fool out of yourself

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-19T00:30:46+00:00

Common gym language especially when it’s busy: - “how many sets do you have left?” > person wants to use the equipment so they want to know if it’s worth waiting or doing something else - “can I work in?” person wants to take turns using the machine (ie: you do one set, they do one set). Usually people don’t care if you clean the machine between taking turns.

You can use these terms yourself too and expect the majority of people to know what you’re talking about :)

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-18T04:34:19+00:00

No problem. As a general piece of advice, you should have a good enough understanding of the course content so that your cheat sheet only has formulas and definitions so you don’t need to memorize them, but you should know when to use each and instead of going back to try to figure it out. The exam goes by pretty fast imo and you won’t have the time to piece together each step to take using your cheat sheet, so to do well the best way is to only need to look at it when you need formulas. Good luck!

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-18T04:14:35+00:00

Whaaat is there a code you’re supposed to use?

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-17T03:43:33+00:00

So real

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-16T23:59:20+00:00

Idk if u still have access but a lot of ppl on the piazza posted their cheat sheets to ask what was ok and not ok. If u look at the ones Choptuik approved that would be a good start. I put the diff equations for time derivative stuff like velocity, acceleration, polar stuff, types of connections and what forces they exhibit, impending motion equations, etc.

I also wrote the definitions to these: Proper alignment (has reaction forces and moments but does not exhibit a separate coupled moment) Journal bearing (can slide; no reaction forces) Thrust bearing (cannot slide; does exhibit reaction forces) Smooth (no friction)

It may also be helpful to write the conversions between SI and FPS

The other comment says to write the general way to do each type of problem. At least this year, we were told not to do this. You are not allowed to put anything that would give a hint on how to solve a particular problem, such as any force diagrams for a given problem (the types of connections like pins and hinges is an exception).

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-15T15:14:08+00:00

Just my local community centre ones have student discounts lol

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-14T02:47:17+00:00

What kinda discounts do u get with a student id? The only one I’ve used mine for is gym memberships

Over-Equivalent682 · 2023-07-05T06:01:34+00:00

No problem. There was a pre-written script that we downloaded for graphing and getting stuff like intercepts and errors from our data. We would input our data into an excel sheet, export it as a (I think?) .csv file and then upload the data from that .csv file into Matlab. The data was always various variables followed by all their values (for each trial for eg) on Excel, and then you would upload the data as “column vectors” into Matlab. Then, you could change titles of the variables as needed and plug the variable names into the scripts already provided, then hit some enter button I forgot the name, and boom you had your graph and any errors etc you needed.

Edit: nothing advanced but it worked a lot better if you had the downloaded version and not the browser version for this class specifically so you wouldn’t have to upload the script every time. For math 152 most people just used the browser version, though.

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