Sh*t First Year Engineers Say 2013 - UBC PP Entry

A video the first year UBC engineers made for filmfEUSt 2013.

[@chrisallen9509]

"Remember when we used to be the smart ones?" *crying: Yeah. Me too man...

[@domoniquemarie8523]

Excited for a 53 % is definitely the most accurate out of them all

[@MrBambosh]

In my country you must have 60% to pass the exam :|

[@PHILLYMEDIC69]

Bartosz Gbiorczyk well obviously the percentages would differ, course to course. For physics and calculus, a C is a 55 or above where I go. Whereas psychology and biology is 60%

[@maverickkennedy361]

Bartosz Gbiorczyk must be an easy class. In the US sometimes the average can be a 30 lmao.

[@thelordofwinter4023]

@@MrBambosh In most of the US the grades go 90, 80, 70, 60. And if I get a D I might as well have failed the exam. But at the same time I have been happy for getting a 54% before.

[@bobdylan633]

I've been excited over a 30 before

[@kimberlyw2591]

"There's another girl in this class?" dead. so true

[@stephanginther9051]

I go to school in Montana and, we have a lot of programs and grants for women who want to go into engineering and similar fields. I'm a senior and all of my classes have at least a dozen women. So things are getting better in that regard in some places at least.

[@bconsortium2571]

I graduated one of 5 in M.E.

[@stephanginther9051]

@dskmb3 dumb comment deleted, thank you for pointing it out. Still, if you mean me personally, I'm a guy, of course I can't get grant money set aside for women. If you mean in general money for nothing, I don't agree. Whether or not a person deserves something is up to the person or organization giving the money, its their money, they can do what they want with it, and how the person the money is given to uses it. Just like when your boss pays you, you earn that money by doing what they ask. The person receiving a grant earned it too, by meeting the criteria set for it. By having good grades, being the first in their family to go to college, whatever that might be.

[@megableful]

"My parents told me I had to be an Engineer, Doctor, or Lawyer, and I didn't want to be a doctor or a lawyer"

[@HQR000]

Megan Goodland true story

[@oc038161]

Megan Goodland as an engineering student, I agree I've said that so many times 😂

[@testacc7619]

Asian career choices : Doctor, Engineer, Lawyer or Disgrace to Family... Because they won't have anything to brag about to other Asian parents...

[@Lolee56]

My husband is Korean and he told me the same thing which is why I found that comment so funny 😂

[@tsubasa123ist]

Gay Prophet Muhammad PBUH engineering is probably the worst possible choice

[@MissWooHoo11]

"I'm dropping out" is the most common for 1st years.

[@mohammedeissaa2411]

MissWooHoo11 - BSL for American Pit Bull Terriers! No joke, I said this throughout first year, I scored 82% average, then at the start of second year I dropped out ahahahaha

[@jacobkelly5144]

I had a average of 87% at first year, then I dropped out on second year 😂

[@mbid5673]

Mohammed Eissaa was in general engineering at Virginia Tech got an 82% average for the first semester then dropped out hehe

[@mohammedeissaa2411]

Ahahaha it feels good knowing there’s others out there that were in the same situation 👊🏼 gang

[@kelechic.jemelumba9981]

I should have dropped out

[@jonah4196]

Things I identified most with: 1) "Bracket bracket bracket bracket." 2) "I used to be good at physics." 3) That guy that kept confidently pressing enter on his online homework only to see that he wasn't even close to right 4) "Remember when we were the smart kids?" 5) "They scale on this course, right?"

[@TheSweatyYeti]

"Can I take a picture of your solution" - I've heard and asked this countless times.

[@jonathanpascual5353]

"does anyone have any questions?" *everyone raises hands* "okay, moving on" HAHAHAHA

[@AustinMarrProductions]

This hit too close to home

[@feyzayucel7139]

-what time is it? -what you think I know everything? *gets up with watch visibly on his wrist*

[@stephanginther9051]

we engineering types do tend to be a bit spacey

[@gabbyrmusic]

I remember when I used to be the smart one lmao

[@userma_r.cr123]

Gabby Ray i was never the smart one

[@PHILLYMEDIC69]

That’s why high school grades is an inaccurate measurement of intelligence. Everyone feels relatively smart in high school. The true test is university and graduate school.

