"NOYB" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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I had Civil Engineering I and II in my ME program. It followed
Statics
and
Design.


Do you really think that would qualify you to do bridge design?

No, not now. I graduated in 1993, and took the EIT exam...but never
worked
as an engineer. If I had pursued engineering, my degree *would* have
qualified me (eventually) to do "bridge design". But you are right...if
I
really wanted to design bridges, I'd have studied Civil Engineering.

Mechanical Engineers build bombs and weapons. Civil Engineers build
targets.

The ME's I work with design HVAC systems........

The best doctors (and dentists :-) ) I've meet have all been engineers
or math majors in undergrad......something about their problem solving
skills :-)

Paul Fritz wrote:
The best doctors (and dentists :-) ) I've meet have all been engineers
or math majors in undergrad......something about their problem solving
skills :-)

Unless they have gotten intellectually lazy and take a lot of shortcuts,
like NOBBY.

BTW most younger doctors wouldn't have a chance to take an engineering
degree undergrad, they have to have either pre-med or one of the
biological sciences. Getting into medical school has become totally cut
throat and an engineer would not be remotely competitive even with
perfect M-Cats.

Pardon me for interrupting your schmooze. Carry on.

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message
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Paul Fritz wrote:
The best doctors (and dentists :-) ) I've meet have all been
engineers
or math majors in undergrad......something about their problem solving
skills :-)

Unless they have gotten intellectually lazy and take a lot of shortcuts,
like NOBBY.

BTW most younger doctors wouldn't have a chance to take an engineering
degree undergrad, they have to have either pre-med or one of the
biological sciences. Getting into medical school has become totally cut
throat and an engineer would not be remotely competitive even with
perfect M-Cats.

Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental school on my
first attempt. Dental school had maybe 8 or 9 "required" science classes to
qualify for admission. They called it the Biology-Chemistry-Physics (BCP)
GPA. They also looked at the overall science GPA. Those with a science GPA
below 3.0, didn't even get looked at. I had a 2.9 "science" GPA (every
engineering class counted towards the science GPA), and a 3.1 overall GPA.
However, my BCP GPA was 3.86. After being placed on a "waiting list" the
first go-around, I wrote a letter to one of the Professors on the selection
committee who also had an engineering degree. I pointed out to him that the
school was passing up a lot of good candidates who were engineers solely on
a policy that didn't compare apples to apples. There were classmates of
mine who studied French in undergrad and took only the bare minimum of
science classes. They had science GPA's of 3.2 and BCP GPA's of
3.2...compared to my BCP of 3.86. My letter managed to get my application
a second look...and I was accepted the following year. I finally graduated
dental school with a GPA that put me 18th in a class of 93 students (GPA
around a 3.6).

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"DSK" wrote in message
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Paul Fritz wrote:
The best doctors (and dentists :-) ) I've meet have all been
engineers
or math majors in undergrad......something about their problem solving
skills :-)

Unless they have gotten intellectually lazy and take a lot of shortcuts,
like NOBBY.

BTW most younger doctors wouldn't have a chance to take an engineering
degree undergrad, they have to have either pre-med or one of the
biological sciences. Getting into medical school has become totally cut
throat and an engineer would not be remotely competitive even with
perfect M-Cats.

Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental school on
my
first attempt. Dental school had maybe 8 or 9 "required" science classes
to
qualify for admission. They called it the Biology-Chemistry-Physics (BCP)
GPA. They also looked at the overall science GPA. Those with a science
GPA
below 3.0, didn't even get looked at. I had a 2.9 "science" GPA (every
engineering class counted towards the science GPA), and a 3.1 overall GPA.
However, my BCP GPA was 3.86. After being placed on a "waiting list" the
first go-around, I wrote a letter to one of the Professors on the
selection
committee who also had an engineering degree. I pointed out to him that
the
school was passing up a lot of good candidates who were engineers solely
on
a policy that didn't compare apples to apples. There were classmates of
mine who studied French in undergrad and took only the bare minimum of
science classes. They had science GPA's of 3.2 and BCP GPA's of
3.2...compared to my BCP of 3.86. My letter managed to get my
application
a second look...and I was accepted the following year. I finally
graduated
dental school with a GPA that put me 18th in a class of 93 students (GPA
around a 3.6).

I know two doctors ( both under 40 ) personally that don't even have a
undergraduate degree.

P.Fritz wrote:
I know two doctors ( both under 40 ) personally that don't even have a
undergraduate degree.

DOs or vets?

DSK

"NOYB" wrote in message news:HsJqc.21317
Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental school on my
first attempt.

Gee, why am I not surprised by THAT????

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"NOYB" wrote in message news:HsJqc.21317
Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental school
on my
first attempt.

Gee, why am I not surprised by THAT????

Huh?

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"NOYB" wrote in message news:HsJqc.21317
Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental school
on my
first attempt.

Gee, why am I not surprised by THAT????

Huh?

Again, just the response expected from you. Huh? duh........

Whatever you say. Soon you will be telling us about your Lobster Boat and
your "young wife" who is a doctor doctor.


"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message
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"basskisser" wrote in message
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"NOYB" wrote in message news:HsJqc.21317
Very true...for dental school as well. I didn't get into dental
school
on my
first attempt.

Gee, why am I not surprised by THAT????

Huh?

Again, just the response expected from you. Huh? duh........