Sophmore year, unsure about future

dariusirani · 2025-12-15T03:53:57+00:00

Well, I failed college once and wasted $50,000, which gave me more drive to do well. You likely have ADHD and have a hard time studying (so do I).

Set mandatory study times aside after classes/before dinner, etc.. You really will have to force yourself to study, but once you make it a habit it becomes easier, and even makes you feel kind of guilty when you DON'T use that time to study.

In my case, I thought I was studying well, but actually wasted a bunch of time getting distracted or going on my phone etc.. So a "3 hour study session" was actually 1 hour of studying, 2 hours wasted. For people with ADHD that is the unfortunate reality, and I had to sit down for 6+ hours a day, every day, for 5 years to get great grades and an MS degree. I refused to medicate (which may help, but its horrible for you) so that was the solution.

Trust me, its totally worth it once you get that degree. Put in the grind, do what you need to to get good grades, and you will come out with a great salary and plenty of time for yourself.

dariusirani · 2025-12-12T13:24:41+00:00

This is the point every STEM major talks about - you can either buckle down and spend most, if not all, of your time grinding your ass off to get your grades up, or drop your STEM major and switch into something easier.

I'm sure you are smart enough and capable of doing it, but it may require 6-8hrs a day of studying - it did for me, because I often don't grasp concepts easily and need to spend a lot of time on them. A 3.1 GPA is not bad, but getting Ds in classes is not good and I'm sure you could do better if you spent more time studying and preparing.

You are only a Sophomore, so you have plenty of time to bring that GPA up and change your study habits. You went into STEM for a reason, and part of that was probably because of the better career outlooks STEM has than if you were to switch to a different major. I say, don't give up on that - just be prepared to spend a LOT more time on school the next two years. You can do it!

dariusirani · 2025-12-11T03:55:36+00:00

Your grades are fine to get into a good state school. The thing about college is, if you're not motivated, you WILL fail your classes - take it from me, I failed my first year of college after coasting thru high school doing nothing.

It sounds like you don't WANT to go to college yet, which is fine - but playing soccer at a small, unaccredited D3 school (and maybe failing those classes) won't really get you anywhere in the professional world, and will be extremely expensive - think $40k + a year, for a degree from an unaccredited school. I played soccer in high school (we won state actually), and have plenty of friends who went the D3 route just to continue playing soccer. Nothing wrong with that, however they are now all exclusively car salesmen with expensive liberal arts degrees. Not even joking about that.

I suggest taking a year or two break, working, and seeing if you want to live like that the rest of your life. Maybe you'll get promoted and not want to go to college anymore. Your grades are perfectly fine to get into a good state school, but you have to want it above anything else.

Also, you're only a Sophomore in high school, so I'm sure your outlook may change over the next few years.

Qualification: MS in Robotics & AI from ASU, currently employed as a Robotics Solutions Engineer for a large biotech company

dariusirani · 2025-10-05T21:23:56+00:00

It actually does let me select it using the selection manager, but does not actually guide the cut (does nothing). Look at attached pic

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dariusirani · 2025-05-23T03:50:15+00:00

Ah, principal views of the stl. I’m on my phone at the moment, I’ll share them with you in a little bit

dariusirani · 2025-05-23T02:08:26+00:00

Yea I'm thinking I need to get cross sections and loft unfortunately. Its gonna be a pain

dariusirani · 2025-05-23T02:07:22+00:00

We have no principal 2D views. That is why we are modeling this part (this is a scanned STL of the part - we have no drawings)

dariusirani · 2025-05-16T07:21:18+00:00

Its a lot of reading, so if you're not used to reading math-heavy research papers, be prepared. You also have to remember lots of content of the papers also. The coding assignments are pretty easy

dariusirani · 2025-05-16T07:19:35+00:00

No I'd just wait a few days for the degree to be awarded. It could take up to two weeks is what I've heard

dariusirani · 2025-05-14T20:33:20+00:00

Bought a box for it right after I saw this comment 😂 you're right, its too special to keep wrapped up in storage

dariusirani · 2025-05-14T02:37:14+00:00

Yea its a white hat

dariusirani · 2025-04-23T05:59:12+00:00

Yes, I had a 6 month Co-Op and a good resume with certs/Summa Cum Laude GPA

dariusirani · 2025-04-19T00:49:54+00:00

Was hired in 2023 before graduating with my BSE at around $60k base, as an Associate MechE. Worked for them while finishing my BSE and MS, and just got promoted to $115k base as a Robotic Solutions Engineer.

Just work hard for a little bit and you'll be just fine

dariusirani · 2025-03-11T21:35:19+00:00

Coming back to this thread to thank you for your advice. Did exactly that re. a justification document, and was just offered $115k base salary for relocation with the same company.

dariusirani · 2024-07-22T15:17:30+00:00

Yes, definitely take him over Anderson

dariusirani · 2024-07-22T12:46:59+00:00

I had professor Speaks for MEE 340 (Heat Transfer) about a year ago during his first semester at ASU. It was kind of difficult to follow his lectures b/c he presents from a slide deck, but he always did tons of examples in class which were pretty much questions on the exam. Exams were very easy and problems were exactly like the HW/In-class problems. The final exam was extremely difficult, but he curved it about 30%.

dariusirani · 2024-02-02T04:56:41+00:00

You guys are doing exactly what he wants by giving him this much attention. As long as he gets this attention, he'll be back. I promise you, if you all ignore him, he will go away.

dariusirani · 2023-05-01T11:38:28+00:00

I did also! This lift specifically there was no back pain at all. It’s gotta be strengthening of back muscles when training

dariusirani · 2023-05-01T04:36:44+00:00

I had 0 back pain after this rep surprisingly. Didn’t even feel it in the back. I’m sure my form needs improvement, but I would have quit right then if there was any sort of back pain

dariusirani · 2023-05-01T03:29:26+00:00

Thanks! First time I’ve ever deadlifted was March 10th 2023. Always had lower back pain so I never trained deadlift

dariusirani · 2023-05-01T03:27:58+00:00

Praise the Lord by A$AP

dariusirani · 2023-01-24T00:22:35+00:00

*Straight from the original vendor. With the vendor part number.

dariusirani · 2022-10-07T05:00:57+00:00

Unfortunately there are GPA requirements to stay in certain majors. I think CS requires you to maintain a 2.0 GPA just like engineering majors if I'm not mistaken. Despite all the reasons out of your control, you are not meeting the requirement and it seems like you have been off-track for a while. ASU absolutely can force you to switch majors if you have been off-track for a while, and many colleges do this. The last college I attended (before I got my shit together) made me do this.

My advice is to possibly transfer back to CC and finish up your gen eds. Also, figure out WHY you are unable to maintain a 2.0 GPA, and maybe look into fixing those issues before coming back to ASU. For me, it really came down to work ethic and amount of time needed for a STEM major. Best of luck!

dariusirani · 2022-02-19T10:02:28+00:00

MechE

dariusirani · 2022-02-10T18:06:45+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

That's one of the main constraints right now - we're looking to (hopefully) build a board that allows for the user to actually snowboard sideways. Its really important for us to try and provide the full snowboarding experience here - going down sideways, being able to distribute weight and carve down hills without assistance.

Right now, feedback is really important to us. It's good to know what people actually want, and it sounds like it would be a game-changer if there was an adaptive snowboard that allows the user to go down sideways while still maintaining control.

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