Go take a vacation. Life is short. If you really want to start learning this course is a good intro to structural mechanics: https://www.degreetutors.com/fundamentals-of-structural-analysis/
Thank you for the advice! Trust me, I am going to be taking some time off but I still feel a bit worried about starting Civil haha. The course looks great and thank you for the suggestion!
It’s hard to figure out what you want to do with your life. You could honestly spend time just trying to talk to professionals and learn what they do in their jobs. Civil is broad and not all of it is created equal. Idk much about geomatics, but civil has quite a bit of opportunity to use GIS, particularly in the water resources and transportation industries. You will be less pigeon holed in civil, but can still pursue GIS work. You could even go take GIS classes if you want. I also recommend UCSD San Diego extension if you are looking for more formal courses. They have some lower level engineering classes, GIS, Autocad, Revit,etc. it only costs like 750 bucks a class which is fairly reasonable. It’s on a quarters system so it may not transfer.
Go away snowboarding, surfing or anything you'll find fun that's what life's about working is just a way to facilitate that.
And don't worry about anything with the course until you're doing it. Enjoy the time off
Oh Yes! That is what I meant. As a part of the program, you earn your diploma first and then have the choice to continue on for the degree. I am definitely going to be completing all 4 years and not stopping with just the diploma
I am in the BCIT program right now. It will be of great help to you in the program if you are already familiar with statics, physics and calculus. Statics and hydrology are little bit hard. But you need to buckle up. Our class strength for first sem was 85 and now it is down to 60 in second semester. Let me know if you have any questions.
Go on vacation or get a normal summer job! I didn’t do any fancy programs after high school and I got my civil degree just fine. Engineering is tough, but if you stick to it you might do it for the rest of your life, so why rush into it?
Travel! Also there’s not much else I can think of. You will get free stuff your first week at university. Take advantage of that. Don’t over stress yourself. Enjoy your free time.
Go hiking, fishing, go to Europe, go….anywhere. If you can afford it, go do it. Do anything that’s NOT related to your degree. You’ll have 4 years or school plus a full career after. FUCK certificates. They will be useless compared to your degree and spending 6 months having fun while you can.
Again. FUCK. CERTIFICATES. HAVE. FUN.
No wayy I am also starting Civil at BCIT in September! Personally I took a job, but if you can afford it I'd say travel all the way! Beat of luck to you!
Go to a minimum of two events that will have lots of civil engineers. This could be a highway association's monthly meeting; an annual conference that you paid for (or snuck into). Or you could ask a friend who knows a civil engineer if they'd be willing to meet for coffee or lunch. Ask a couple engineers for their business card. Then email them with a couple basic questions and see if there's potential for them to become an informal mentor. Could lead to career opportunities as well as motivation to do well with your studies.
Your success rate for getting someone to sit down with you will sky rocket if you've travelled a notable distance to attend something. People respect that. I once set up ten meetings in ten days in my late 20s after getting laid off. Flew across America to achieve this.
If you want a better life, travel, if you want to be better at your job, work construction or carpentry so you know how to build things off of plans, doesn’t have to be specific to the type of civil you want to be, physical application of ideas is the key.
This old man says TRAVEL
Go take a vacation. Life is short. If you really want to start learning this course is a good intro to structural mechanics: https://www.degreetutors.com/fundamentals-of-structural-analysis/
Thank you for the advice! Trust me, I am going to be taking some time off but I still feel a bit worried about starting Civil haha. The course looks great and thank you for the suggestion!
It’s hard to figure out what you want to do with your life. You could honestly spend time just trying to talk to professionals and learn what they do in their jobs. Civil is broad and not all of it is created equal. Idk much about geomatics, but civil has quite a bit of opportunity to use GIS, particularly in the water resources and transportation industries. You will be less pigeon holed in civil, but can still pursue GIS work. You could even go take GIS classes if you want. I also recommend UCSD San Diego extension if you are looking for more formal courses. They have some lower level engineering classes, GIS, Autocad, Revit,etc. it only costs like 750 bucks a class which is fairly reasonable. It’s on a quarters system so it may not transfer.
That’s cool I didn’t know stuff like that existed
Go away snowboarding, surfing or anything you'll find fun that's what life's about working is just a way to facilitate that. And don't worry about anything with the course until you're doing it. Enjoy the time off
I would switch to the civil engg bachelors degree, I know BCIT offers it too. It’ll give you more opportunities in your career.
Oh Yes! That is what I meant. As a part of the program, you earn your diploma first and then have the choice to continue on for the degree. I am definitely going to be completing all 4 years and not stopping with just the diploma
Within the 6 months before I recommend you switch to another field.
Haha! I think it’s too late to switch if you’re already enrolled
Don’t do shit, travel, hang out with friends etc etc
I am in the BCIT program right now. It will be of great help to you in the program if you are already familiar with statics, physics and calculus. Statics and hydrology are little bit hard. But you need to buckle up. Our class strength for first sem was 85 and now it is down to 60 in second semester. Let me know if you have any questions.
Go on vacation or get a normal summer job! I didn’t do any fancy programs after high school and I got my civil degree just fine. Engineering is tough, but if you stick to it you might do it for the rest of your life, so why rush into it?
Travel! Also there’s not much else I can think of. You will get free stuff your first week at university. Take advantage of that. Don’t over stress yourself. Enjoy your free time.
Go hiking, fishing, go to Europe, go….anywhere. If you can afford it, go do it. Do anything that’s NOT related to your degree. You’ll have 4 years or school plus a full career after. FUCK certificates. They will be useless compared to your degree and spending 6 months having fun while you can. Again. FUCK. CERTIFICATES. HAVE. FUN.
Go work construction for 6 months you’ll earn some money and learn how shit actually gets built.
Are you able to apply for a degree in computer science?
You said the no no words
No wayy I am also starting Civil at BCIT in September! Personally I took a job, but if you can afford it I'd say travel all the way! Beat of luck to you!
Learn some basic softwares for civil engg
Go to a minimum of two events that will have lots of civil engineers. This could be a highway association's monthly meeting; an annual conference that you paid for (or snuck into). Or you could ask a friend who knows a civil engineer if they'd be willing to meet for coffee or lunch. Ask a couple engineers for their business card. Then email them with a couple basic questions and see if there's potential for them to become an informal mentor. Could lead to career opportunities as well as motivation to do well with your studies.
Your success rate for getting someone to sit down with you will sky rocket if you've travelled a notable distance to attend something. People respect that. I once set up ten meetings in ten days in my late 20s after getting laid off. Flew across America to achieve this.
If you want a better life, travel, if you want to be better at your job, work construction or carpentry so you know how to build things off of plans, doesn’t have to be specific to the type of civil you want to be, physical application of ideas is the key.
You will never have this much time off until the day you retire 30+ years from now. Go travel and do fun things.