This is what engineering EXAMS look like
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, I’m going to be unboxing a bunch of my old engineering exams from the University of Waterloo to give you an idea of what you could expect out of engineering. I’ll go through three exams in this video:
00:00 Intro
00:27 1st Year Calculus II Exam (MATH 118)
05:40 3rd Year Thermodynamics Exam (ME 354)
08:39 3rd Year Control Systems Exam (ME 360)
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I’ll show you what you can expect from these exams, what questions you can be asked, and what your solutions should look like. These exams will be a good demonstration of what exams in your 1st, 2nd, or 3rd year of your engineering undergrad will look like. Also, here are PDF versions of the exams shown in this video if you want to have a closer look:
Calculus II: drive.google.com/file/d/17TaP...
Thermodynamics: drive.google.com/file/d/13qIq...
Control Systems: drive.google.com/file/d/1neU2...
ABOUT ME:
My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo, currently working as a Mechanical Design Engineer. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!
When he said “in engineering we live off of part marks” i felt that in every way possible
Haha glad u can relate to it 😅
was just about to comment this haha
we live off the scraps
As a fellow mechanical engineering student I can say that it is very similar with what I have been through (minus the cheat sheet).
I’m surprised how good your handwritings are with minimal scratches under a lot of pressure, mine had been quite messy 😂
Same course of study here. We're not allowed to bring in cheat sheets
As a mechatronics eng student we are also not allowed to bring cheat sheets
To me, my work looks so messy 😅 but I’m glad u think it’s neat haha. Also, surprised that other universities don’t allow cheat sheets, but tbh I battery even used it on my exam.
Lies again? AO Levels
@@ayhmalfaloji7448 if u don't mind me is it worth doing?
American/canadian engineering looks like a dream, if only exams were this easy in the rest of the world
In Belgian engineering universities, the median is more like 55%. While 50% is a passing grade. Questions are intentionally made way too difficult, and is considered the "norm". Either way, nobody really cares what your score was as long as you got the degree.
Wow, that’s so different than school here in Canada
Same for the Netherlands
In the US a lot it’s structured the same way but those low scores are often curved to account for the fact the questions are intentionally too difficult
@@TamerShaheen I guess it depends of the school in Canada, because where I went, the median could be as low as 35% for some exams... Some first year classes had 30%-35% of the students failing the class (and it is how the classes were meant to be)
@@philippejolin8841 Our first math course (at mathematics engineering Programme) had a failrate of 65% this year. I got just 12/50 points, and I know several people (whom are really good at maths otherwise) that got way below 10 points. 20 points is the limit for a passing grade
Anyone who studied Thermodynamics knows that those cycles are the easiest, lucky you!!!
I now see why math and phy students make fun of engineers haha!
Well relative to the other cycles, ur right 😅
@@mastroitek why
@@cj-dt8jc well those problems are quite easy, everything is straightfarward, like calculus II exam was really easy. But before this turns out to be an angry comment section I want to point out that I don't mean what I said in a bad way.
@@mastroitek 😅OK bro
Hey Tamer. I'm a freshman currently pursuing electrical engineering. I just want to say that I love watching your videos as they are sort of like a beacon to help me navigate this challenging engineering curriculum! Keep uploading such wonderful content.
Very inspiring. As a first year engineering student too, it’s very relatable
I'll try not ruin the surprise for the two of you, but brace yourselves for a wild ride 🌚
That makes me happy to hear! It can get hectic sometimes, but there’s light at the end of the end of the journey :)
Same here! Thanks Tamer :)
Abhi what did you get on ur gcse im currently in yr11 im scared im not do good i just want to know what type kf grades you got my prediction are 7 (b) will that be good enough
your handwriting is so fabulously neat i was literally awed by it... also incredibly clean workouts to the questions makes it so easy for the teacher marking the paper to follow
Thanks haha :)
As a Physics Student, I wish I had exams like that. The Professors really like to make like 50% of the exams almost unsolvable lol
Man, I really appreciate your videos. They are enjoyable and informative. Keep up the good work!
Appreciate that :)
I can easily tell that you have such a bright future ahead of you and that you are going to go on to do some incredible things!!
That’s so nice of you to say, thank you!!
Would u imagine that we did our exam with out any papers that contains any rules 😔 but it didn't gives us too much questions for calculus 😆 the thermo dynamic course with out a chi chi we struggled with that course 🤐
An accurate, to the point explanation of Engineering courses ! Hats off dude !
