Every time i see posts online about other mechanical engineering students at other universities they describe a course load that sounds a lot more time intensive and with a much lower average GPA's. I often hear about much longer and more demanding coursework, More class hours per credit, and a decent number classes where most people struggle to get by. I have a freind at UO doing physics (i know not engineering but still a stem degree thats commonly regarded as difficult) and they tell me about regularly doing 8 page long assignments of dense symbolic calculations, Most of my engineering assigmnents take up like a 3rd of that effort.

I'm a manufacturing student in my 9th term, and even with 16 credits it feels more like working part time than full time, and maybe this is just my narrow impression but i have always though that grade inflation has reached the point where if your not getting A's consistently then you aren't doing well.

While graduate student workers struggle to make a living wage, President Murthy got another raise. This follows a 6% raise trustees gave Murthy in January, and brings her total compensation, effective November, to over $777,000. Meanwhile, Oregon State will pay Football coach Trent Bray $2,000,008 for the 2024 season.

Does anyone know the difference between Oregon State’s ANS 314 Animal Physiology course vs ANS 380 Principles of Animal Anatomy and Physiology? Which one is better? ANS 314 is one credit more but the course description seems pretty vague. Which would be better prep for vet school? thanks!

chat what's the warmest floor at the valley library??? I'm freezing someone please turn the heat up

Asking for a friend

Another parent said they “need” an iPad with a stylus too. Do you all use an iPad in class? Do you need an iPad? Do you use laptops in classes too?

My son will be starting engineering in the fall and we want to get him a new laptop. Do lost people have windows or MacBooks? Are there any special considerations we should think about for things he’d need in engineering? He also has a pretty powerful desktop that he just built with gaming in mind. Thanks!

I’m in 334 right now and have gotten a 76 and 79 on the two midterms respectively. I knew I was cooked when the 76 was 4 points below the average cus apparently everyone seems to get it and I don’t. I study hard and go to the tutoring center in the library and while I can’t always make the drop in hours for SI I still do all the worksheets since they’re posted. I feel like I’m just a bad test taker and tend to second guess myself a lot but I am concerned because I know it’s only going to get harder from here. I need tips to make sure I don’t literally fail out of this series b/c it’s literally my major

Writing a post asking for a summary or someone's "favorite part" of the material takes just five minutes. It’s painfully clear when a student borrows ideas from someone else because most of the time, you’re just rewording what they said. If it’s about a specific section of the chapter, and you haven’t read it yourself, you’re only repeating what the original poster mentioned. Stop doing this. It’s not worth risking a plagiarism check.

It takes five minutes to write a discussion post asking for a summary or "your favorite part" of the material. It's crazy obvious when a student takes information from another student because 9/10 you're just rephrasing exactly what they said - and if it's about a specific part of the chapter, because you didn't read the chapter, you're just talking about what the original poster is. Quit it. It's really not worth a plagiarism tracker.

Hi y'all! Just noticed that both the MTH112 Unit 5 Exam and CH121 Final Exam are at the exact same time on the same day. I'm not really sure what to do because I can't really miss either of them?

Update: The MTH112 exam was rescheduled, I just didn't receive the email.

Hi guys!

So I stupidly didn’t enroll in a payment plan in the beginning of the term and had to take out a loan to cover it.

The loan was certified and approved on the 21st and the loan provided said it would be disbursed on the 29th.

I planned for the loan to be put into my account by the 29th so I could enroll in the payment plan then and be okay to resister for classes.

The loan, despite showing up on my financial offer and being approved still has not been disbursed and now the payment plan option is gone. I’m wondering if there are any exceptions or anything I can do to enroll in a payment plan at this point.

Okay. Currently I'm a senior in highschool (sort of I'm a middle college student at DVC in California) and have no idea what to do. Part of me thinks I should stay at my CC for at least a year after I graduate so that I can save money and just transfer instead of paying thousands of dollars to be a freshman at OSU, but another part of me REALLY wants to go because I desperately need a greater social life, a different environment but not so different that I'm away from the West Coast, I love rain, I like the liberal arts college (I think tell me if its not that great), and just want a fresh start I guess? + I've already been at DVC since my junior year with ZERO classes at my og highschool so I'm tired of this place lmao

What's nice is that there is WUE but I'm not the *best* student out there, I have a 3.5 GPA and I only have so many extracurriculars. The only thing really going for me is my tons of college credits thanks to my middle college program. And I can't really rely much on FAFSA because my family makes well over 180k a year and my mom is making me pay by myself for the first year so...

