Do we have any engineers here?

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I’d really recommend going to Junior College the first two years.

You need to live in Math Study Hall, Physics Study Hall (or whatever they’re called) and get your fundamentals right.

Euler’s Identity and understanding Complex Numbers, Resolving Forces, Vector Calculus, ODE’s all need to be A1 because if you’re weak in any of those you won’t understand Waves and Electricity. Learning to code also another big help. The whole thing is basically using the Math to understand and visualize what Electricity is doing.

Speaking from experience, I don’t think learning the advanced stuff is as hard as learning the fundamentals: Calculus I-III, Differential Equations,
and Physics I-III. The jump from PEMDAS to Vector Calculus is much larger than the jump from Differential Equations to Microelectronics for example. I blew through Electromagnetics pretty easily because my Vector Calculus and understanding of Maxwell’s Equations beforehand were strong.

Learning the advanced stuff is already something most people who understood the fundamentals would be used to. Whereas learning the fundamentals online will be hard, especially at a school where the professor won’t slow down.

Chances are many ASU professors will not be easier, more patient, nor more explanatory than Junior College professors on average. Junior College professors’ main job is to teach. Many University professors’ main job is research, they don’t want to have to stop and teach Freshman-Sophomore Math and Physics so they’ll barely make time for students outside of class.
 
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What you're saying is exactly what I've read years ago. It's still the same. All the tech degrees are far different from engineer degrees.

That dude doesn't know what he's talking about. Talking about 5 years it's all the same. Techs cannot design like engineers
Funny... im telling dude I took that path .. i know .. and im wrong.. LOL


I'd send an email or call those schools and get more information since no one here knows about those schools.

Have you started calling anyone yet? That should be the first step.
he said he spoke to the ASU school recruiter and wants to start spring 26.
 

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Good luck, I'm in Canada so idk much about US schools tho. Why do you wanna do electrical tho?

how do you like it?
I loved it, it opened a lot of doors for me.
 

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This look good?


OK cool yes they have all the Calculus and Physics courses, along with some Electrical Engineering courses. Hopefully it is not too much money though

Those "finish your course in 8 weeks" type of degrees usually are hit and miss with how expensive it is
 

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I would not go to ASU right away, community college is much better as a starting point. First if you change your mind or fail any classes it won’t hurt your wallet, it’s cheap as fukk. Second, the professors have a lot more time to help students because the classes are much smaller, Community college professors don’t have the “weed out” mentality state and private ones have. Accessing advisors, tutoring will be a lot easier.
 

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Here is a hack...
Go to local community college for under 10K to get an EE associate degree.
Get a full time job with that degree and then work on completing the next 2 years at some college.
Price tag will be 15 to 20K.
And there's a good chance depending on the company that they'll pay for the remainder of your education.
 

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I'd send an email or call those schools and get more information since no one here knows about those schools.

Have you started calling anyone yet? That should be the first step.
National Uni is the cheapest one with a range of $50k +
 

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I’m thinking of this brehs, I have to do everything online. Electrician route is only in the morning. I’ll do research on trades.

WGU -> nursing (only work 3 days and make more money than I do, stepping stone essentially)
LU -> Physics Associates
NU -> Electrical Engineering

Get this paper!
 

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Whats the interest % because i have been seeing 17% on a 60k loan. And people are getting fukked left and right

edit: Also a big problem with americans is they finally get the degree and do these high end paying jobs and start spending like crazy.

2 cars, mansion, adult toys and vacations.

Instead of living frugal for a few years and paying of the student loans they want to ball out day one when they get a job.
 
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Most jobs that are not Mom and Pops location offers tuition reimbursement. Its Typically like $5250 a year these companies pay out. My job had a contract with two schools where it was 100% free. Got my BS and Masters without paying a dime (technically $1500 cause I missed the due date for reimbursement and they refused to pay me back :stopitslime: )
 
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