Electrical engineering - studies, a complete layman, is it worth it?

Good morning! Hello to all forum users.
I have a question for people who study or have studied at the polytechnic. Well, I'm finishing high school education and I'm thinking about choosing a university. I am thinking about polytechnic because I would like to do something practical in this school. I'm thinking about electrical engineering or power engineering, but I've never really been interested in these areas. However, these are interesting fields and I do not know if I would find myself in them until I try. Are these directions difficult? Will I have problems with labs and exercises without practical skills that I could not acquire in lo (my colleagues from technicians will probably have them)? And physics in this field is usually for two semesters. Will I be able to cope if in high school I did practically nothing in physics? Profile mat-physics but physics on a terrible level. Can it be made up for? And also computer science, do you need some significant programming skills there? What does it all look like? Do I know what I am getting myself into with this polytechnic? Perhaps you suggest a different direction. Please help.

Lost.

This is very good advice, if you don't do it and you don't like it, it's a waste of time.
As for the University of Technology or the university in general, if you don't learn something yourself, the university won't teach you anything. From colloquium to colloquium on cheats, ready-mades and eternal combinations, and after studies you know what...

You are asking questions that you should answer for yourself.

Manum wrote:

Are these directions difficult?

Yes

Manum wrote:

Will I have problems with labs, exercises without practical skills that I could not acquire in lo (my colleagues from technicians will probably have them)?

Not necessarily.

Manum wrote:

Will I be able to cope if in high school I did practically nothing in physics? Profile mat-physics but physics on a terrible level.

It depends only on you. Just because you had a low level of physics now doesn't mean you will have problems with it for the rest of your life.

Manum wrote:

Can it be made up for?

Everything can be made up. You just have to want.

Manum wrote:

And also computer science, do you need some significant programming skills there?

Everything can be learned. You need a bit of will.

Manum wrote:

What does it all look like? Do I know what I am getting myself into with this polytechnic?

As for the degree of difficulty, it depends on who you get.
Regarding the material, what is in high school is covered in 3-4 months, and then there are new things, so whether you are a technical or high school graduate, you have to study.
In labs, those after technical school have it a little easier. But first you have to get to those labs.

Thank you very much for all the replies At the polytechnic, the high school program is reworked from scratch for these 3 months? I know that being interested and passionate about the field you are studying helps a lot. But how do I know if it's interesting to me if I've never been in it? What do you think about production management and engineering? [/quote]

Certainly not from scratch.
In my first semester, we did logic, sequences, functions, differentials and indefinite integrals.
It's supposed to be in high school. And when my friend was in math, he probably had advanced mathematics, maybe he had more.
But the pace is much faster. For example, strings are processed in a week.

Manum wrote:

Are these directions difficult?

Are not. There were 240 people in my direction. Over 200 people have graduated.

Manum wrote:

Will I have problems with labs and exercises without practical skills that I could not acquire in lo (technician colleagues will probably have them)?

At first, you may just feel lost. I gained a lot of theoretical knowledge from the technical school, less practical knowledge. The only thing I could do better was connect the circuits. After that, everything evened out.

Manum wrote:

And physics in this field is usually for two semesters. Will I be able to cope if in high school I did practically nothing in physics? Profile mat-physics but physics on a terrible level. Can it be made up for?

Depending on the university and the teacher, because it is he who gives you knowledge and explains it. The university usually organizes "compensatory classes" for the weaker ones. It's always an option. And a lot depends on you whether you want to make up for it.

Manum wrote:

And also computer science, do you need some significant programming skills there?

You don't have to have. You'll get them as you go.

zwierzak5000 wrote:

Manum wrote:

Are these directions difficult?

Are not. There were 240 people in my direction. Over 200 people have graduated.

And it depends on how you look at the difficulty of the direction.

@animal5000
Was it the first degree studies or are you talking about the second degree?
At a polytechnic or another university?

I also started with 240 people, but by the last year they had reached about 150.
From which I think it defended 100-120.

At my university of technology (not in Warsaw) Electrical Engineering was considered one of the most difficult majors. Right behind Construction. But it probably also depends on the university.

bodzio507 wrote:

@animal5000
Was it the first degree studies or are you talking about the second degree?
At a polytechnic or another university?

I also started with 240 people, but by the last year they had reached about 150.
From which I think it defended 100-120.

At my university of technology (not in Warsaw) Electrical Engineering was considered one of the most difficult majors. Right behind Construction. But it probably also depends on the university.

I'm talking about the 1st degree in PW. I have to admit that there was a good staff at the electric one at Warsaw University of Technology (of course, with a few exceptions). And I must admit that my jaw dropped when I met Bolkowski and that he was a really great man (but not in height).

With Bolkowski - respect :)

I think that the rank of the university matters here and that it is the first degree.
I had uniform studies and on the eastern wall. So that's probably where the bigger cutout comes from.

With such a lack of determination and interest in the subject, I do not bode well.
Reminds me of an old joke about the difference between a theorist and an impotent
There is none, because both know how, but neither can.

Do you really have no interests in which you would like to deepen your knowledge and then work in accordance with them?

In October, there were 230 of us on the list, now there are barely over 100. The pass rate in physics, even with the make-up date, is less than 50%, in math it was a bit better. And this is just the easiest semester

Is the first semester the easiest?

Maybe in terms of the processed material, yes. But overall, it's the jump from high school to college that makes the first year the worst of all.
Most of the subjects are not directly related to the major (mathematics, physics), the fast pace of the material and the lack of learning skills make it downhill after passing the first year.
In my opinion, the last semester is the easiest :)

As for screening, it depends on a lot of factors. Mainly on the level of studies, the level of the group and the lecturers you will find.
For example, I had a lite physics and everyone was lecturing on math.

I will say this. In the first semester, you had to study only physics, algebra and analysis. The rest of the subjects are rather fillers, and you could pass them by learning by heart.
In the second semester, the fillers are slowly starting to run out and there are: Analyze 2, vector analysis, circuit theory and laboratories for which you have to study systematically because there are tickets and they throw you out of the room. And we also have programming in C, which will also be difficult because of the teacher who gives very difficult tasks for the colloquium.

From the third semester, the massacre begins. People from older years unanimously admit that the 4th, 5th, 6th semester was the hardest in the sense of "I don't sleep because I'm doing reports".

Thanks for the help

And how are you doing?

I became an accountant. I recommend, you don't have to play these stupid things and you can earn good money

Circuit theory, you can destroy anyone. At my university, maybe 100 students started electrical engineering and 20 graduated.

Usually, there is a preparatory / compensatory course at math polybuds.

Electric machines are the worst. More than one Cossack was sent to the dean's office