University of Hartford and Hartford CT

[tiger-SE-R]

University of Hartford is the college I attended, nice easy to get around campus, like any other college there are quite a bit of parties, but the campus is REAL close to not-so nice areas. Read the Hartford Courant online if u want crime statistics. Search out Asylum ave, Albany ave for examples.

They have a great sports complex for working out, shuttles to 2 malls around the area. It will cost you a small fortune if you want to park your ride at the college for the year. The charge does go down yearly, but freshmen pay the most. Class sizes were perfect for about 75% of the classes I took. However the rest you will have some where you're in a hall with 150 people or more.

My suggestion to you would be to go to community college for 1-2 years to save money and take the core classses, then transfer in to U Hart. When I went over 10 years ago it cost somewhere around $27k a year, I can't imagine what its at now. But then again all your posts seem like money is never an option so do what you do.

U Hart is like 20 minutes from me (back roads) 10 minutes (highway)

shoot me a email if you have any other questions....

[SHIFT_COUPE]

Hartford is a hole.

[breadbox]

Maybe I should go to that school just so I can eat at your house.

[Red coupe]

You can pretty much ignore what most people ever tell you about Engineering majors and the "social scene" of any non-huge college. Fact is, until you go visit and actually get a student's perspective, you won't have a clear picture of what life at that school is like.

I go to a predominately engineering and computer science school. There are plenty of engineers with solid grades who party. It's all about time management.

There are also plenty of people here who sit around and play WoW all the time. That's true at many schools. It's highly dependent on the personality of the individual, not on what school or what major they are in.

Frankly, you have to let loose sometimes or you'll get too stressed out in college. You just have to learn when it's a good time to do so.

I suggest you try to go to the best school you can get into for whatever type of engineering you want to do.

As a point of interest notice that all the people who are talking about how engineering leaves you with no time for study are not engineering students themselves. (Though it is true that you will have less time then if you were studying nursing or business)

What kind of engineering you doing anyways?

[tiger-SE-R]

Maybe I should go to that school just so I can eat at your house.

Lol

last weekends feast was bbq pulled pork shoulder. 7 or so hours cooked over mesquite.

[Heavy]

nala dont even dare driving acorss the state line, ill be waiting at exit 1 on 84 with a barret...lol jk

hartford is a good school, but like people previously said the area surrounding it is poo, arent there a bunch of schools in westchester county by you?

[breadbox]

Don't talk like that. I haven't had EPIC BBQ in a while.

I mean I have had some tasty sandwiches lately, after all VA churns out some great stuff, but that sound like an event.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

If engineering consumed ALL your time, then there wouldn't be people doing double majors... like me.

I majored in Mechanical Engineering and German. There was a s*** ton of work, but you soon learn to do work effectively. English papers become a joke, you can crack them out in like 15 minutes.

If you aren't good at math, and can't grasp physics, DO NOT do Engineering. You probably won't have any time to join a frat either. I knew 1 engineer that joined a frat, and he flunked out of Engineering in his 3rd semester. Also, the girl situation IS pretty grim. Try to find a school that has a good engineering program, as well as a good nursing program, and ask if they have any engineering/nursing mixers. They probably don't.

...but when the engineers finally do go out and party... it is a glorious thing. The best parties I have ever been to were held by Engineers. The best beer, kegs that sit in ice baths and then run the lines through large heat exchangers which are also in ice baths (sometimes salt ice baths so as to get the temperature below 32 degrees), wonderfully constructed beer pong tables, the best stereo systems, good music, and good people.

$30k+ per year is quite pricey...

I am certainly not at Harvard, but Cal Poly is reasonably well known for our engineering programs.

This man speaks the truth.

Basically you should be looking for any "accredited" Engineering school.

[intermilanrox]

I have to agree with you. Engineering can be a tough major. I feel like it would be even harder if you are laking as much common sense as Nala is, but thats his problem.

