Recent content by Long_Island

You know what you'd prefer, so go ahead and do it. Before you drop a class you want in order to take mech, make sure you really know why you want to take that mech class. Why doesn't it feel right? Don't try to talk yourself into something that you really don't want or need.

Like twofish-quant said, you'll learn stuff and that counts for something. I've recently been in the same position, and there's a lot of good advice on these forums. If you like Chinese and physics, take Chinese and physics. If you wind up needing some engineering class or chemistry knowledge...

I'm finishing that course now, and trigonometric integrals have been tough for me. Overall, the course isn't exceptionally difficult. What has been the hardest for me is learning a large number of specific formulations and figuring out when each one should be used.

Don't get caught up on names, either. Look for programs that let you do what you (think) you want to do, and look for schools that provide you with a number of other options should you change your mind. Look carefully at all the schools that will offer you scholarship money (particularly a full...

I was a national merit finalist last year, and I would say you should at least apply to a few of those schools. Somewhere on-line (I lost the site) there is a list of schools that offer full-rides or large scholarships to Finalists. I think it has about 80 different colleges. My biggest mistake...

College freshman, transferring to a new school Fall 2010 as a sophomore, so that's when I need to my decision. I can postpone deciding until Spring if I have to.

Hey everyone. I'm new to this forum, and I apologize for the lengthy question. I would really appreciate it if anyone could take the time to read through and respond. I've been reading a lot of these posts on here, trying to figure out where to go with my studies, but none specifically address...