[bigshoe]

how much trouble have you had in getting your degree?

I'm starting to have a tough time, but its mostly because I don't have the time to study. currently i'm only in the beginning, general chemistry(with lab) and calculus 1.

my chemistry teacher is hard to follow (foreign), i'm getting a high D
and calculus isnt that bad, I'm getting a low C
chemistry lab is a low A, but that was a pretty simple class.

my problem is i work 40 hrs during the week, and i have alot of travel time also. I have an interest in this stuff (not so much chemistry), but find it very hard to lose sleep to study.

anyways, i was able to move 24 of my work hours to the weekend for next semester, that should help greatly, I'll be taking calc 2, physics 1 (with lab), and c programming.

Ok guys, how bad do i have it???
I know i'm only in the beginnings of engineering here, and i'm not looking good, i really hope that will change next semester since i've made some changes for it.

what did you guys find tough or demanding when it came to engineering classes? I find it takes me absolutely forever to do my homework and focus on it, I blame being out of school for 5 years for that (although i know it could be alot worse).

Did you guys find the later engineering classes to be much more difficult than this earlier stuff?

btw, i'm a Mechanical engineering major, and if it matters, i've completed an associates in EET in 1999 from a tech school

[Cal]

Thinking study groups weren't important was the biggest pitfall I ran into. Like you, I went to class then hauled a$$ off to work, so it wasn't convienent. But what I learned later was I was competing against others that were working together, so of course I wound up at the wrong end of the curve. And it took me a lot longer to do assignments, because they assigned one guy in the group to each problem then put their work together. I thought the study groups were just for guys that could cut it on their own, but the truth is everybody else was in one. (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/banghead.gif)

My hardest course was Thermodynamics ( or Thermo-god-damn-ics as I called it.) I was in Electrical Engineering, so I wasn't all that interested in it to start with. And at least a C grade was required because it was an engineering course. I got an F the first time, a D the second time, and A on the third try! (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) So don't feel bad!