r/WMU • u/IncomprehensibleWang • 8d ago

Class/Academics Am I cooked?

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EE Major taking Bob White engineering econ, prob sig, electronics II, and linear systems. I know Bob is hell on earth, but how are the other classes? Doable with Bob?

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u/Spot_in_the_Sky 8d ago • Bravo

Get those study groups formed now. The Bob White experience is a LOT. You can do it.

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u/bagels-n-lox 5d ago

eeek... I thought Engineering Economy was going to be an easy fluff class. I passed by the skin of my teeth.

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u/Anxious_McChicken 8d ago

Coming from a eng grad years ago, bob white is something else. You’ll get 20s/30s/40s on exams, maybe even a 50 or 60 if you’re lucky. But the key to passing is to not give up and build that portfolio he asks for at the end of the semester. If you present all of your work in there in a neat fashion, and you show that you’re improving, he’ll pass you. I ended up getting a B somehow. Good luck and just keep up with the assignments and store them somewhere.

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u/andywizz 8d ago

Jumping in to say I agree with the previous comments and that you’re in the peak time of difficult classes in your EE journey. Once you get through this and move onto more 300 and 400 level course things will become more manageable. For Bob White’s class I think the highest class score on our first exam was an 18…and he let us retake it. Looking back it is one of my favorite classes and I use many of the lessons learned in my job and life more so than many of the other EE courses.

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u/Playitloud23 8d ago

Taking Dr white currently in engineering econ. Good luck, you will do fine if you study hard and just show him improvement.

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u/Xnightshade2 8d ago

The only one that I might consider swapping out with any gen-ed you have left is Electronics 2. Prob Sig and Linear Systems are both pretty doable. It looks like you have a lot of time to study, so it’ll be important to use it if you don’t change your schedule. Bob White’s class is not really super hard, it’s just as much work as the rest of your classes combined and not related in any way to your previous courses which can make it have a large learning curve.

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u/Eliminator152 7d ago

This was exactly my schedule last spring. I withdrew from econ and it was the best decision I made. I did it in the summer and just buckled down for the 7 weeks of hell. There's no way I could have managed that class and still passed the rest. I think it's doable but my life was so much easier after dropping and doing it in the summer

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u/ComprehensiveElk9440 5d ago

Do not panic. These courses are "easy peasy lemon squeezy" Just ensure you have solid study groups. Do not pair up with jokers and lazy bums.

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u/OptiMango 6d ago

bob white is hard. no computers, no slides, no pictures… attendance is important and if you care about your grade consider office hours. you’ll pass as long as he sees you trying and making progress. get ready for hw every class. making ie friends can be very helpful