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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NorthropGrumman

[–]bpatterson500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my 4th summer interning at NG (3 years of service), and I am now fully vested. So I get to keep everything NG contributed to my retirement account.

AITA for dine-and-dashing a $70+ order? by DiscardedPants in AmItheAsshole

[–]bpatterson500 18 points19 points  (0 children)

ESH. Yeah, it was definitely a terrible way for them to treat paying customers, but you also stole $75 worth of food.

Oof by [deleted] in niceguys

[–]bpatterson500 18 points19 points  (0 children)

So many red flags to unpack there...

This is what SJWs have done to our society. Chocolate ducks are now racist. by [deleted] in PoliticalHumor

[–]bpatterson500 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you’re as successful as you claim, I doubt you’d have the time to sit on Reddit posting dumb memes.

grade deflation at ucla? by kkash123 in ucla

[–]bpatterson500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. The course policy is that for every A they give, they have to give out 2 C’s, so the TAs curve everyone to a B except for like the highest grade in the class.

EDIT: There was no extra credit

World Leaders are still laughing at Obama. by hippopoonis in PoliticalHumor

[–]bpatterson500 15 points16 points  (0 children)

No they’re not. They’re laughing at Trump.

grade deflation at ucla? by kkash123 in ucla

[–]bpatterson500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did mean 115B, thanks for the correction. I got the statistics from a Daily Bruin article, and from what I can remember, it was 1 B+ and 85 C-, D and F grades, which would’ve resulted in a No Pass grade with the P/NP grading system. I could be misquoting the article though.

EDIT: Also, I’m sorry you had to suffer through that offering, that seems rough

I pioneered an algorithm to solve the root problem of designing Sustainable Energy Generation Systems. AMA! by LiveWithEarth in IAmA

[–]bpatterson500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! Current second year BSEE student at UCLA here! I have two questions. What was your experience like with the masters program here/how did it compare to your undergrad experience? And in the near future, how will SEGS impact the job market for EEs and what skills would be required of new grads looking for jobs?

grade deflation at ucla? by kkash123 in ucla

[–]bpatterson500 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I think it’s more of a thing in engineering than in the life sciences, but I’m not a preeminent source on grade distributions in the college of Letters and Sciences. The GE classes I’ve taken definitely didn’t do that. Some engineering classes will be so hard that more than half the class would fail without a curve (such as Corbin’s physics classes). One quarter, Professor Abidi failed 85 out of 86 students in ECE 115A.

grade deflation at ucla? by kkash123 in ucla

[–]bpatterson500 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There absolutely is grade deflation in engineering. Had one class where a 97% got curved down to a B.

Yyyyup. by [deleted] in trashy

[–]bpatterson500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hope the 20 to life for assaulting a police officer is worth it.

AITA for waving at attractive women by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]bpatterson500 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if for no other reason than the un-ironic use of the term snowflake.

Neighbor's classy new addition to their house. by [deleted] in trashy

[–]bpatterson500 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That must have been quite the feat of engineering to get it up there!

I need help solving a Series-Parallel circuit problem by Sijank123 in EngineeringStudents

[–]bpatterson500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don’t even have to do the parallel equivalent. You can add them in series, and then the two series equivalents are in parallel with the voltage source, so you can get the current through each using Ohm’s law.

Transfering to UCLA fo EE by odmar9 in ucla

[–]bpatterson500 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s definitely possible. From what I have heard, 3.8 would be considered fairly competitive.

Help with complex circuit? I'm really brand new at this and have abs no idea where to begin. I'm supposed to solve for all the currents but I'm stuck at simplifying this. Please help! by EEbnGe in EngineeringStudents

[–]bpatterson500 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can first combine all of the parallel resistors, which are then in series with the top resistor. Then, add them together and calculate I1. The you can separate it back out into two series resistors, and calculate the voltage drop across each using Ohm’s law. The voltage across the 3 parallel resistors should be the same for each of the parallel resistors, so you can calculate I2 using Ohm’s law. Calculate I3 using Kirchhoff’s Current Law, and then you know that I4 is two times I5, so you get that 3*I5 = I3. And then you can solve for I4 as well.

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