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well i'm sitting in my dorm room at UAH now as i write this... i like it here because of the way cool dorms no really the caliber of the MAE dept. here is awesome but lol don't come here if you don't want to work way too hard lol or if you're not good at math... but also the opportunities here are way awesome like having cummings research park right across the street

See you in a year or two Matt!

Hey Lyn remember Ilia from camp?? She lives right next door to me! Talk about a coincidence!

Seriously? Thats weird i mean who would have thought, though then again who would have thought we would ever have met at camp lol.

i know... it's wierd as hell... i saw ben our counselor the other day too

btw... i got a job as a research assistant in redstone arsenal and everyone is jealous!

as we rightly should be! lol

ApolloXI wrote:I will try to get in FIT, UAH, Uni of Tennesse next year. I have to bring my GPA and ACT up thought to go to FIT

Being from tennessee, i wouldn't recommend UT for aerospace... the UTSI is basically dead these days... FIT is definately good for aero though...

If you're not picky about location, one really good tech school is Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, MA. That's where I'm at currently, and the way our school works is in order to graduate, you have to complete three projects - a sufficiency in the humanities, an iqp relating science and technology to society, and an mqp in your major. The mqp is a really good experience from what I understand because it gives you real life experience working in your field, as well as giving you connections to people in your field who may later hire you or give you recommedations. The school runs on a quarter system, so the terms are short and the amount of knowledge learned in one quarter is the same as a normal semester at other schools, so it's a tough workload. But the community is great as is the learning and experience you can gain in your field. We just got an actual aerospace engineering major (before it was just a concentration within the Mech E major), and it looks to be a good program. It's something to look at if you're interested.

That's interesting because I'm just finishing my application there. I'm applying to several schools in the area because that's where most of my cool (extended) family lives.

well, it's a great school, I love it here, and I've only been here two months... It's a tough schedule, but it can be good if you're willing to work (or be a slacker, like everyone else... hehe... We prove it's actually possible to be both simultaneously!)

I have an application to WPI sitting on my desk right now. I really love the school, having spent so much time with Erin up there, I really like the area and even might consider living there one day. She was on the FIRST team 190 at WPI, so I've seen quite a bit of the school, and if i was rich $$, that's probably where I'd go to school. But I'm not, so it's big Blue all the way!!

Go UAH Chargers!!!

not to mention the Washburn shops have some really neat stuff. . . CNC, anyone?

we've got tons of cool stuff... Robbert Goddard, father of modern rocketry (which anyone posting to this board should know anyway!), went here and the chemical engineering building is named after him... As far as money - loans and scholarships... that's how we all do it...

yeah. . . i wish i could afford it, i just don't know. down here i have to work to pay for school. I have the transfer application right here. . .

there are tons of opportunities to get jobs/work-study in addition to the scholarships and loans...

we will find out tuesday if we get separate accreditation for the aero program here. I am representing uah in interviewing with ABET, among some other students. They will be here monday for their school visit. Of course,with the seperate accrediation comes some slight changes, like aero would not have to take chem II like mechs., but would have to take physics III. so it may be a little harder but more class offerings could come from it.

Matt you cant leave UAH who will i know when i go there next fall? lol

lol it's ok Lyn i don't plan on leaving... i love it here!

if you come down here than you'll be the 3rd person from our team to go to uah.