5 Years of Mechanical Engineering in 12 Minutes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ค. 2024
- I share with you my full transcript in this video, where you get to see my grades and all the courses I took in Mechanical Engineering. I’m creating this video to be transparent because I know I would’ve loved to see a video like this when I first started studying Engineering and it’s a good way to summarize my entire mechanical engineering degree.
Sharing my grades online is definitely not an easy thing to do as growing up everyone always said to keep it secret…but if it can help motivate or inspire someone out there, then it’s worth it. If I can manage to graduate with a mechanical engineering degree, then you can too! Anyways, if you believe my grades are good for an engineering student, this video is not a flex. If you believe my grades are low, then please don’t hate. Timestamps are as follows:
00:00 Intro
00:25 First Year
03:33 Second Year
07:13 Third Year
09:36 Fourth Year
Inspired to make this video by a similar video I saw Wissam Seif, a fellow engineer, make.
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ABOUT ME:
My name is Tamer Shaheen and I am a recent mechanical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo. I like to make videos about university/college, engineering, and personal development. Thank you so much for watching!!
“ I just love calculus it just makes so much sense to me. “ LOL
Eyyyyyy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He's GOJO
You did a lot better than me. I had to repeat a few classes but I'm proud of the fact that I never gave up and I still graduated with my bachelor's. Good job on the video and thank you for sharing.
Yes brother.
Trying again is the best you already know the monster and you will defeat him.
Yeah, don't worry about not getting the high 90/80 marks. In the long run it doesn't matter to anyone or employers, and the fact you graduated and stuck through the program is what matters. Every experienced engineer has said this as well, I've never heard any of them say that employers require you to be the top of your class.
As a mechanical engineering grad myself, I can assure you this guy is a hard worker to be able to achieve such awesome grades! I'm gonna be sharing my 4 years of mechanical engineering in my video soon as well. Thanks for the inspiration Tamer :) Love your videos!
Appreciate it :)
@@TamerShaheen Hello sir,
I am from Eritrea but I live in the uk. My question is can I take Mechanical Engineering at college?
Thank you,
Hiyab.
@@TamerShaheen life of a engineer is failing as a engineer
@@HiyabBoy I am Eritrean to
@@Funnydude1415 Oh, hi dear,
Where do you live?
Mechanical Engineer Ungrad here. I'm 1 term out from my graduation, wanted to add my 2 cents. Tamer, congrats on those grades dude - thats territory that a lot of us never see. Me personally, I just came to realize that I wanted to look back on this time here in college happily and feel like I gained social experience on top of all of the classwork, otherwise you're dooming yourself down a 4-5 year path of depression with no upsides that never seems to quit getting worse. So, I took a job as an RA (fell in love with this job), reduced my credit load and decided to graduate in 5 years instead of the 4 year window promoted by my university, and focused on being a person as well. All that to say, I'm pretty happy with my 3.3 GPA all things considered. And lastly, it is definitely possible to achieve the grades that Tamer did first try, and if I went back and retook a number of my classes, I am certain I would ace many of them. But that's the point I was trying to make to you all here: at what cost. I am thankful that I can say that I woke up most days and was able to still smell the roses through it all. Best of luck to all of you fellow engineers
Another awesome video Tamer. Thanks 🙏.
Thank for going over this!!! I talked over what I wanted to do after highschool with my dad, as I'm currently in a gap year, and we came to the conclusion that mechanical engineering would be a good fit for me.
Its hard to find what some schools will have as courses (as I want to do community college first to knock out my core classes) and this helps a lot!!! Thank you 😊😊😊😊😊
dynamics was tough for me too. it was a blend of dymics with kinematics. i took it over the summer so a lot of stuff crushed into a 2months class. the professor was a PHD ex-NASA r&d scientist. he was just too smart to teach! i didnt really enjoy calc but i did really well with thermo and materials. again, it was mainly because of the professor.
Which University did you go to?
I'm so jealous with your educational system there. We have a lot of "REQUIRED" GE courses! Instead of focusing on the engineering courses, we have to take these additional 10 units to complete per semester.
@@Coeb005 i skiped a year.
In my country it is 6 years of engineering. Idkw.
But mannaged in 2 year to take 8 courses and graduated 1 year earlier.
@@Coeb005 9? try 12:(
This is a really useful video. Keep it up mate :)
Teşekkürler Tamer it was such a inspiring video :)
This guy is amazing. Respect for getting such high scores.