[@Dakarai_Knight]

This was one of the first things I said

[@jessstuart7495]

Engineering students are often so overloaded that they don't have enough time/energy to really learn and understand the material. Subjects are presented in such a way that they are difficult to understand and remember, which can be extremely frustrating for students. Utilizing short-term memorization is the only way many engineering students will be able to survive engineering school. When they graduate, they will realize how little they actually know about their profession, and may have a hard time finding engineering jobs.

[@Sir_Pumpington_Of_Dumpenshire]

FACT

[@matthewwashington123]

Jess Stuart my life right now . It sucks hard

[@ayenawnomis944]

Who wouldn't have a hard time finding engineering jobs? lol

[@Wobogy]

truth

[@sheet-son]

Jess Stuart so are you claiming there is a better way to become an engineer than going to engineering school? it's hard because not everyone can do it.

[@cawilson1996]

I liked the "there's another girl in this class?" Basically me in every class.

[@sevenayan]

+Cheyenne Wilson Wait... there's a girl in this comments section?

[@michellearaiza7114]

I know you commented this 4 years ago but that's currently me in my ME classes rn

[@MLDWoody]

1) Too many girls 2) Too many Macs 3) Looking back at my freshman year, it wasn't even engineering. It only gets MORE fun guys...

[@bielitz12]

The funniest part of this clip was the guy who said "Hey why don't we measure the coefficient of static friction between you and me?"

[@domandstevespage]

Shouldn't it be Kinetic friction?

[@HealthyFitFree]

cloacked comet haha I see what you did there

[@Tangleworm777]

cloacked comet Maybe I just wanted to cuddle or something.

[@mjmoumakwa50]

cloacked comet Hey, its static once he's nervous and can't move an inch further towards her, if u know what I mean..

[@boratsuckdiev461]

Lubricated surfaces have significantly lower coefficient of friction. I don't know why many guys forget this part, even engineers..

[@alexclarke7379]

"ooooohhh, yea I still don't get it"

[@nelidathomas1562]

"Remember when we were the smart kids?" HAHAHAAA

[@internetguy7965]

Inaccurate. There should be much more Indians.

[@PranavRC]

It's cuz this is a video about all engineering, not just computer science and engineering.

[@hugh7641]

Im majoring in Aerospace Engineering and for my Aerospace Structures II class, the average on the midterm was 55. I got a 70 and felt like a boss : )

[@melanger05]

I'm majoring in microbiology and minoring in chemistry. It's the same deal for ochem, biochem, pchem, microbio, and physics classes. Crazy.

[@stephanginther9051]

Hugh totally been there. When I took dynamics, the teacher decided to make the final easy just to be nice. However he didn't put as much thought into the questions as he should have and they all ended up being strange trick questions. Oh, mostly multiple choice by the way. I think the class average was 35%. He sent out an email after the scores were posted telling people not to jump just yet as there would be a wicked curve. I passed thankfully.

[@casualdaniel35]

Chemistry student. No one gets above 50/100 on our physical chemistry exams with this one notorious instructor. One semester of thermodynamics and the other is quantum mechanics

[@weirdlyhandsome6604]

Lmao same here... Aerospace Engineering and structure sucks

[@oscarma15]

Aerospace engineering student here too! For my Dynamics class the first exam average was a 27. I got a 65, I never felt so proud of a failing score before

[@daniy3487]

lmao, "it gets easier after first year" part. Freshies soon realize it just gets worse each semester. Everything is so spot-on except walking out on that exam (you're fucked unless you have an A and fine with getting a low B or C) and that cheese stuff

[@ryanm.191]

I copy pasted my coding for my machine and counted the brackets 6,235 I’m really worried because that should be an even number but for some reason it works

[@hutfiftyfive1]

Welcome to coding

[@k_tess]

How is that working?