You’re the best engineering student in this platform! Your channel is soooo freaking helpful thanks a lot 🤩
Really happy you like the content :)
I’m in graduation year, and watching your video pulled me back through these 5 years. It’s been a tiresome but a lovely journey ❤️
Congrats, thinking about studying mecanical engineering
Congrats!
Honestly, not having to take thermodynamics alone make me feel blessed to be a CS major. Massive respect.
Haha fair enough…thermo is def a struggle sometimes 😅
In Turkey, we study Computer Engineering instead of Computer Science and theormodynamics do exist as a part of physics two course. :(
I’m in CS and we got to take engineering physics….
cs sounds hard too
@@mustafamertozylmaz6006 Computer Engineering is much harder than Computer Science, so that's obviously expected.
I’m going into my second year of engineering, and I am very impressed by how clear your work is. I need to take some notes from this😂
As a sophomore mechanical engineering student at the university at Buffalo I have had a similar experience with similar exams! Cheat sheets are a blessing
I have recently been accepted to the same university for Aerospace engineering but I plan to double major in Aerospace and Mechanical. I have also applied to Waterloo. How do you think is the program? Is it good? Is the university at buffalo well recognized if I would like to pursue graduate studies at MIT, Stanford or Berkeley?
@@themadphysicist6454 yes we have great professors and graduates with high gpa’s and research experience are able to go to Ivy League schools. I was thinking about the double major as it is popular but for me I don’t see the point in it. Same with graduate school I have heard it’s a waste of money unless your future employer will pay for it. Good luck either way! If you want to talk more lmk and we can arrange something
Love that y’all are helping each other in the comments :)
@@TamerShaheen man, simple stuff like this brings me to tears. Good people still exist. Peace ✌🏻
@@jakeconrad2130 Thank you for your reply! Buffalo is well known for it’s engineering and it is one of my cheapest options! Waiting for the honors college and scholarships to roll in before I make my choice! I also got accepted to other schools such as Penn state, Case Western and I am waiting for UIUC, Purdue, Wisconsin, Waterloo and I’m currently applying to Northwestern, Northeastern, Boston uni and CMU. What do you think of them? I know that they’re particularly strong in ME and EE.
This was really insightful thanks a lot dude!
When I looked at your engineering exams excluding Calculus II: I was like, this looks like a real world problem. Makes me think that every engineering class is essentially a Physics/Chemistry class but more applicable
Yea basically that’s a good way of looking at it. Except that the real world problems are usually “idealized” and the solutions are a bit more theoretical.
Bro, you channel is exceptional. I’m impressed.
I was a physics student. As much as exams were scary, I could only imagine the life of a grader sometimes.
your videos are so helpful. thank you!
It really depends on the university you attend, at mine the exams changed every time the subject coordinator changed, on some subjects the changes were so big the exams looked nothing like the previous semesters.
About to start studying Aerospace and this gave me a bit of comfort. Great video!
Thanks, glad u liked it :)
This video is amazing, thank you bro.
I am impressed how neatly you kept everything. I got a BSc+MSc+PhD from ETH Zürich and I really just studied on old pieces of paper that I trashed immediately and I gave all books away after I was done. I hope I have my diplomas somewhere at least 😅
no way u gave ur books away? im gonna keep mine.
Idk haha…it’s just a habit of mine to keep things organized
yeah but nobody will ever doubt you, with an ETH degree :D
as a student pursuing electronics and communication engineering this is kinda helpful tbh being in in s1 is just about what your learnt during high school but when you come here its a whole different world
As a final year mechanical student, Cheat sheet concept is alien to me. This would make life so easy, anyways great video.
This makes me excited and nervous for the courses to come. I’m in my 2nd semester of Freshman year for Computer Engineering
and I have low self esteem when it comes to grades and shit lol
My goal is to not only pass but pass with scores like yours bro
I’m gonna work hard appreciate the content
good to know. with this pandemic im in my 3rd year without doing a single exam, so its good to know what i would have had
Wow this video was awesome. I'm currently doing my A levels and the first calculus test and thermodynamics test are very similar to my maths and physics exams, I've come across harder questions than shown in my maths course
God your notation for Calc 2 was amazing. I strive to make my work like that bahaha.
Great work calculating limit at 3:00. Hope someday you will find out what Euler's number is.