Hey man, please do you have a video where you talk about your study routine? Maybe your timetable or study schedule for most courses and how much time in a week you would allocate for tougher courses. I know this is something individualistic, but on behalf of others, we would like to know your awesome study routine. For the record, You are/were an Excellent student. I am proud to be inspired by your videos and your lifestyle. Thank you brother.
This makes a mechanical engineering major sound kinda fun ngl. Might be looking forward to it
Loved this! Thanks for sharing! Would love seeing a study tips/techniques video (: !!
I’ve made a couple in the past, but I’ll make more :)
@@TamerShaheen omg! I’ll take a look for sure!
I'm a girl and i chose mechanical engineering but people in my country are stupid and they keep telling me that it’s only for boys why did i choose it , i wish u will make alot of videos about it love it thanksss 💕💕
Sorry to hear that. Keep doing what you enjoy and ignore those people. If you don’t mind me asking, what country is that?
Sorry for my language but you tell them to f$$$ off. You become an engineer and be proud of yourself.
But we love to see more girls in mechanical lol
Same here... everyone keeps saying that it's a man's job and I should quit 🙄
This is so accurate. Everybody starts first year of engineering on top of the moon because we've taken calculus, physics and chemistry in high-school. Our averages were 85-90%. Then 2nd, 3rd, 4th year came around where we had to fight to stay above 80%.
Wow, so 72 is your lowest grade in your 5 years of engineering? Damn, that's very good. Are you going for a Masters next year?
pretty sure he works at tesla now
Nah I don’t plan on doing a Masters for now, but who knows maybe I’ll change my mind in the future
@@TamerShaheen what did you major in?
@@notevenadot3097 He majored in mechanical engineering
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I love how you explain it
Hey, Tamer. I really enjoyed watching this video of yours! I hope that you could give us some tutorials for integral calculus someday if you have time! I know that you’ll explain it very well, I am not taking an ME program, but my major is close to that.
I’m literally so proud of you😭
I claim all the positive energy and good grades in this video
🙂🙂
Haha me too 🤣🤣
I'm in second year of mechanical engineering in Ireland. Most of the modules are similar, but not always in the same year. You must have worked so hard for those grades. Mine are nowhere near that high.
This guy is f*****g brilliant.
It's good to know that at Waterloo too the dynamics course is a nightmare. At McGill it's our nightmare too LOL.1/3 of the class fails it each semester
thanks for the video! your videos have been pretty nice to watch. though, i would like to ask what your "love and friendship" course was about... it sounds unique
In one month I’m starting my first semester in mechanical engineering so I’m really thankful for your content.
Have your first semester started now ?, How is it going ?
@@gunjitkumar wow thanks for answering. I start l. August 3. I’m really exited.
@@tomasmartinez8290 I wish you the best of luck in your course... don't give up,just keep going♥️
How did your first semester go ?
Sometimes its just intelligence. My mate did Mining Engineering years ago and ace'd it, of course was an OP1 in High School. He came back recently to do Mechatronics and got a 6.8GPA .. just like that. With seemingly minimal effort.
I like your videos and I am inspired by you
Thanks, I’m happy to hear that :)
Wholesome
I would like to meet you in person. I'm studying electrical engineering, and I have always found it fascinating when people come together who strive to have brilliant thinking minds. Love you, Tamer.
You love him bro?
@@JB-ri6zp Of course. He is another human being who is fascinated and moved by science. Yes I do.
HAAAAAA GAYYYYYYYYY
@@limon9614 Yes, I'm gay and I love it. Do you have a problem with it, bro?
As a Computer Science Major who has an older brother in Mechanical Engineering, and many friends who *attempted* Mechanical Engineering, these grades really are solid!
The 3 courses he struggled in are infamous for being a struggle across just about any University, and having attended the courses (mostly for fun, I asked the professor if I could audit the course, to which they replied I was more than welcome to) and yea... Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics, and certain other courses are awful to take. xD
Really congrats for such marks currently half way through my first year and i can confirm it is NOT at all easy to attain such grades
Calculus and Physics kicked my but lol but I’m so glad I finally made it to my last semester of computer engineering
I’m a third year mechanical engineering student in Ghana
I want to say you did really well attaining such grades
For me I also love calculus just like you did by so far my best grades were in Fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and Engineering and Technical Drawing
Big ups bro
Guy how can i contact you ?