[@ryanm.191]

king_ Tesseract I don’t know please help me It’s going to explode any second

[@matthewmischewski9554]

An extra bracket in a non code documentation comment? 😂

[@k_tess]

@@matthewmischewski9554 either that or he only copied and checked everything after " public class Program { "

[@delvecchi088]

FIRST YEAR??? iM AT THE END OF MY THIRD YEAR AND STILL SAY THE SAME SHIT

[@boratsuckdiev461]

***** Sounds like this guy is saying "Give it a shot, you will know what the 'hell' we are talking about" LOL

[@brayancarrera9787]

You forgot the one where they humiliate liberal arts majors.

[@brayancarrera9787]

+VolcadorReviemer They say that liberal art majors are worthless and they are stupid only for not knowing higher level maths or science. I am a physics major and I think that it's really stupid and childish that some or most science and math majors start calling other non-science majors "worthless" or "stupid" just because they aren't science majors. They overestimate themselves and their abilities and underestimate others only to feel good about themselves. They think that being smart is only about knowing math and science, when in reality it is wisdom who's the real genius here.

[@Amateur_Pianist_472]

+Brayan Carrera I agree. I've always been better at maths than art, language etc. not that I think maths is easier but when I compared an easy language course and an easy maths course, I learned maths faster. Got through the home work faster. With reading and comprehending a book, I couldn't stand having to remember minor details of the book and writing an essay on specific questions. Same with history. Reading reading reading, and in the end only a very specific question and had to write 4 pages while remembering historian's quotes. English and history is hard. Learning a language is hard, flash cards, speaking with partners, repetitiveness with writing, translating everything, listening to the CD on top of the given homework. With maths and science, I remembered everything as long as I did my homework consistently. There's geniuses in all walks of life, I certainly don't see myself as smarter than an artist, I respect them because I find it hard. I'm glad I always had good maths.

[@testacc7619]

Or Commerce/ Business students... I bet they stay up till 3 AM in morning banging their heads against a brick wall for not being able to slove problems just like we do!

[@alwaysnever6004]

Yea some engineering students are condescending in a way they believe their major is superior than any other ones. I’ve only seen this happening in school only; all the engineers I met in the real world so far are mostly humble people who couldn’t care less about bragging their profession. I guess those condescending ones will be eventually eliminated because they can’t get rid of their ego and ascend to the greatness.

[@AndrewClark5]

At my college it seems that the physics dept. is the one doing stuff like this to engineers, but even then most of it is tongue in cheek. Other than that the majors tend to co-exist harmoniously

[@gifteddevil16]

"I'm just hoping for part marks." Truer words were never spoken.

[@dareoism]

Lol..who else walks out of a test after seeing the paper

[@inventor121]

two guys did that on a final, one of the guys ripped his exam in half, yelled "this is bullshit" at the prof, flipped his desk and cursed at the sky. before walking out. I finished one question out of four on that test and got a B+, half the students came out crying.

[@MrSupernova111]

inventor121 Wow!! hahaha

[@yogendrabala]

BrotherMouzone Had a classmate do that on a calc 3 final.

[@Mutantcy1992]

BrotherMouzone I saw someone ragequit a final after less than 20 minutes

[@inoffensiveusername4684]

BrotherMouzone One time I had an analog circuit test... I missed 3 days out of the week covering the topic... I saw the test and walked out. I walked back in and took it anyway... I got a 56% and praised god that I knew ANYTHING that was on that paper.. lol

[@donhoyleisawesomen]

The dislikes are from arts students, I bet.

[@novia9011]

What did the art students do to you mister?

[@tonytonystache]

I remember watching this back in high school, and now I’m an engineer. So nostalgic!

[@tonytonystache]

Watched this as a high school kid back in the day. Now I’m in my last year of electrical engineering. O how time flies by.

