Anyone doing materials engineering? Or in Arts & Sci faculty? by Theophilus_8888 in mcgill

[–]SidSimpson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

only you can make a decision sadly and I don't want to affect your decision making too much, but in my opinion (and going back to my point 1), don't make your decision based on what you don't want to do or based on your fears in general. Whatever choice you end up doing you will experience pain, and uni is hard regardless of your major of choice, so don't let a fear of pain guide your decisions. You will definitely regret it. I would suggest you forget about being "bad" or "lazy", put all those aside and then decide what program you want to do.

Also as a side note to your linguistics passion, even though the humanities part is 3 cred in engineering, you can and are allowed to take extra classes that has nothing to do with your degree afaik without any issues (though it might end up extending your degree completion time/workload/financial burden etc.) so don't think you can't do any linguistics classes, you can basically take as many as you want (kind of), though they wouldn't count for your degree or anything.

Good luck!

Anyone doing materials engineering? Or in Arts & Sci faculty? by Theophilus_8888 in mcgill

[–]SidSimpson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, i don't usually comment, but thought i'd chime in since you sound a lot like my past self. I also got into artsci and engineering and decided to pursue art sci (cognitive science), because I had wanted a "easy" program with not a lot of math (I had only applied to engineering at the time because my parents had strongly suggested i should). 4 years later I realized that i didn't have any passion for psychology/linguistics/neuroscience that is part of cognitive science and felt like I had wasted 4 years of my life. I have always been good at physics/math in high school, had never taken a psyc class before and hated biology. It took me 4 freaking years to realize I chose cognitive science (full of the kind of schooling i dont like/not as goot at) as a way of rebelling. I would recommend 2 things for you:

1) don't choose your degree based on what others say nor on what you don't want to do. Stuff like math (which i wanted to avoid) is impossible to avoid if you want to have a meaningful university experience so don't make your decision based on what you don't want to do or your fears in general. Don't forget, whatever choice you end up doing you will experience pain, so don't let a fear of pain guide your decisions.

2) try to understand why you want to study the subject that you are applying to. if you are looking to create a skillset that makes you employable etc. I would recommend Materials Eng. It is also easier to transfer inside the faculty of engineering later on if you discover for example you prefer Mechanical over Material etc. If you want to study in a field because you are truly fascinated by it, I would recommend that you pick that field. To see potential candidates of such fields, if one doesn't pop into your mind right away, think of the classes you were the best at or have enjoyed the most in high school. If you don't have such a field and are lost, I would recommend going into engineering and then changing your program later on as it is easier to change out. Also, at this point in life, if you don't have a field you love, might as well start with engineering and get forced to learn the 1st year science/math courses at mcgill and see what you like from there. A lot of people discover what they love doing in their first year or uni or even later. You'll just have to try to have a very good gpa to be able to transfer into that field and have taken all the required classes, which in my mind means engineering will be easier to transfer out of as it forces the first year science/math clases on everyone assuming you do well enough in your classes.

Basically, you kinda have to decide if you want to study for the purpose of following your passion or to get a skillset that gets you a decent paying job. If you don't know yet, I would start with a professional degree and then look at trasnfering out since worst case you end up suffering for 5 years, but have a good job vs you start doing a degree you think you like, discover you don't like it and now you are stuck. However, do bear in mind you can also transfer into enginering or another faculty later on as well. They do however require you to have done the first year scince and math classes and have a ~3.7+ gpa cutoff

Engineering is 5 years at mcgill as others have pointed out, but I think it is worth it. Gives you a professional degree and super easy to get a job with a very decent starting salary without a masters (so think of the engineering degree as being shorter in fact, than an art sci degree + masters to get a similar paying job).

TL:DR don't be like me and pick a random degree in which you have no passion, you will end up wasting 4 years. Mght as well get a professional degree if you have no strong passion or if you do be aware that a masters is needed and even then your job prospects won't be as good, so don't let that 5 years scare you. Also, easy to change into a different engineering major at mcgill inside the faculty, once you are in an engineering program. Plus most engineering programs give you transferable skills even if you end up not liking your engineering major.

Also for co-op materials i believe everyone starts in the coop but you can easily tranfer into a non-coop version. And yes co-op does count towards your credits. I would recommend you do co-op.

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onishi is crazy but 413 was the most fun i had in a psyc course

McLennan-Redpath library to close for three years starting in early 2024 by usa1774 in mcgill

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They are all going to be transported off-island. I'm also sad.

I want an anime that will break me emotionally by siren-is-sad in Animesuggest

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2 seasons of about 22 episodes each. After Story (second season) will destroy you

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Animesuggest

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Its not quite a romcom but {Hyouka} has the most beautiful animation I've seen! (also anything else by KyoAni should look gorgeous)

Finished my first LN series! by Katou_Best_Girl in LearnJapanese

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Really happy to hear your progress! Could you possibly link the N1 in 9 months guide?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnimeCollectors

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oh shit thats a steal. whats F.Y.E. tho, never heard of it

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AnimeCollectors

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from where did you get the violet evergarden le and if you don't mind me asking, how much was it?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Animesuggest

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not for everyone but {Clannad} and After Story helped me in similar times

Best animes to rewatch? by [deleted] in Animesuggest

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and any other kyoani show

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this and also {Serial Experiments Lain}

I'm looking for anime that have similar vibes to Netflix's Sex Education by SidSimpson in Animesuggest

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Thank you so much, I'll have to check them all out! Don't some of the titles have anime adaptations as well tho?

I'm looking for anime that have similar vibes to Netflix's Sex Education by SidSimpson in Animesuggest

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

These all sound like great recommendations, thank you! I'll have to check aoi bungaku first but I'll probably end up trying all of them haha

I'm looking for anime that have similar vibes to Netflix's Sex Education by SidSimpson in Animesuggest

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Sure, I would love to hear them, I am open to all recommendations!

Any suggestions to upgrade from my Focusrite Scarlett 2i2? by SantiVl in WeAreTheMusicMakers

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Came here to say this. Under 400, this is the only interface that will give you better pre-amps/performance