This guy smoked me in every possible way. Well deserved, Tamer!
LMAO just sharing my grades to show people the behind the scenes of engineering. Don’t mean to flex at all 😅
@@TamerShaheen you're good :) keep up the great work though.
I would have loved degree like yours. Mine (also in mech eng) resembled more an industrial one where especial emphasis was made in management, hydraulics(not the cool ones) and HVAC.
Bro I’m a second year make more study tips your transcript is awesome
For sure and thanks :)
Man I wish I would have been able to finish my mechanical engineering degree.. life sucks sometimes man 😕 congrats on doing so well man
why couldn't you finish homie?
Why did you drop out though?
Did your understanding of calculus help you on the other courses ? And did it help you get a job and do you use it at your job ?
My understanding of calculus helped me with some other courses like fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Those use a lot of calculus to derive and solve certain equations. However, calculus didn’t help me get a job and I don’t use it at work at all
A lot of classes have nothing to do with real world unfortunately
Bro you gotta give some tips on studying for all courses while having a big courseload in eng.
I made a couple videos on that topics in the past, but I’ll make a more comprehensive one in the next couple of weeks.
These are very good score if u were to be schooling in my country except if your grading system is quite different from ours over here A=70-100,B=60-69,C=50-59,D=45-49,F=0-44
If u got 70+ as you have shown in the video, that's a perfect cgpa of 5.0 all thru ur yrs in the uni... speaking from Nigeria thou
Really respect ur grades,keep the good work going🙌..A big fan
oohhhh the dreaded dynamics, i have nightmares as well whenever i remember it lol
Ehhhh🙆🙆🙆ya nehh, I'm an electrical studentmuself but I'm really really struggling I'm doing my second year I saw your on time management, I'll implement it I believe it'll work for me as well
the workload per semester is astounding.. Seems harder than premed from an outsiders perspective
Really good performance for engineering
Thank you :)
Could you make a video talking about your personal projects or ideas for personal projects??
Ok sure, I’ll look into that
Just finished dynamics this semester. It’s def tough.
I've been watching a lot of your video's and I've been wondering, how good were you at math, physics, and chemistry in high school? Most of the courses you took in your 1st year are pretty much just high school concepts that you've already learned, but just that the problems are a lot harder. How much work did you put in high school compared to your university? Were you just an average student or were you at the top of your class?
You basically need to be top of your class in high school to make it into UofWaterloo engineering to begin with…and his University grades are on the high end
your work ethic is incredible! how did you manage all those classes every semester??
With decent time managment and discipline is possible do that.
Have a schedule or a routine that includes study in a specific hour and for a least 1 hour of time, do that every week days and a little more on weekends and you will be just fine.
For more help try to read and use the techniques of the book of Cal Newport How To Be A Straight A Student it will certaintly help you as much as helped me.
can you make a list of textbooks and online lectures to learn mechanical engineer at homw, with lab projects list?
I never had calculus in high school. How can I learn to understand it to get good at it?
Struggled for a B in calc 2 after our series unit. Calc 3 seems a lot more promising to me tho and I still love the subject!
im on series rn rip
Could you perhaps do a video on how to make Math and physics notes and understand the specifically?
Yea for sure
Great video, I have a question do you think I should take statistics in high school. I want to take engineering, I want to take biomedical engineering
I don't know why but I'm an ME student but i hate mathsss 😭😭😭 i failed once but i was able to redeem it last semester. I'm at my 3rd year now i hope i can survive this. Calculus is my nightmare i have problems understanding problems but with enough time i get it, and mostly when i finally understood the topic the exams are over lol
I HIGHLY recommend that you map out ALL your classes ASAP. This video is a good start but general education courses in the US take this to a whole new level. As a helicopter parent the idea of just turning my 18 to life sentences (2 daughters) loose in college with my money mortifies me. Anyway I was SHOCKED at the difference in coarse load between my first daughter and my second daughter. The first double majored at UC Davis in International Relations and Spanish AND she got a minor in Education. Oh and she spent a year studying Spanish in Salamanca Spain. Well she graduated in 4 years with no problems except for the little detail of trying to get a job with only daisy majors during the great recession. Well she eventually went back to college and 15 YEARS after graduating from high school she finally finished another BS degree in nursing to get a decent job.