[@TheJoey3590]

"Cousin Throckmorton." Ah yes, everybody has a relative named Throckmorton.

[@vishalhugar5084]

Roger Freedman is the ultimate memelord.

[@andrewgordon4774]

Dude I’m dying, in Calc 2 I had a question on one of my midterms that started with “Consider your cousin Throckmorton”

[@nonamed56]

I went to engineering but I don't get the "where is the cheese " part

[@anonimorapper8595]

+ho disperatilor I'm in in first year EE right now and that's about the only part I don't get. You're not alone.

[@sjbubbly]

+ho disperatilor Think it would be the plea of the rat (or mouse if you prefer) in the maze trying to find the cheese. The whole rhetoric behind that metaphor can be interpreted as "how long will this journey take and when I do find the cheese...if I find the cheese, what was the point of it all?" Also reminds me of the "who moved my cheese" story illustrating complacency and resistance to change.

[@anonimorapper8595]

+sjbubbly It's interesting that you would point that out. Though I've heard of that story I never would have expected this kind of video to make any reference to it whatsoever. It has not even happened at my university. These are some cultured students, I must say.

[@sjbubbly]

+Anonimo Rapper Who says engineers aren't well rounded? It says that right there on my assumption list, right next to approximating a horse as a sphere.

[@anonimorapper8595]

sjbubbly I didn't say that, I simply stated that it was not what I expected. I've heard before that engineers are cultured but I have no idea to what extent. I know a lot of engineers that write poetry and are well-read but I would not expect them to read some thing like that.

[@seth.heerschap]

"Did you get 6 Newtons on question 2..." I can TOTALLY relate to doing that

[@Sara-yr4kk]

I'm a first year biomedical engineering major with one week left in the semester, this video speaks to my soul

[@zentyler1646]

Did you make it?

[@bernardocarlo4608]

2:48 that guy slide in so smooth he forgot friction existed

[@casperr1299]

“I had a nightmare last night. I dreamt I was in the Arts” I’ve had that same nightmare . . It still taunts me 😣😔

[@inoffensiveusername4684]

OMFG this is the exact summary of my freshman engineering year! It was complete fucking hell and confusion. All of my friends gave out answers because they KNEW the very next day theyd NEED someone else to give them the answer to a question. Engineering is love. Engineering is LYFE!!!>.

[@MelanieUz]

YOU THINK I KNOW EVERYTHING??!?!!?!

[@archerblack7825]

in compsci that bracket scene would be a semi colon lol

[@harvirdhindsa3244]

+Archer Black What are you talking about? This is a legitimate question and I am not a troll. What do you mean to say?

[@archerblack7825]

in computer science instead of looking for bracket we look for semi-colon

[@westaylor4604]

+Archer Black You look for the misplaced brace that throws you into a infinite loop.

[@wortyle]

+Archer Black Dude just use a proper IDE and don't use fucking notepad to code. People always complain about this problem, but I never understood it. Literally all modern IDE's and compilers will detect such menial syntax error.

[@PRANKZOMBIE]

"Consider your cousin Throckmorton...." I was dying. I had to leave the library choking on my own laughter because it's the most accurate depiction of engineering word problems ever.

[@lancelovecraft5913]

lets measure the coefficient of kinetic friction between us lol

[@thecuriousboi]

absolutely it will be 1 since you are the only 1 for me :P

[@vestraya]

***** that was smooth as fuck

[@thecuriousboi]

Sounded corny though surprised I got 9 likes haha XD

[@akshayrathore2882]

***** it was so smooth that you can take deviatoric stress tensor as a null matrix

[@thecuriousboi]

damn that was pretty witty haha

[@CamKnoppMusic]

I remember people would tell me that the first year or whatever is the hardest but in my experience it just gets progressively way harder throughout the four years lol...

[@brians1770]

"Bracket, bracket, bracket, bracket" hahahahaha

[@bakester17]

The bracket part made me geek the hell out. Great video.

