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Originally Posted by MonsieurFish

Alright so im in grade 12 and have a few quesitons about getting into university next year. so i want to get into engineering at u of c. i think that the requirements are an average of around 80? now what exactly does this "average" have to consist of. i belive i read somewhere you need to have math 30, chem 30, physics 30, ELA 30, math 31. so im doing pretty decent in those, but what other marks do i have to hand in that will matter for me getting into university? my main concern is social cause im pretty good at math, but absolutlely blow at social. will this affect anytthing or do i not have to give them that mark?

also, how many marks do i hand in? can i only hand in 30 level marks or could i hand in couses like gym 20 or computer science 20? and does anyone know the actual requirements for engineering at u of c? thanks

I got in with a 78% average or something like that. But this was back in 2001. They always ask for a grade that is a few percentage higher than what is really required. However, still do your best in high school so you can get those scholarships.

And coming from a recent U of C Engg graduate. If you plan on doing Electrical, go to Edmonton. Calgary's electrical program is horrible. Anyone familiar with it will tell you the same. A lot of the more experienced teachers like Turner and Kaler do not teach second and third year any more, and in Turner's case he only does grad classes. Same thing with Jim Haslett. They have a bunch of new profs who have no idea how to teach. You end up learning nothing and feel that you have wasted 4 years and $20,000.00

I can't speak for Civil and the other programs. Fotze can give you better insight on that, but if you are planning on doing electrical, go some where else.

Originally Posted by fotze

That is funny, was it physics 259 or 269. Those are the two that I look back at and still shudder. I don't think it was the difficulty alone, just coming from high school with great marks and figuring it was going to be a cakewalk. I remember seeing a guy crying after a 259 midterm, and he was one of those older students (late 30's) who went back to school. It was disturbing.

First year engineering was an absolute whore. I had a 98% in Math 31 and figured I would be one of the smart ones, but when you get to University there will most likely be ALOT of smarter people from you, the smartest from the provice and beyond, so it is quite humbling. And a lot of those smart people have no qualms doing 12 hours homework a day and I did have qualms about that.

and then combine that with boozin and trying to hump.

I still don't understand that stupid Biot-Savard law or whatever it is called. 259 is not fun. It is the pre-req for ENEL 475 which was the same kind of stuff. Guass's law is still a mystery to me as well.

Originally Posted by Clarkey

This tells me that they are not teaching the material properly.

See above. We had a teacher who used to call herself Carmen. She had no English skills and she was our ENEL 361 instructor. That class is about semi-conductors and quantam physics. I got like 19% on the midterm, and was close to dropping the class. I didn't, and there were a ton of complaints to the head of the department and the dean, and so she made our final open book. In the last 2 lectures of the year she solved 4 problems for us in class. Guess which proplems were on our open book final? I got a B+ or something in the class but had no idea what a BJT was going into third year.

Originally Posted by Fobby

Engineering student takes AMAT 217/219. AMAT 217 is really the combination of Math 251 and 253. weeeee.... I also remember that my prof did the entire physics 30 course in 15 mins.

Oh yea.. Math 221 was fun as well.

It's not bad if you have Tai Dhin(sp?) for that class. Great prof. One of the best I have ever had. Very good teacher, fair exams, and he knows what he is talking about.

Originally Posted by Dominicwasalreadytaken

Why not take Engineering at a real Engineering school? It's just up the road. Or you could head to Ontario. But why U of C?? Do they even have full accreditation??

Electrical at the U of C is brutal. Can't speak for the others.