Daughter 2 wants to be a mechanical engineer. In the process I mapped out all her required courses and was SHOCKED that it was going to take her 3 years in community college just to knock out all the math, chemistry (1 year needed to transfer to Davis) and physics. The real kicker though was all the crazy ass general education courses she STILL had to take. It is BEYOND STUPID to force engineering students to take absurd courses in gender studies when they already have a sh!t ton of STEM classes to take. That's when it occurred to me that a Daisy major is basically a major in general education which is why it is SOOOO much easier to graduate on time (but without any skills an employer will pay for). All in all it is still much more worth it to take five or even six years to get the engineering degree because you are ONE AND DONE. First daughter ran from STEM classes like the devil running from the cross only to have to bite the bullet later. Kids that don't recognize this early will just hit a wall later.
what helped you the most at getting good at calculus.
Tamer bro im still in grade 10 but I hope to take mechanical eng after school and hopefully I dont regret it😂I've always wanted to do stem tho so we'll see
Hello Tamer! I went over this video since I am about to select my 4th year technical electives in TRON. I have noticed that your4th year courses were not selected in the same specialization (ex: thermal, fluids, automation, solid mechanics, welding,...). Is there any particular reason why you chose to do so? Didn't you have any interest in specializing in one area? thanks!
Dynamics was a FUCKING nightmare had to put so much work into it. As long as the rest isnt that bad itll be a cakewalk
Did you also have a part time job in college or did you work exclusively summer internships?
hey Tamer i got another question!! do you take super notes daily? or do you sum up your notes like at the end of the week? also how big are the notebooks u like?(pages)
For the memorization type courses, I make super notes at the end of the week, usually Friday evenings. My super notes notebook where usually between 80-120 pages. However, the notebooks I used to solve world problems was like 200-250 pages.
@@TamerShaheen thanks for all the help man!! your really inspiring!! also a solid idea for ya! you should make a video talking about all the supplies you recommend for an engineering student!
Amazing vid.But we’re you keen on becoming a software engineer?
this is much harder than what i had to do at Ucla. That marble maze solver is impressive af
Haha thanks 😅
Waterloo requires their engineering students to complete 6 co-op terms as part of their program requirements. You graduate with 24 months work experience in the 5 year degree.
@@bendoverDN
Should be a requirement at all top universities imo
Well Waterloo is the top engineering school in Canada so i guess it kinda makes sense lol
This dude score 80+ like he's taking a walk in the park
I bet he used to study alot
Cool video man btw whats ur cgpa?
It says at the end of my transcript in the video. It was 86.86% tho
Can you make a must read books for mechanical engineers if you get the time
I did poorly during my first year and I have to redo some classes. I think I didn’t study efficiently enough, I think I’ll do better In person this year
Ok fair enough...I can imagine that online school have made things harder for so many people. What are some things do u struggle with when studying?
@@TamerShaheen online school kinda saved me to be frank. Idk if exams would've been easier offline, but I passed some units I never would've passed offline otherwise
Heyyy please tell me ...I am great at mathematics but hate science and can't draw. Can I still do engineering?
My other option is financial engineering which isn't really the same thing
How are your grades soooo consistent?????
Im inspired!
😊😊
Mehn, I really love the smart toilet project. Over here in Nigeria, mechanical engineering students take all the courses you mentioned except control systems.
How was it like and which school did you attend? I'm Nigerian btw...just started mech engineering in unilorin
@@a.felicity4655
Mechanical Engineering is interesting tbh. Especially if you love getting your hands dirty and trying stuff out. Isn't Unilorin on strike?
@@vicradon yes we are on strike unfortunately...thank you for your reply
Im a 3rd year Automotive Engineering student and barely surviving. Any Advice? Im Not that good at mathematics, but i sure do like the designing etc Autocad/Solidworks
Get good at math.
In all seriousness, get good at anything you're struggling at which would put you at a disadvantage in the future.
Time is the key here. Using your details; f you're great at design, maybe spend more time practicing math. I know you're probably asking Tamer but here ya go.
@@user-ej7ss8ei2g appreciate it😁
Just wanted to ask, if I am getting a 97 in high school, what approximate grade average can I expect in university? Is it still possible to have a 95+ avg in university?
Bro when are you going to make the top 10 degrees to get if you don’t know what to major in? This has taken you really long to make it, please make it?
Sure, I’ll make one as soon as I can
You guys don't take physics waves and fields or mechanical vibrations?