However, Engineers don't have the hardest major at all. My cousin just recently graduated from Bucknell in Mechanical Engineering. He was near the top of his class, was a member of a frat and was captain of the crew team. That being said, it is possibe to have a life other than work as an engineering major, but you better have really good time managment.

As for going to college in Hartford, I wouldn't. It might be a decent school, but the area sucks. I'd try to find somewhere else to attend.

[naladude911]

1. I know Hartford isn't a very nice city, but the campus is in one of its nicest parts.2. A lot of girls go to Hartford.3. Money is not an issue. I also got a grant of $10,0004. I am not going to a community college with a 3.0 GPA.

[ProudNissanFreak]

Your priority shouldn't be girls. It should be the quality the education you will be receiving. There are plenty of attractive girls at all universities and colleges, so that's not a problem.

Also, there's nothing wrong with going to a CC, regardless of your GPA. I had a 3.6 and I'm at a CC. It's cheaper, gives me time to save up for the real deal, and sometimes, there are less useless general ed classes to take which saves you money.

[Red coupe]

yeah, community college classes transfer and count for the exact same thing as taking them at a real school.... but it costs way way less.

[nissangirl74]

3. Money is not an issue. I also got a grant of $10,0004. I am not going to a community college with a 3.0 GPA.

Just because money isn't an issue doesn't mean you should piss it away. There's nothing wrong with going to a CC. It's the smartest way to go. Less stress, less money, same college credit, more time for fun and dating.

P.S. - Lots of girls go to Community College!

[PapaSmurf2k3]

P.S. - Lots of girls go to Community College!

This is true. To loosely quote superbad- "The girls are half as smart and thus twice as likely to falace me!"

[tiger-SE-R]

1. I know Hartford isn't a very nice city, but the campus is in one of its nicest parts.

right on the other side of the campus is barb wire and low income housing

2. A lot of girls go to Hartford.

if your only reason to go to a school is to get laid in Hartford, I'll save you some time, travel 1/2 mile down the road and you can pay someone to take care of that task.

3. Money is not an issue. I also got a grant of $10,0004. I am not going to a community college with a 3.0 GPA.

You're missing the point I made as well as the others, you can save several thousand dollers just by taking the core classes at a CC. Its not a matter of whether you can afford it, its a matter of sensability. Think of all the things you could do with a extra 20k in your pocket.

Also, there's nothing wrong with going to a CC, regardless of your GPA. I had a 3.6 and I'm at a CC. It's cheaper, gives me time to save up for the real deal, and sometimes, there are less useless general ed classes to take which saves you money.

yeah, community college classes transfer and count for the exact same thing as taking them at a real school.... but it costs way way less.

Just because money isn't an issue doesn't mean you should piss it away. There's nothing wrong with going to a CC. It's the smartest way to go. Less stress, less money, same college credit, more time for fun and dating.

P.S. - Lots of girls go to Community College!

[naladude911]

I dont want to go to a community college.

[nametakennow]

yeah, community college classes transfer and count for the exact same thing as taking them at a real school.... but it costs way way less.

Not always. It depends on the school and its relationship with the smaller one/ community college.

I completely get wanting to go ahead on to the 4yr school from the beginning. It's not necessarily the most fiscally effective method (though this also depends on the school), but you do get used to how everything operates and don't have to relearn those things half way through.

As others have said, Nala, if your reason is girls, you ought to check your priorities. Engineering plus girls is a tough request in many places. Furthermore, believe it or not you're there for the education. I promise there will be girls even for you.

Again - Find the BEST school you can get into for whatever type of engineering you want to do and go there. The social piece will develop.

Develop good time management habits early and don't forget to enjoy yourself.

[Red coupe]

Not always. It depends on the school and its relationship with the smaller one/ community college.

I completely get wanting to go ahead on to the 4yr school from the beginning. It's not necessarily the most fiscally effective method (though this also depends on the school), but you do get used to how everything operates and don't have to relearn those things half way through.

As others have said, Nala, if your reason is girls, you ought to check your priorities. Engineering plus girls is a tough request in many places. Furthermore, believe it or not you're there for the education. I promise there will be girls even for you.

