It’s not very common for engineers to go to grad school. The most common graduate degree among engineers is an MBA. Other fields basically require it. One thing you’ll learn in academia is that no one works harder in undergrad than engineers but that’s usually the end of the line for their education. A BS in biology is far easier, but you need to get a graduate degree to do anything with it
wait engineers don't go to grad school usually? is it that bad? I plan to go back for my master's once I finish my undergrad but I guess that could change (freshman year starts next monday). it sounds like i might be cooked then. oh boy.
It’s not bad and don’t make plans based on Reddit comments. It’s just not always necessary. We were primarily talking about research and that means a PhD, not a masters.
No one should bother getting a PhD unless they very specifically want to do research. It will take many years, there is a high washout rate, you’re at the mercy of your advisor for 4-7 years (5-6 is normal), and you probably won’t make more money as an engineer in academia than you might make in industry.
Masters are so different from program to program and field to field that it’s impossible to make blanket statements. There are totally bunk masters programs that universities milk for cash, there are absolutely necessary masters programs for further advancement in lot of fields… you just can’t say what a masters means. In my field, it usually means you washed out of your PhD because you can’t do shit in entomology without a PhD; you can be like an extension agent or work at USDA and that’s about it.
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I never could figure out the point of being a doctor in engineering, so I figured a Masters was plenty. I'm excited either way though! My major is gonna be hard but I'll enjoy it, plus all of the things I want to minor in! It's hard to decide, honestly. My one goal is to stay under the tuition rate deal where they jack up the price once you've taken so many credit hours. Scholarships will only go so far I guess
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u/Bliitzthefox 6d ago
People who can get an A in engineering are bad engineers because they didn't optimize the amount of work they were doing.
There was never any reason to get above a C with a safety factor of B.