Where is your partial differential equations course
Do you recommend that I take a full year to do a co-op away from studies and then come back to school the next year .
Doing a co-op is always a good choice since it really helps with getting a job after u graduate. So, if u haven’t done any co-ops in the past, then it might be a good option. Also, I don’t know ur exact situation right now, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
As a former Waterloo student and also former grad school student in the US and talking to US graduate admissions officers.. EVERYONE that come from Canada should be aware that grades are heavily bell curved.. (ie normal distribution).. as in contrast in the US.. they don't do this in the US (US admissions officers are aware of this practice in canada).. by doing this, you see as what he has described there.. a few students gets in the 90's.. and most of the class is in the 70's (which is a B- or so in canada).. note canada doesn't really use the letter grade system that heavily.. Many schools in the US also only use A, B,C.. etc.. with no intermediate +/- scores.. and random garbage like someone in highschool getting a 7.0gpa.. because they had AP courses.. etc..
In my Canadian university, they haven't actually used any bell curve yet. However, the grade scale system is somewhat adjusted.
Why is it so much easier to be an mechanical engineer in usa then in eastern countries like dude this is nothing we have your 1 and 2 year in our 1 year which is crazy
Bro what subjects should I have to know good before engineering?
Can u make a video detailing your coop experiences
Sure...do u have any specific questions?
@@TamerShaheen how do you get your first coop job, and tips for prepping for it
Bro you are too smart, did you study and work?
Is same when we talk about Having bachelor degree in mechanical engineering??
Dynamics is going to kill me I guess 😭😂
Tamer gonna hit a million at this point
HAHA I hope one day 😅
How much did you speed up the this video?
did u take statics i thought that was one class that all meche's had to take or is it a class with a different name in waterloo
10:05 that’s wild
That was really nice, but I would have chosen at least 2 courses related to aerospace and aeronautic engineering, thankfully mechanical engineering has so many opportunities.
I didn’t have the option to choose my courses in my first three years of engineering 😅
@@TamerShaheen np np
Is this major even worth going through if you don't enjoy calculus or physics (I did enjoy physical science in hs though)? I'm already questioning if this is my right major and I just started this year. I don't have much time to withdraw either.
When u study ME, there will be a lot of physics and math and all other courses build on top of that. But, there’s not much physics and math once u graduate and start working. Also...if u enjoyed physical science, then maybe if you give it time you will start to enjoy it? Or if you want to switch to something else, I’m sure you can still do it since ur only in ur first year.
@@TamerShaheen Alright, thank you for your input! :)
@@LoyalCarry any update on what you’re doing right now?
Does this branch have alot of maths like electrical engineering and which subjects were the most maths heavy ?
ME and EE make use of a lot of the same math (calculus, probability, statistics, linear algebra, differential equations, Fourier analysis, complex analysis, etc.). You'll see math in just about everything, such as designing mechanical pieces, describing the paths of motion of mechanisms, points of tension and compression in joints, fixtures, describing vibrations, fluids, the dynamics of heating/cooling systems, etc.
There is nothing in any branch of engineering which is entirely free from mathematics.
The good thing is that there are lots of tables of formulas and programs that you can use to check your work. The bad thing is that you'll often have to check all the calculations by hand in order to know whether you're using the formulas properly. On rare occasions, you might have to code small programs to automate certain tedious computation processes.
5:44 how do you really deal with these kinds of profs 😭
i am an aerospace engineering and my teachers and university are sooooo bad i want way to understand the classes i had:'(
When u have bad teachers, u just gotta teach urself at that point. I did that so many times in university and unfortunately it’s just part of the experience
You must have been very hard working.
I tried my best haha, thanks 😅
why did you complete your degree in 5 years instead of 4 years?
guys if someone is still reading comments what r some high paying jobs a mechanical engineering degree get? can someone pls tell me tysm in advance.
I'm gonna get everything 200% and colonize pluto for my university project.
What are the minimum grades you need to acquire your bachelor's degree?
Every university is different...but for mine I think u needed a minimum average of 60% overall and no lower than 50% or 55% in any given course
@@TamerShaheen Ah ok sounds good. Yeah, I'm heading into biomedical engineering at UW in a week or two. Looking forward to applying all your teachings! Should also let you know that a lot of us were pretty bummed when we didn't see you as an alumni in the orientation vids today ;(
any tips for other students studying fluid mechics
Fluids usually involves a lot of calculus so make sure u have a strong foundation of it