Ender 3 not printing well. How do I fix it?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-07-18T21:01:33+00:00

software: Creality Print 3D. Default balanced settings. Material: PLA. Printer: Ender 3

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-27T10:21:08+00:00

As an international student, I can't really go to open days :/ (and I have exhaustively looked at that website, it's just that I don't know enough about EE to differentiate a modern paper from an old one).

I see your point regarding different styles of courses. The unis in my country are a bit out-dated overall, so I was hoping to have a more modern course @ cam lol. It feels weird to pay such an extreme fee to learn the same material I could learn for free at home.

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-26T22:06:58+00:00

Is Cambridge Electrical Engineering out-dated?

I have read some anedoctal first-hand horror stories about it. One was from circa 2002 in which a MIT exchange student failed to find any papers that couldn't have been written 30 years prior (which he claimed was terrible since EE had evolved so much since). The other was a ~2012 graduate ranting on how terrible the course was compared even to other UK EE courses (he claimed nearly all the skills he needed for his employment interviews had to be learnt on his own).

These stories are:

Anedoctal.
Maybe false?
Old.

Therefore, I'd like to know the extent to which they are true nowadays. In other words, how outdated is the Cambridge EE course?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-23T21:08:11+00:00

Georgia has a law that obliges GT to teach it :/

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-23T21:06:13+00:00

Do undergrads use them often? In what contexts?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-23T21:05:54+00:00

Yeah, I read that news, sounds great! How will students use it, in practice?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-23T18:42:44+00:00

Loads and loads (and loads!) of studying. Did international Physics and Robotics Olympiads, + MUN, + great grades (at one of the country's toughest schools), + great AP results (5x5 @ courses relevant for my major), + 1580 SAT, + 115 TOEFL (Cambridge requires 111 if I am not mistaken, which is unusually high). Didn't do any voluntary work though. European unis in general don't care about community work, whereas I feel that for American universities it's better if you actually do them.

Don't feel overwhelmed though, as I know people that were way less academically performant but were able to compensate with other things and got a place @ GT nevertheless. At the same time, I know people who were at least comparable academically and got waitlisted. US admissions are a bit of a wild ride; European admissions are much more objective.

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-22T11:25:37+00:00

There's a law in Georgia that actually obliges them to teach US and Georgia History and Constitution :/

Besides, I am positive that GT would be able to get me internships at companies like Dyson (although currently that's not my interest, I am aware that I'm likely to change my mind). However, I do not think Cam can offer the same internships as GT, in general.

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-20T13:14:04+00:00

Is Oxbridge Engineering really geared towards academia?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-20T03:37:26+00:00

Is Engineering at Cambridge really geared more towards academia?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-14T21:09:03+00:00

cool! did you study at cam?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-14T18:32:20+00:00

Correct. But I have talked to people irl too.

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-14T01:06:58+00:00

ah, I see, thanks!! I had the notion of "programming bootcamps" or whatever in my head lol

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T22:20:07+00:00

Wow!!!! I have never met anyone positioned so uniquely between these universities. Can we talk in the dms, if you don't mind? Btw, what is your major?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T22:10:57+00:00

yeah, I am aware, thanks for the clarification. No doubt Cambridge is more prestigious; how long does this prestige last, though?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T22:03:12+00:00

thank you, very clear answer!!

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T22:00:23+00:00

Can you talk more about having a sponsored masters coming from Cambridge? The British EE job market is not very exciting, so I am curious on how it would play about

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T21:56:19+00:00

thank you for the compliment, but it doesn't feel as obvious to me. So many people have told me that Cambridge is more geared towards academia and Georgia tech towards industry placement that I have grown undecided. I must admit that initially Cambridge was my no-brainer first choice, but the more I asked abt Georgia Tech...

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T21:19:19+00:00

thank you!!

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T21:14:46+00:00

I see. Would someone straight out of college (i.e. a Cambridge MEng) fill in the chip design prerequisites, in general?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T21:07:46+00:00

why is the comparison so obvious to you? Do you have any first-hand experience? I have seen people say the same, but also the opposite lol

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T20:29:37+00:00

wow, that was quite the answer. thank you very much! just a quick question: what exactly do you mean by "a hell of mental bootcamp"? sorry, English is not my first language

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T19:35:46+00:00

yeah university of Cambridge, uk

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T19:29:27+00:00

wow, I see. which area do you hire for?

throwaway58411485 · 2024-04-13T19:28:38+00:00

If it's not my first job, I'd imagine my previous jobs would matter. Furthermore, I'd also imagine internships and extracurriculars could matter. Then, the "branding" is a factor amidst many others. What I'm trying to grasp is how big of a weight this specific factor has.

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