Mechanical Engineers of TSR

brilliant! Thanks bro

One thing thats concerning me so far from what iv heard is the team projects do you get to choose who you want to work with? Because it wont be fair if you get grouped with **** people who don't do the work then you will fail because of that...

I don't mind working in teams i contribute and work hard on whatever i do but it would suck if you had to catch up other people's work.

It depends. Some projects are pretty small... Such as, making a poster or designing a bridge over the course of a week. For things like that, you pick your team (2-3 people typically), but it had to be people out of our tutor group as we we're all timetabled together.

For things like the RC car, it's a tutor group project (~12 people, but I think two of them have left already. I have never seen them). It can be a pain as some people just don't show up to meets and don't do any work. The resolution is simple: They won't get any marks. We just do the work by ourselves and there are enough of us that we can do it without the others showing up. They're not having our marks either... We'll just say they didn't help, and thus, they have no reason to be rewarded!

If it's obvious that people weren't helping, you can just mention it and the assessor will probably mark the individual people (rather than the team as a whole) and you might get the benefit of the doubt for it.

It hasn't been an issue though. We get on fine. Some people don't turn up, but that's not my problem.

I don't really have anything specific to add that SillyEddy hasn't. If anyone does have any specific questions then let me know and I'll do my best to answer them. Warning, though: I don't know anything about A-levels though as I'm Scottish, nor do I know many specifics about engineering departments at English or Welsh universities, except what I've picked up on TSR.

How is the 4th year in comparison to the other years and what were your project experiences?

4th year was by far the hardest year.

Could you be a bit more specific regarding project experiences? There's a lot I could say but don't have the time to say it.

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Hi I'm a international student and I'm applying for Mechanical Engineering too, I noticed that not many people applied for mechanical engineering in TSR, is mechanical engineering considered a "cold" course in the UK?

Hi I'm a international student and I'm applying for Mechanical Engineering too, I noticed that not many people applied for mechanical engineering in TSR, is mechanical engineering considered a "cold" course in the UK?

Welcome

Where did you apply? xD

I don't know much about engineering but I can say that in my jobseekers group sessions, there is one lad who is a qualified mechanical engineer but he hasn't been able to find any work. That might just be because there are no jobs in our town for him
Ignore this if I just spouted rubbish!!

Hello to you too.

I've applied to Bath, Southampton, Sheffield, Bristol and Imperial and received offers from the first 3.
Still waiting for Bristol and Imperial to reply .

You?

Hello to you too.

I've applied to Bath, Southampton, Sheffield, Bristol and Imperial and received offers from the first 3.
Still waiting for Bristol and Imperial to reply .

You?

At my university they group mechanical, automotive, aerospace and motorsport students together for the main lectures and skills classes - There had to be 3 groups made for the mechanical engineers (compared to one group for the other disciplines).


There are a LOT of mechanical engineers at my university!

Ouch, then I gonna have a tough time getting into the university i want

Not necessarily, they'll try to accommodate everyone where possible. Because engineers are typically grouped as part of a larger forum (with other similar disciplines) there could be more spaces for mechanical because fewer people are doing the other courses.

Which university were you thinking of?