Best wishes from MIPT
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really helpful video! thanks
Hi, im studying civil engineering in a public university in Colombia, im already finishing and I can relate in almost everything jaja, the only thing is that we don't care about grades because almost everyone is on the limit because its so hard. The calculus here is divided, you have diferential, integral and differential equations in different courses and from what I remember, you can always have a cheat sheet. The other thing compared to other colleagues in the comments, we are poor jaja so almost no-one have their own books, we have to borrow them from the library or get the pdf online. Sorry for my English, keep it up bro nice content :D
Some Differential Equations using Variation of Parameters method can easily take three pages to show the solution.
Well I am just a high school student wanting to do engineering in the future, I think the way you answer stuff does help in my math / physics tests
nice to see a fellow uwaterloo engineering student!
Also as a fellow meche yall should also understand that this is one of the best engineering schools in Canada, the marks they receive are going to be better than other colleges. Yeah depending on the class and professor you can get the 60 avg for exams and no 100% marks. In the end of a lot of factors determine success and hopefully other students will see this video and try hard.
Really good video! Waiting for videos about how a machanical engiener routine look like (work I mean)... You rock man! UofW is sick!
Haha for sure, I’ll try to make more day in the life videos on my engineering work
Bro how do you have by even 100k subscribers yet. I see your videos all the time. Love your vids, keep it up
Thanks for this, subbed
Uploaded exactly on my bday, nice. Hope this will give me a heads up
Happy Belated Birthday!! 🎉
Thank you for the video.
I miss doing calculus 1 and 2 in my first year of uni. I was biotechnology student at RMIT Australia , so I only had 1 year of math subjects, but damnnn I miss it. These exam questions brought back memories. Thank you for uploading this mate.
Glad you liked it :)
I'm a Math hons student and really your videos are very informative 👌
Glad I got through the nightmare of engineering degree, so much cramming and anxiety of failure.
1:18 Good job, you solved that integral really smoothly :D
My exams look sooo much messier.
I'm glad I took Calc BC and understood the calc 2 exam, and didn't have to do proofs then.
As a former comp science student, I did calculus and probability theory in my freshman year and never saw high-level math again for a long time. Then in my senior year, I took a theoretical machine learning course and started to cry...
idk what school you went to but i have never been allowed to take in a cheat sheet. also, my fluids professor once told me “next time you’re on a rollercoaster, keep in mind that one of the engineers that helped build that may have never gotten one entire problem entirely correct, and only gotten partial credit his entire college career”
It’s interesting to see how different your calc 2 exam is compared to the one I took last year in Italy. Here the cal 2 exam goes far beyond simple integral and it’s mostly about double and triple integral so you have to integrate 2 or 3 variables function over a complicated domain like a sphere, a cylinder, a cone and combinations of different shapes. We also had to study line integrals and surface integrals and analysis in IR^n, so basically studying a multivariable function, so we had to find its max and min by analyzing the character of the Hessian matrix associated with the function.
We also spent quite a long time studying vectorial fields and their analytical equations and a bunch of theorems related to them, such as Gauss’ theorem, Stokes’ theorem and Green’s formula. Computer engineers, like me, also study complex analysis, so integrals of function defined with complex numbers and we had to study and do the types of integrals I already mentioned but in C (the number set, not programming language). We also studied series expansions, such as Taylor’s series with the so called “reminder of Peano”, Laurent series (nasty stuff, I found it extremely difficult) and Fourier series.
Oh and we also studied Laplace transform at the beginning of the course, which was supposed to be a soft introduction to the course.
So I was kind of shocked when I saw this video because the integrals you showed us are basically normal integrals of one variable function which are quite easy when compared to all that stuff I’ve done in my calc 2 course.
@@aidanlavelle2752 That’s weird in the USA triple integrals is calculus 3 and calculus 2 is integrals, and series like Taylor series.
Analisi 2 non è il loro Calculus 2. La nostra Analisi 1 è divisa in Calculus 1 (derivate) e Calculus 2 (integrali), praticamente.
In argentina this is analysis 1, where pre-analysis are normal integrals and stuff shown in this video, however I study maths and our exams were way longer, (4/5 hours), only 4 or 5 questions yet way more difficult than what was shown in this video, very interesting stuff
First Am impressed how you manage this all things.......Am ECE student in AASTU (Ethiopia ) final exams are taken out of 50 for 15 workout question ....and also we dont know what a cheetsheet means........i appreciate your instructors they are much helpful
I am surprised your school allowed you to keep copies of your exams. Thanks for the information. Good luck.
