u/Hallows_v7

Hi all,

Incoming EE major planning out fall courses - ENGR40M has been recommended heavily to me, but reviews on OnCourse about the flipped classroom / excessive workload have me a lil concerned b/c I plan on having a decently high unit quarter.

Options:

ENGR40M (5 Units, 15 hrs) - EE Workshop

ECON40 (5 Units, 11.5 hrs) - Intro to Behavioral Econ or ENERGY107A, (4 or 5 Units, 8-10 hours)

BUSGEN140 (3 Units, ~5-7 hrs*) - Intro to Corporate Finance

ECON156 (3 Units, 8 hrs) Energy Markets

ENERGY176 (3 Units, 8 hrs) - Electric System Planning

Explore Energy Seminar - 1 hr

I'd like to get involved with energy/tech finance research and related opportunities early on, but EE-specific ECs aren't a priority to me. ECON40, for example, is taught by an energy/behavioral economics professor, so I'd love to learn from him. Plus, 40M is offered again in the spring (albeit with a slightly worse rated professor, while the others are all fall exclusive) and dropping 40M would potentially enable me to take an IntroSem or at least enroll in the Energy Seminar for more units.

Any thoughts? All advice is greatly appreciated?

Edit, relevant coursework waived through AP: ECON 1, MATH 19-21, PHYSICS41, CS106A

Took linear algebra through cc.

Hi all! I’m an incoming freshman (EE in case it’s relevant), and was wondering when the busiest times of year are for new students. Because of the quarter system, it pretty much looks like we’re on go 24/7 but I was wondering if there were any particular weeks/months when your schedule is packed the most.

Asking bc I need to list out rough availabilities for some HS extracurriculars I may want to continue in college.

Thanks!

Hi all! Thanks in advance for any advice you have. Relevant info is below :)

• Country

United States

• Budget

~$2000, but I'd appreciate recs at different price levels (even as low as $1000) in case marginal benefit of spending more drops off for my needs since this is a big investment for me.

Are you open to refurbs/used options?

No

• Screen size

~14-16 inches

• Weight limit

~4 lbs

• Purpose

Engineering schoolwork, potentially light gaming.

• Form factor

Standard/clamshell

• Intended usage

Apps/Software:

MATLAB / Simulink

CAD (Tinkercad, Fusion, SolidWorks)

FL Studio / Ableton

PCB design: KiCad, Altium Designer

Circuit simulation tools: LTspice, PSpice

Python / C++ / SQL for data science & ML

Mathematica / Wolfram Alpha

Office 365 Suite

Games:

Rocket League, Valorant, Golf With Friends, maybe Fortnite (less impt) - things around this level of resource use. I don't know if I'll have the time to do any hardcore gaming, though I wouldn't complain if I had the capability to.

• Desired battery life

~8-10 hours

• Please list, in order of most important to least important, the priority between Size, Weight, Performance, Battery life

Performance, Battery life, Weight == Size

Additional Info:

Going to be studying electrical & materials engineering while recruiting for finance. As such, I'm definitely looking for a Windows machine. Ideally I'd like my laptop to be at least 120Hz and 1440p and not unbearingly loud or hot, so that if your recs do end up being gaming laptops I don't need to carry around a cooling fan lol. I'd also appreciate recommendations assuming I wasn't using it to game at all; how would that change what models and Hz/resolution I'd want, etc.

I've seen the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14/G16, Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 13, and Dell XPS 15 recommended online recently. These are just the names I've seen floating around though, and I have no idea what specs to look for or if they'll be worth it, so any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks again!