People have told me completely different things too. My teachers, professors, best friend, and college counselor tell me I need to "follow my heart" and do whats best for me, but I don't know how realistic that is. My mom, stepdad, my older sister and her boyfriend are SUPER against it and are advising me not to because of how expensive it is and how I'm not ready etc. and my mom and stepdad (the ones I live with) are not very supportive which makes it even harder lol

I have no idea what to do cause I've shed so many tears from the idea of me having to stay home in the bay for another year but I also know I need to be smart about this. Thanks for reading my long college rant :')

Hello, I'm out of state but idk how much importance that is in this. Do I need to send in both unofficial and official transcripts? I've had my school send in my official one, but on my To-Do list it is asking for my high school one. I am also still in high school, so I've only been able to submit my freshman-junior year unofficial transcript, but I cannot submit my senior unofficial. Sorry if this is confusing I can help clarify if needed. Thank you!

I need to try to waitlist a class, the OSU website says the system will be down December 5th in preparation so do they open waitlists at 12am on December 6th?

Hello,

Daughter applied to OSU and was accepted.

She did FASFA, and is applying for other scholorships, but we can't seem to find any way to actually "apply" for WUE. We assume it must be automatic, but didn't want to leave anything to chance.

Can anybody advise us on the process?

Thanks!

Edit:

Thank you for all of the responses! We went to her account low and behold she already got accepted! Thanks!

Computer recommendations for incoming freshman forestry student? Would a MacBook Pro be fine?

When should I start looking for houses for next year?

Im looking to possibly go to grad school here, specifically for a masters in water resources engineering. How competitive is engineering grad school at this university?

I’m going to be attending Oregon state for the fall in a little under a year, my issue: my boyfriend will only have his GEd by then while I will be transferring as a junior and he will transfer as a freshman I’m not even sure if we will be able to room together with him but I’m pretty sure having financial aid pay for our room is the cheapest option unless I’m mistaken, would it be better to just find apartments near the school and pay for it that way? If it feels like I have no idea what I’m talking about please give me guidance.

I just got my associates degree at a community college, I now need to transfer schools. Last time I tried a university I went to Portland state, short story short got kicked out and became homeless due to not being able to afford to stay in the dorms. How am I supposed to avoid this going to Oregon state university ? Will they let me stay attending and living there ? What if my financial aid doesn’t cover the living expenses and my classes ect? I don’t understand do I just need to be rich? I barely make $20k a year at my job now my family is poor what do I do if I want to continue my education? Is my only option to just not continue my education?

In Wilson specifically. I've been here for the entire fall term and I still have no clue how to use the heater.

So I’ve hit a dilemma, I’ve been enrolled for fall 25’ for Marine Biology, but I’ve also been considering quite a few options like oceanography, geology, environmental science(with a marine focus), and maybe zoology. My biggest concern is spending a majority of my studies out in the field and/or the ocean and not in a lab. I also understand that a lot of those majors have very competitive job fields, but I’m planning on attending graduate school as well so I’ll cross that bridge when I get there.

Hey yall and happy thanksgiving,

I have a disease known as MCAS paired with a possible type 1 diabetes diagnosis (haven’t done insulin test yet), and was wondering if anyone else with similar disabilities or conditions can actually get help from the DAS. I’ve sent emails left and right and I get nothin, no messages or responses.

E.G* I’m dying and my weight is dropping, I’m malnourished with vitamins and struggling to breathe every day, but its whatev.

Does anyone know what date I have to let OSU know if I'm attending or not? I tried looking online but didn't see it anywhere

This may be a silly question, but I see the "Beaver's Digest" around campus. Can I just take one?

will campus buildings be closed tomorrow?

How can a person go to Portland (Like shopping mall in Washington Square) from Corvallis without driving license? Want some detailed information about shuttles. ( If I want to stay at Portland till 10pm and back to Corvallis. )