Again - Find the BEST school you can get into for whatever type of engineering you want to do and go there. The social piece will develop.

Develop good time management habits early and don't forget to enjoy yourself.

http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.htmlRead. Take the classes that are transferable.

If he cant find something similar for his state, and take a class that transfers he is too dumb for engineering.

Community College makes it possible to explore other majors easily and cheaply. 65% chance Nala will transfer out of engineering. At least this way you can test the waters with out wasting your parents money.

[ProudNissanFreak]

Red Coupe's right.

I started as an engineering major when I went to UCF for my first year. Turned out, I couldn't do math worth s***, nor did I enjoy engineering anymore. On top of that, I realized I couldn't afford to stay at UCF. So, I downgraded to a CC. It's not so bad here, classes are small and you get more attention from the professors. Trust me, CC is good, especially if you don't have the discipline to handle university level classes.

A lot of the classes in a CC like your general eds and some core classes are going to be a less stressful for you.

I was lucky enough to have a professor who's the CEO of a company and he hired me as a programmer. There are a lot of opportunities either way, the decision is ultimately yours.

[Red coupe]

Both my physics and math were BETTER at CC then at cal poly. I had an amazing math teacher, and the trig based physics I took was harder then the calculus based class I had to take here.

[ProudNissanFreak]

^ Agreed. I'm going to take physics 1 and 2 here so I don't have to at USF this fall.

[240marcuSX]

I hope you're much more book smart than you've demonstrated in your posts on here.

Hows your algebra? Had any calculus?

If you really want to be an engineer, you can definitely do it, its just alot of work. But its not so much that your social life will suffer, if you can manage your time decently.

On one hand, I want to tell you to go to engineering school if you want, but on the other hand, the world doesn't need any half-assed engineers, so take it seriously.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

the world doesn't need any half-assed engineers, so take it seriously.

This is very true. Keep in mind, as an engineer, you actually have the responsibility to not f*** up. You will most likely have to take an engineering ethics class. Upon graduation, you will probably get hired by a company. Companies usually want to push you to make things as cheaply as possible, but you have to know when you have to push back for certain things, even if it will cost more money in the end. Remember the firestone tread separation fiasco? Yeah, that was an engineering mistake... a big one.

You can get in a LOT of trouble as an engineer... especially civil. If you design a bridge that falls down and kills people due to its design, you are f***ed.

[Red coupe]

I hope you're much more book smart than you've demonstrated in your posts on here.

Hows your algebra? Had any calculus?

If you really want to be an engineer, you can definitely do it, its just alot of work. But its not so much that your social life will suffer, if you can manage your time decently.

On one hand, I want to tell you to go to engineering school if you want, but on the other hand, the world doesn't need any half-assed engineers, so take it seriously.

I would honestly say book smart people suck at engineering. They try to hard to memorize what they read and always want to work off a formula. You really need to learn to just figure things out, rather then memorizing sections of books. You will never memorize enough books, so you need to just understand and know what book to look back at.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Right. Employers don't expect you to remember everything you learned in school, but they do expect you to know where to look, and remember basic concepts and problem solving maneuvers.

[fiznat]

I am a paramedic working in Hartford and some of the surrounding towns. I don't know much about the UHA academic life, but I know the area very very well and I've been in and out of that campus about a million times for 911 calls. If there is anything I can help you with feel free to shoot me an email -- fiznat _at_ gmail.com

[PapaSmurf2k3]

^ Foster is good people Nala.

Congrats on the engagement buddy!

[numbnuts240]

if you really want to study engineering in ct, check out unh. i hear they've got one of the better engineering programs in the state. and the campus borders the hood, just like u of h

[RobPaulson]

i'm an engineer.

went to a UCONN for comp sci engineering. one of the top CSE programs in the country.

unless you want to be mechanical with a business minor or something, dont do it. engineering sucks unless you're an over achiever. it gets old real quick

[naladude911]

allright. I see the campus on Thursday and I may be minoring in business since I want to eventually have my own engineering firm