This takes me back to my final year of highschool. here in Australia we call that "trapezoid rule" as "trapezoidal rule"
Interesting 🤔
Studying engineering right now. This shit is hard af.
i love when crowdmark hits u with that mean = 48%
Yeah i can see that your professor are tolerant with you if you make a small mistake ,here in my university if you make a a small mistake you will lose all the points of the question. Keep up the good work 👏👏
Damn, what university do u go to?
@@TamerShaheen I'm from Algeria and currently I am studying Electrical engineering and automation at the University of Boumerdes .
You guys got a formula sheet for Calculus?😯
I had to do all my calc exams memorizing all those different techniques and rules😭
''in engineering we live of part marks'' so much yes!
This guys ability to space things on an a4 price of paper is just superior 👌
At my university (in Sweden), they seem to really enjoy making the exams difficult. On the exams I’ve taken so far, you can get a maximum of 50 points, with 20 being a passing grade. For our first math course, the fail rate this year was 65% and I only got 12 points. You need to know a significant portion of the course really well In order to pass, because if you know everything fairly well, it will still be very tough to solve the exam questions
its ok just try ur very best
Similar at UK universities.
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I go to KTH and you need 16/32 marks to pass, where 12 marks are at an A level, so pretty tough to solve hahha 😂. We typically have a failrate of ~50% each math exam
Similar in Brazil, my class had one calculus avaliation that had 11/100 as the average score. I got 20/100 though😎
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“Given a constant PI = 3, find the area of a circle with radius e”
Solution: PI^3
You never stated e=3.
@@Grassmpl exactly. It’s what the engineer assumes. E = PI
@@judedavis92 I think e and pi are algebraically independent.
@@Grassmpl Im pretty sure that's actually an open problem
HAHA 😂
It relieves me that integration is in this iam doing it right now in my final year of high school and it looks very similar
Mech Eng 9- 10 final exams in less that 2 weeks, 8 subjects, some subjects had 2 x exams. Also so many assignments and exams every subject all the way through terms
Funny as shit never had to use any of this in practice
the amount of anxiety I get when I see thermo questions man. I barely passed that class and still get anxiety from it
Tons of respect
senior mechanical engineer at Cukurova university in Turkey! I WIIIISH we got cheat sheets, I swear so many of our exam questions just revolve around knowing the formula and nothing else, I feel like if we had cheat sheets we would get more questions that are actually useful to us
It is a bit different here in Italy. For example, we don't have calculus I and II but we have a big course called analysis, with all the differential calculus in it. But, mostly, we are not allowed to bring home our exams at all. It looks so strange to me😅
polito gang yo yo
Come and take jee
Gotta love the inverse Laplace
Gives me PTSD 😬
Wow fortunately I've graduated!
bro the calclus 2 exam literally looks like the easier version of ap calclus bc, with a proof.
no way they had you solving diff eq in calc 2, looked like a rather simple example but i didnt even touch those till calc 4
I'm currently studying robotics and we have some subjects on Control Systems. I have a cheat sheet pretty similar to yours lmao
In my opinion they are very fun to study and once you understand the importance of RootLocus and Laplace Transform you start figuring out everything
I heard 2 hour and 7 questions in the beginning and making me question my thinking to be an aeronautical engineer
(I’m joking besides I’m still in highschool so it honestly feels like a blessing for what you say we can have in the test room)
Haha trust me…u get used to everything
“In engineering we live on partial marks” damn I felt that
Hey Tamer, I'm a Mechanical Engineering student and currently studying for the Thermodynamics course. Could you perhaps help me out and sent a digital version of your cheat sheet?
Lmaoo yo the rankine and otto cycles in thermodynamics - FREE PROBLEMS!! 😂
Yea haha, was soo happy when I saw those
Awesome!
Hi.
Very interesting video.
For mathematics subjects, did you use to have also oral part of the exam?
DAMNNNNNNN bro, all that is exactly what i got evaluated !!!!!!!! i'm from Colombia, not Columbia, ColOmbia, south America. Greetings bro.
Edit: I'm close to graduate in mechanical engineering, after 6 years, i hope i can get it.
Hello Tamer Shaheen really nice video :D Is it easy to give us the control systems cheat sheet that you've used? Best regards!
