Posted on 06/30/2009 5:08:05 AM PDT by SoothingDave
Word For The Day, Tuesday, June 30, 2009
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
salient [sey-lee-uhnt, seyl-yuhnt]
-adj
1. prominent or conspicuous
2. projecting or pointing outward
3. leaping or jumping
4. Heraldry. (of a beast) represented as leaping
-n
5. a salient angle or part, as the central outward-projecting angle of a bastion or an outward projection in a battle line
6. Physical Geography. a landform that extends out beyond its surroundings, as a spur projecting from the side of a mountain.
[1555–65; < L salient- (s. of saliēns, prp. of salīre to spring, jump), equiv. to sali- verb s. + -ent- -ent ]
LMAO, bless yer heart!
At CMU, acceptance is into a particular program, not into engineering as a whole. Yes, the programs are similar or identical early on, but majors are declared from before day one.
Wouldn’t be fair for someone to go to school for 2 years then find out there isn’t room in the major he wanted to study.
i am not sure that’s how it is done at Pitt, when my brother went. though he started out in Arts and Sciences as a Chem major. i [and my SIL says he DOES give me credit, which i wasn’t sure he did!] was the one who talked him into applying to the school of engineering and he ended up ChemE/PE.
i have never heard it as you have described CMU. actually it is done that way with Pharmacy some places, they have to actually apply after 2 years in, to the school of pharm and may or may not get in. There ARE some schools who accept you directly to the school of pharmacy, but that is not the case everywhere.
personally i think it’s wrong for anyone to expect an 18 yo kid to know what they want to do, from the jump. i think a year or two of taking various eng courses, seeing where your interest/aptitude lies, and THEN deciding, makes much more sense.
those threads always end up with hysterical posts on them. i am tempted to print it out for xshub so he can see how lucky he is!
Undergraduate All engineering freshmen pursue a common academic program and participate in an engineering seminar, conducted in part by the Freshman Engineering Leadership Team’s student mentors. Upon completion of the first-year curriculum, students choose their major from any of the nine departments or programs
For normal 18 year olds, sure. But CMU isn’t for normal people. LOL.
i don’t care what kind of screaming nerd you are, it doesn’t make sense that an incoming freshman would be familiar with all of the potential areas of study, and have a reason to know what their aptitude towards each one would be.
Undergraduates All undergraduates apply and are admitted to the university as a whole. Stanford believes strongly in the benefits of a broad-based education, so students are encouraged to sample widely from the abundant array of course offerings, and are not required to declare a major until the beginning of junior year. Please visit undergraduate admissions for information on procedures and requirements. Keep in mind, however, that before you declare an engineering major you'll need to have taken substantial amounts of mathematics, science, and fundamental engineering coursework. It's also a good idea to take a freshman seminar, to get a feel for what hands-on engineering work is like. For more information, please visit the prospective undergraduates pages.
Well, that’s the way it was when I went there. Sure, you could switch majors with approval. But there was no point where anyone was in a generic major.
this paragraph sort of embodies what i said and it made me LOL:
This is terrifying. I have ~54% no idea what I want to with my life. Last week, I pretended I was a mechanical engineer, and it was pretty fun, but then I realized I didn’t actually want to engineer things forever. I was course 7 and 18 for about two weeks at the beginning of this year until MIT was like, “yo, Shannon, math is hard” and was like “whoa, you are definitely right” and promptly retreated from uber-1337 18.022 to the nice, cozy mathiness of 18.02. Currently, I’m telling people that I’m course 5, and I’m kind of liking it. It’s like dress up. Only… with… your life. And this is where you come in. Decide my fate! Vote what major Shannon should choose next week when she meets with her advisor
Applying to Carnegie Mellon for a Major in Mechanical Engineering is not what you think. Prospective students must apply to the Carnegie Institute of Technology, or CIT, which houses all of the engineering departments, including Mechanical, Chemical, Electrical and Computer, Civil, and Materials Science Engineering. Once accepted into this college within Carnegie Mellon University, incoming freshmen will not declare their major until spring of their freshman year. In the meantime, students usually take CIT requirements and two introductory engineering courses and are introduced to all of the engineering disciplines via orientation courses their freshman year. This gives them a broad perspective of engineering and enables students to make more informed decisions when choosing their major. Before you apply, just remember you want to be accepted by CIT, the college, not the Mechanical Engineering Department. Good luck - we hope to see you soon!
free sex meghan, doesn’t care who is screwing whom. maybe that makes sense with her dad having screwed so many of us for so long.
Not so fast.
http://www.cmu.edu/admission/forms/09/CA_Supplement.pdf
Check out the application. Section IV. Under Carnegie Institute of Technology.
“If you want to be considered for Electrical and Computer Engineering, you must specify this department.”
So maybe we’re both right. To be in the ECE department (which I was) you had to be declared and considered before admission.
Other, lesser majors may have been more open and lenient.
We didn't have this coddling back then. LOL.
Girl sure can fill out a sweater.
God, you are a hubristic ass! LOL!
Even way back when I was employed, it was common practice to give a paid day off on either Friday or Monday if the approved paid holiday fell on a weekend.
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