[@xxTheSkilletFreakxx]

The one where the guy just got up and walked out... Happened to my class omfg

[@smitty3624]

I'm not in college yet, but my high school has PLTW. Even so, I can relate to nearly all of these.

[@ottovon5182]

as a Physics Honors student I can relate to Cousin Throckmortan

[@cyral_u]

I don't understand the cheese part

[@nobodyspecial313]

The internet homework and iclickers are soooo accurate.

[@thetruth5084]

It actually does get easier after the first year... Provided you didn't put any effort into your first year and you actually start working harder in your second year

[@chandlerhaberlack4836]

Freshman year isn't engineering lol. you're in for a hell of a ride if you think so.

[@brynna77]

“I had a nightmare last night, I dreamed I was in arts” 😂😂

[@r62144]

Andddddd... now I’m even more nervous to go to school for mechanical and aerospace. Seems like a blast 😬

[@LexBravary]

First year? This sums to a tee my entire computer science program.

[@rafael502]

This sums up my mechanical engineering program so far, 3 years in.

[@ozilrapes]

rafael502 This is kind of a random question but what was your average in high school throughout grade 11 and 12?

[@rafael502]

Like 3.6 For my entire 4 years I got a 3.4 average. I'm at a 2.6 average in college right now though haha. Let's see if I can get it past 3.0 by the time I graduate. Still got 2 years left. 5th senior ftw.

[@ozilrapes]

rafael502 thanks and good luck!

[@beaner2night732]

I like how people say it gets easier later on. Freshmen year at college as an engineer was the easiest one out of all of them. After that, it only got harder

[@boratsuckdiev461]

You sometimes need to trick yourself, like telling yourself "it's okay" when it really isn't. lol

[@sjbubbly]

2:11 man that resonates so profoundly true. Classic engineering camaraderie right there

[@ahmadzaka9885]

"there is another girl in this class" that one hit me lol.

[@laurayu70]

I'm an astrophysics major... But I can relate, especially with the girls thing and Cousin Throckmorton

[@stevenjohnson3662]

Lol I had to google cousin throckmorton that guy is famous

[@oc038161]

I switched from engineering to physics and there not much difference in what the students say lol

[@austinsun5340]

"Can I take a pic for ur solution" lol that's exactly what happened to our eng students everyday.

[@RampantEnthusiasm]

It's five years later, I'm finishing Engineering Physics. I still get help from Kevin Multani.

[@aimandurrani2228]

“There’s another girl in this class” dead 😂😂😂😂

[@helloiamtoilet344]

BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET BRACKET So true

[@melanger05]

This applies to first year science majors as well.

[@LeighChristie]

Brings me back.

[@KodyBaker]

Awesome find.

[@SillyLilyis]

"I dreamt I was in arts" I'm first year art student... I think I'm going to be switching to engineering soon. Why can't i pick an easy major???

[@magiccarpet9172]

A stroll down memory lane. ...

[@cscp13]

When you´re in your last year and still say the same stuff and feel the same way . LOL

[@Mutantcy1992]

I feel like a lot of this happens 2nd or 3rd year. 1st year classes are pretty chill.

[@branchtree448]

The one with the exercises is quite accurate. If one of them takes too long and I finally crack it I take a break and enjoy my victory before tackling the next question.

[@ulrick90]

I remember walking out of my first ever physics quiz right after seeing the problem lmaoo that sht happens for real, didnt know the work required to be an engineer till calc 2 and physics

[@ccchan9214]

I remember saying many of those things even in my 4th year. Now that I'm working, I still say those things

[@miraloran7039]

Lol, I remember this. I dropped out my first semester and changed to Biochemistry to be Pre-Med, I'm English and Accounting now. I opted for the "Law" option because by the time I was in my third year, I already tried the "Biochem/Bio Pre-Med" route. Got accepted to the JD/MBA program at UPenn tho so, I'm excited...sorta.

