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Objectives
Define
Engineering. Explain the Characteristics of the Most Successful Engineering Students. Review Student Financial Aid Programs.
Assignment: Write an essay on why YOU are studying engineering and your engineering major. Please include a discussion about your future career plans. Due in two weeks, 2-page report, journalist style.
profession in which knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences, gained by study, experience, and practice, is applied with the judgment to develop ways to use, economically, the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind.
Proficiency in math and science. Suggested by a high school counselor. Has a relative who is an engineer. Heard its a field with tremendous job opportunities. Read that it has high starting salaries. A yearning to understand why/how things work.
is really important is that a student embarking upon a degree program, and ultimately a career, understands what the career entails and the options it presents.
Commitment
Decide
to be successful. Set appropriate goals. Stay focused. Stay determined to succeed. Remind yourself of the reasons you chose engineering.
Application
Apply Work
Strategy
Work smart and maximize effectiveness. Know what your instructor assumes you know. Make the most of lectures and classroom time. Your textbook is a supplement. Write effective solutions to all problems (clear, detailed, and organized). Practice, practice, ask, ask. Develop an examination technique.
Perseverance
Dont
give up after the first, second, or third tryKeep trying. Stay focused on your goals. Use power thinking.
Associations
Associate
with people that maintain a positive attitude; people that will help you attain your goals. Avoid underachievers and those who do not share your objectives, for they will only distract you and may cause you to deviate from what you set out to accomplish.
is critical that you plan well financially for your education. true costs of college are far higher than the tuition you pay at such schools.
The
Financial Aid
There
are five main areas from which you can draw money:
Parents.
Scholarships
Loans. Work-study Work.
and grants .
programs.
Scholarships/Grants
It
is your responsibility to seek out private scholarships and grants. These may include awards given by your or your parents employers; grants given to members of certain ethnic groups; or funds earmarked for specific majors, location of colleges, or future career choices.
Scholarships/Grants
Free National computerized scholarship search service called fastWEB at http://www.fastweb.com/ UTPA offers numerous scholarships that anyone can apply for
http://www.ess.panam.edu/finaid/new%20wp/Types/scholarship.html
Loans
Loans
may be secured from lending institutions and state and federal loan programs. These sources can be located by asking questions to the admissions officers on campus. They can provide you with the needed paperwork to apply for these loans.
or off-campus employment during school. Summer jobs. Internships. Co-ops. A combination of the above.
Academic programs in which college students are employed in positions directly related to their major field of study. There are many types of co-op education:
Alternating: a full semester of employment alternated with a full semester of school. Parallel: part-time employment and school on a concurrent basis. Back-to-back semesters: two consecutive semesters of employment, then back to school for two semesters.
Open Forum
Financial Aid Assignment (due next week): Written report (typed) of at least three scholarships/grants available to engineering students (organization, requirements, deadlines, more information).