I am an electrical engineer major and my signals and systems class was a bunch of applications of laplace and fourier topics
Sounds brutal haha, good luck!!!
bruh your first year of calculus(almost) is literally my highschool shit wtf is that ,now i am at uni (software engineeering, and in my first semester and second, calculus is for geniuses)
thanks for the confidence, aiming for 5 year degree in ewngineering physics
Sounds fun, good luck :)
The calculus in IB Math AA HL is quite similar
M.Tech student here my, this reminds me on my undegrad without the cheat sheets though.
Getting a degree in engineering can be great if that is what you needed to do in order to learn the materials for future engineering applications! However, getting deep into dept to learn engineering applications and sciences does not have to be. Yes I did 3 years of staggered engineering classes but I did that while working a full time job to be dept free. I now work as an automation engineer applying what I have learned in the field while also In class. All this without a degree, so it is possible to be an engineer without a degree. It does depend on a company valuing your experience over a degree though. Started as a welder turned into automation engineering! You can do it!
the maths questions, already did it in A-level maths in grade 13
hey! that exams looked a lot like the ones i had!!!
Why am I watching this? I already graduated. Also my exams looked pretty much exactly the same as these.
As a Mechanical engineering student in Taiwan, yep a real asia student in asia college
first grade we learned Calculus for a whole year
second grade we had engineering mathmatics that is kind of Calculus Pro i guess
also from second grade to third grade we had to learn all kind of force such like statics, dynamics, thermo, materials.,mechanism, fluid.
btw we still have to learn the Programming because it is too famous at here.....
Bro! I just got the scholarship in the Mechanical/MotorSports Engineering dual degree program at Purdue. Thanks for the amazing videos and inspiring me to step out of an international Asian student stereotype as a first-gen engineering student.
P.s. I had just finished preparing for the SAT subject tests but then they decided to 'cancel' them... Would I need to prep more for the placement tests at college?
Love from Bangladesh, Rabi.
Congrats on the scholarship!! 🎉 I’m not sure what the placement tests and ur college would be like, so can’t really answer that question. You may be better off asking someone from your college
@@TamerShaheen Thanks a lot!!! I was advised to take the EAP English, ALEKS math and chemistry placement exams... I would like to believe that subject tests would bear somewhat similarity... As for Mech.E I was mainly focusing on everything I have learned on physics 1st & 2nd and the kinematics chapters from 11-12th grades...
Anyway, I'm so excited to be at the Indy 500 hopefully in the near future!
@@Megafunnyhead1 placement tests aren't SATs or ACTs... They're the universally mandatory tests that are required for you to be placed into courses after being administered into the colleges.... Please try to comprehend my statements carefully... EVERYONE needs to take placement tests at the 1st year of college as they vary institution wise... Every college has different preferences for placement tests such as i.e. ALEKS maths, accuplacer tests, and EAP (English for Academic Purposes) test
@@rabimunif2078 The response just shows that you are ignorant and it is representation of the stereotype of engineers, "irritating". As I am part of an institution we never had a "placement test". Although, I misunderstood your question, your use of words is quite frankly rude and I hope your attitude fixes up for future employment. Good luck on that placement test, hopefully university will give you a rude awakening to appropriate behaviour and decent mannerisms.🥰
@@Megafunnyhead1 Why would I try to be rude to an utter stranger on the internet? Honestly, I was surprised at you response... I know my parents taught me better. I'm sorry for such a lengthy reply but it was in no means with the intention of criticizing you or to bad mouth anyone! I was just trying my best to explain my situation with as much depth as possible...
P.s. I almost NEVER speak in such an outlandish way but please do forgive me for my insolence...
i guess i am the only medical student here😅.i am rather familiar with those thermodynamics problems probably cause i spent hours on them in highschool watching engineering channels.nostalgia hits hard.
I have a professor who personally told me that he doesn't believe in part marks. An exercise is either fully correct or it's not so essentially you either get the max points or zero 😅
I'm a high school student who just finished a dual enrollment calc 2 class and got a 95% on the final, but this exam looks much more complex than the one that I took. Are community college classes just way easier even though they cover almost the same content?
I think the solution to the calc paper 6a incorrect , the limit is not 1. I do not think its appropriate to put the limit inside one of the bracket and perform analysis on it. Consider a similar limiting sequence which converges to eulers number!
Well I did this exam a few years ago…so tbh I don’t remember why I did what I did 😅
Incredible how much order did you have in your exams i remember mines and they were a mess 😅
Literally when I saw integrals in this exam I thought it would be harder on what we were given in AP Calc BC. But after looking at it, it is almost the same. Should I be happy or worried about it lol?