[@JakeVoorhees]

So funny!! Great video. Wow I watched the entire thing and didn't realize it was UBC. Right in my backyard :) Cheers!

[@beachballa93]

This brings all the memories.

[@kaziabir1]

from my freshman year Engineering class the super energetic ones that are obviously normal and very social dropped out of the major, I see them around in frat parties now and then with frat hoodies.

[@horchata831]

Ahaha takes me back to my days as an undergrad at UC Irvine! After the degree, engineering gets way better.. until the PE

[@hugh7641]

As an Aerospace Engineering student, I approve this video : )

[@501TKE]

To be fair, a lot of these still apply. I said half that shit last week and I'm in my senior year.

[@sumaiyaiqbal4345]

Im a med student.....and im so glad we are all in the same boat😫😫😫😫

[@AAG131]

"There's another girl in this class?!" I literally laughed out loud

[@13milespergallon63]

"I'm switching majors" everytime

[@BlueMJBerries]

"Take my iclicker bro" omg so true

[@poisonpotato1]

One time a kid shows up half an hour late for the final exam, then after another half hour yells “oh sh** this isn’t statistics” before running out

[@MrJeha95]

I remember having to do that exact question "consider your cousin throckmorton"

[@yanaeliesa]

the blonde deep voice guy is so good looking.......

[@ikhlasdrifts7610]

That bracket bracket bracket part....so freaked relatable!!!!!! We also have webwork in my uni...and one missing or extra bracket....and your answer is wrong

[@awesometico]

The coefficient of static friction between them, aka they're not moving along.

[@spicegal629]

This scares because this is what I’m majoring in

[@PatrickFyfe]

This was solid great work. :)

[@nickmartinelli7789]

😂😂😂😂 word 53% usually means your getting curved to an A

[@davidperrii]

So we’re just gonna ignore Steve Harrington from stranger things at 1:40 😂

[@haidermoh.9937]

I got accepted into engineering. This was a huge confidence booster! 😂😂

[@oyounes5945]

Anyone else starting engineering this year and is now terrified?

[@TipseyTiger1996]

Coming from a final year biomedical engineering student, it does kind of get easy after 1st and 2nd year.. Celebrating over 53% is so true. I remember for 1 exam we had, 2 people out of 30 passed the exam. 8 got less than 10% hahaha fun times

[@chrisgeeter8088]

I'm an EE major, the average score on one of my calc exams was 10%, with quite a few zeros D: I got a 30%, and I was cool with that :\

[@MonroeSim]

Chris Geeter calc 2?

[@33buhhh]

Which Calc? (I’m so late you probably graduated by now)

[@alwaysnever6004]

Huh? For me calc classes are the easiest part of any engineering major. And many will agree with me on that.

[@kalebbruwer]

I'm in Computer Science and it's pretty much the same. Also, you forgot the part where people think you know what's up, but you're just as clueless as them.

[@nawafalharbi5462]

1:56 can i take a pic of your solution? .....this is what saved my ass the last 2 years

[@MrUnpaused]

Lol same

[@edwinortiz1262]

As a senior I just want everyone to know it doesn't get easier.

[@meghana586]

OMG so relatable even my parents told me to pick to be a doctor or an engineer and I didn't wanted to be a doctor and now I'm preparing for the engineering entrance and it's killing me !!!! And now I'm thinking I should have chosen to prepare for medical entrance cause it will at least save me from math but then biology goes above my head and now after watching this video I reckoned this is just the beginning life is going to get hard after getting in engineering college 😭🤔

[@Asyss_Complex]

Meji ee How is everything going now?

[@sasha1776]

That song in the beginning is about US Army engineers (sappers) not the engineers this video is referring to...lol

[@Mrkeyandlock]

is that +Pantsaredragon at :30?

[@kislaykunal8921]

how about thinking you could figure something faster than quick sort during your first DSA course.

[@Kazu-don]

From getting 20/20 on highschool, to celebrating an 8/20.