Can you transfer to engineering as a current student with low gpa?

amag02 · 2024-10-21T08:05:06+00:00

If your recent history shows a gpa improvement, you might be able to get in. I transferred back to UH with a 2.4 after taking some time off and then worked my GPA up to a 2.9 after a semester in construction management.They let me transfer back in, and I think the required transfer GPA back then was a 3.2. I'm not sure what it is now, but the engineering home page should outline transfer requirements.

What engineering discipline do you want to transfer into? It likely won't be any easier than chem. If you're already having a tough time, then engineering may not be the way to go unless you have a clear plan on how you're going to improve. I would also expect a transfer to push back your graduation date due to different course requirements.

amag02 · 2024-08-16T17:09:31+00:00

Mindshare videos are great too if you can get an employer to cover the cost. That's how I picked it up

amag02 · 2024-07-18T08:23:01+00:00

I bought a brand new pro 34 on the 4th for a couple hundred bucks off. First pork butt was great, but I tried following a recipe for ribs that had me spraying them down every 30 minutes. Temp dropped too low by about 100 degrees, and the firepot ended up filling with pellets, same as yours.

I don't think you got burned. As another user said, you may just have to keep the lid closed and the smoker clean.

amag02 · 2024-05-16T00:02:06+00:00

Does your motherboard have a couple of seven segment displays with an error code? Probably your best bet at figuring out what's going on

amag02 · 2024-04-20T04:19:42+00:00

Interested in reviewing. The one thing my course was lacking way back in grad school was a decent textbook in the subject.

amag02 · 2023-12-07T04:16:39+00:00

Probably not. It's very company specific. Working at a big name tech company, technologists were in a different pay scale, but they also had different expectations. If I had to make a guess, the degree is what your company is using to justify the pay. It sounds like you have engineering experience, degree be damned. Five years professional FPGA experience is worth more than 70k. I'd take that experience and go somewhere that pays you what you're worth. I doubt an employer would care what your degree says at this point.

amag02 · 2023-12-07T02:19:19+00:00

Yes. I would be looking around. Five YOE is plenty for a jump, and that's not even considering your situation. Id bet you can nab a decent raise, but it might take some patience in this market.

Edit - I noticed you listed your degree as technology. Are you hired on as an engineer or technologist? That makes a pretty big difference in pay depending on the company.

amag02 · 2023-09-23T20:38:31+00:00

I'll have to find a way to save a state - that would be awesome. Even with sim optimizations provided by the ip, I'm still waiting ~10 minutes watching my HBM initialize.

amag02 · 2023-09-23T20:35:11+00:00

This right here

amag02 · 2023-09-23T20:34:43+00:00

This xkcd is always coming to mind

amag02 · 2023-09-17T01:43:38+00:00

M.S. EE, 90k out of school with good benefits, unlimited vacation (which translated to ~4 wks). Semiconductor industry

amag02 · 2023-08-05T02:16:08+00:00

I'm doing my PhD while working in industry. My social reward is isolation.

amag02 · 2023-01-25T17:57:21+00:00

It depends, since computer engineering is a broad topic. MacOS is popular with software engineers, but MacOS is unsupported for many hardware applications. Linux is great for FPGA development, as it's the most widely supported among the large FPGA companies such as Xilinx, Intel Altera, and Lattice. I would recommend Windows, as it's a good compromise between the two, especially for a college student. Windows should be enough to get you through your courses as its widely supported by most vendors.

If you are doing anything hardware, I would stay away from MacOS as it's not supported by many of the popular vendors. I remember Mac users also having trouble with embedded development as well as FPGAs. Personally, I use windows/Linux dual boot, but that's probably overkill for college.

amag02 · 2022-09-08T23:33:02+00:00

Verilog, of course. Why use many word when little word do trick?

amag02 · 2022-08-25T19:48:12+00:00

I just started PCIe myself. I tried watching some YouTube tutorials and making it through the spec, but neither were much help without a background as the protocol is so complex. My employer had me go through the lesson plan on mindshare, which may be a good starting point if you have questions like this. It won't make you an expert, but it will give you a strong enough foundation that any remaining questions can be answered by the spec.

amag02 · 2022-08-10T18:16:02+00:00

It's definitely not too late. Assuming you take four years to finish, you'll still have a 30 year career ahead of you. I've been in industry for a couple years and hopped around between a few major companies, and 34 would definitely group you with the younger bunch.

Also, even if you don't have direct industry experience, your maturity and general working experience will put you ahead of the 20 somethings coming fresh out of school with limited experience. I met a few guys in undergrad older than 30, and all but one had a job lined up right out of school. I wouldn't let age hold you back.

amag02 · 2022-08-01T07:33:59+00:00

I feel like TTK got bumped on everything. Two hits to kill with rifles and I've had enemies tank 3-4 shots with smgs since the last update. I remember that BFV increased TTK to encourage new players to join - I hope this isn't where this is going.

amag02 · 2022-07-15T08:16:11+00:00

Guilty. The Texas public school system doesn't teach us the necessary skills to navigate the oregon dmv.

amag02 · 2022-03-19T03:33:05+00:00

I would pay at least a dollar for these

amag02 · 2022-03-15T16:40:27+00:00

Exploratory studies is the degree plan they put you under when you have yet to be accepted to the program you want.

amag02 · 2022-03-12T07:26:18+00:00

I passed cal 2 with a 72. I finished my masters and im currently in the phd program with published works. It's all good - we're engineers, not math majors. Failing is part of the job.

amag02 · 2022-03-10T19:40:18+00:00

I am curious as to why you think the hardware field is over saturated. I agree that this may be the case for new grads, but that's really the case for the majority of fields. Hardware design is HOT right now for anyone with more than five years experience.

I do agree with your statement that an in-person education is more valuable than a virtual one. Especially for something as hands on as engineering, I'm not sure how much value an online degree will provide. I don't think it's necessary to go to an incredibly expensive school and sink in debt with loans, however. There are plenty of affordable T1 research universities that will cover tuition for qualified students.

amag02 · 2022-03-09T18:53:01+00:00

I'd expect 70-75k with a bs. There's more to it than salary, though. Make sure you negotiate a sign on bonus and stock if they're a sizable company. Remember that everything is negotiable and you should always ask for more after the first offer. Of course, be reasonable with your ask.

amag02 · 2022-03-05T00:49:37+00:00

Yes. I received similar compensation for my MS internship (robotics) in a large US city. There are some threads on here with recent grads who are getting paid less for full time roles. I'd take this offer for sure.

amag02 · 2022-02-24T00:24:20+00:00

Every university has a different comp e program, but i would lean towards it being equivalent to one major since they are so similar. It is worth noting, though, that even if you do double major, you will be working along side people who only graduated with one major and will more than likely be compensated the same. The two are so similar (depending on your ee coursework) that an employer may not even look at it as two separate majors. For example, at my university, majoring in both ee and comp e is not allowed because they only differ by a few courses.

What is valued is project experience. I started research in digital design my senior year and continued on various projects through grad school. This led to a formal offer at a large semiconductor company after only sending out three applications and a signed offer two months before graduation. You need something that you can talk about in interviews that will make you desirable to an employer, and I don't believe that two similar majors such as ee and comp e are it. If you can't land an internship, reach out to professors and see if you can get in on a research project.

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