engineering...for girls?

lily66

I am a grade 12 student right now, I'm wondering how is engineering a career for girls? I am especially interested in biomedical engineering at UA, but am also looking at other engineering options (chemical, mechanical etc.).... can anyone please share their opinions?

terry_go

Biomedical is just a option. It is not a major.

尘

让我学engg的bio不如让我学普通的bio，学的是最苦的，而且没有mm陪。

没有青春的青春

If you are considering to be an engineer someday, you need to know that you are gonna work with guys quite a lot.

心草

i am thinking about engineering too,....  many frds told me that engineering is not a good choice for girls..... i dont know why,,........ and dont konw what to do now...

尘

你可以这么想：世界上有三种人，男人女人和engineer.所以男女都无所谓，女生学的少应该是因为engg有太多动手运用的东西吧。
engineer是需要学很多东西，原理，但是最终目的是要将这些东西运用到现实生活中。
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参照以下条件，看你到底是不适合做engg：
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Symptoms that you are Engineer
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' _, r! R# n6 V1 J6 D# v- Z, ?# FApril 22, 2006 by Sandeep Jain
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* Q6 ~8 s- k4 g( e/ _$ ^6 I% rYou might be an engineer if…

% w9 \, g6 B/ E1 H8 t( }2 L3 _If your I.Q. number is bigger than your weight
If you have a habit of destroying things in order to see how they
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; Z) v0 t7 c1 gIf your wristwatch has more buttons than a telephone
5 l7 Q: a+ p1 l: vIf you introduce your wife as “mywife@home.com”
# e) g6 R! q) n% ?. s$ dIf your spouse sends you an e-mail instead of calling you to dinner
If you can quote scenes from any Monty Python movie
If you want an 52X CDROM for Christmas
5 ?# a" x: B. Y# ^  L+ N* \" GIf the only jokes you receive are through e-mail
If your idea of good interpersonal communication means getting the
decimal point in the right place
If you use a CAD package to design your son’s Pine Wood Derby car
2 t5 S4 u$ M6 }# w! s+ e4 @If you have used coat hangers and duct tape for something other than
hanging coats and taping ducts
If your ideal evening consists of fast-forwarding through the latest
+ o) s1 u/ g$ ~& Q8 t- H5 ^2 `sci-fi movie looking for technical inaccuracies
! B* E- t: g+ g! {If you have “Dilbert” comics displayed anywhere in your work area
If you carry on a one-hour debate over the expected results of a
test that actually takes five minutes to run
. X1 P3 B8 g! B4 i/ j0 c% ~- AIf you don’t even know where the cover to your personal computer is
( m. e+ \4 B1 v$ m+ x( j( kIf you have modified your can-opener to be microprocessor driven
If you know the direction the water swirls when you flush
* Z" z" X2 l; PIf you have ever taken the back off your TV just to see what’s
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If a team of you and your co-workers have set out to modify the
antenna on the radio in your work area for better reception
0 d; I7 J6 v; U$ h# x8 YIf you are currently gathering the components to build your own
nuclear reactor
. E/ y! R+ |7 [/ _$ i6 }If you have never backed-up your hard drive
: b5 k* \$ l5 ~1 KIf you are aware that computers are actually only good for playing
# |1 |5 T7 x- r1 o( [games, but are afraid to say it out loud
. U* T5 x* U# X. g4 t1 r8 _If you truly believe aliens are living among us
2 r2 `. r' o: P. L/ y- rIf you have ever saved the power cord from a broken appliance
9 C1 s6 W  u) @, s0 {; ZIf you see a good design and still have to change it
If the salespeople at Circuit City can’t answer any of your
questions
1 x  Q: I$ [* nIf you still own a slide rule and you know how to work it
If you rotate your screen savers more frequently than your
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If you have a functioning home copier machine, but every toaster you
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$ U/ ?4 l; _( L' Q& GIf you need a checklist to turn on the TV
" `4 r" W+ f; M! O- c+ o) }If you have introduced your kids by the wrong name
If the microphone or visual aids at a meeting don’t work and you
rush up to the front to fix it
5 B" D# b1 ?# J8 Q  i) o6 m! \7 LIf you can remember 7 computer passwords but not your anniversary
/ b, @# N1 p; j  X0 fIf you have memorized the program schedule for the Discovery channel
: U4 n' a! s2 A8 _) hand have seen most of the shows already
If your father sat 2 inches in front of your family’s first color TV
with a magnifying lens to see how they made the colors, and you grew
up thinking that was normal
If you know how to take the cover off of your computer, and what
size screw driver to use
, x- @) X2 L: J8 S; x1 qIf you can type 70 words a minute but can’t read your own
handwriting
If you can’t remember where you parked your car for the 3rd time
this week
# m* N8 q# R! I+ L0 [( NIf your checkbook always balances
If your girlfriend says the way you dress is no reflection on her
4 a+ `- H4 V' j' }! `+ SIf you have more friends on the Internet than in real life
If you think your computer looks better without the cover
If you think that when people around you yawn, its because they
didn’t get enough sleep
If you spend more on your home computer than your car
& L$ e& o+ p2 w+ f  s+ d- hIf you know what http:// stands for
+ M* M1 ]( E1 I! }( e) ?If your three year old son asks why the sky is blue and you try to
explain atmospheric absorption theory.
$ D; }9 N( j2 k; U, `If your lap-top computer costs more than your car.

晓晓晓晓

呵呵,我就是在学ENGG的女生^^
我觉得学ENGG挺酷的,哈哈,而且比较实用,如果毕业了想再读研究生也可以,懒的读去工作也好找.
" u) K$ X$ n9 \, ^工资也还差不多(其实我完全不知道别的职业挣多少,我就是看着COOP毕业了那价格基本够生活了才这么说的).
其实我不认为我特别聪明...或者数学物理特别好...或者动手能力很强...学ENGG的原因出于以上说过的,还有就是我似乎比较喜欢挑战,觉得学个难点的东西还学的明白的话感觉挺好的,有种只要我想没什么做不到的感觉.当然啦就学个ENGG可能没那么夸张.
! f4 a$ {2 l" [: L+ U) l3 J至于生物类的啊,估计学的女生会偏多吧?毕竟化学啊生物啊都是偏文的理科,要背要记的很多,男生们可能不喜欢(我个人也是比较喜欢理解了就OK的课,懒的背=P)二楼说的对,生物只是ENGG里一大类,生物分Chemical biomed, Mechanical biomed, Electrical biomed之类.
嗯嗯,还有,光从大一来看的话我觉得ENGG里女生并不怎么少,可能是到了大二分开了,相对来说Chemical和Environmental里的女孩子比较多,像Enigneering Physics里女生就少些.
: s3 J* J" Z, O/ R  U+ o% h* [3 V* k还要填一点,哈哈改了两次帖了,如果想学生物的话英文是强项比较沾光...比如如果LZ来加拿大有了五年十年的了(领会精神,并不是说非那么多年)学生物可能就不在话下;而如果刚刚来个一两年那种(当然啦每人水平不同)建议慎重考虑...

[ 本帖最后由 晓晓晓晓 于 2008-4-5 14:32 编辑 ]

CASH$$$

原帖由 晓晓晓晓 于 2008-4-5 14:25 发表
呵呵,我就是在学ENGG的女生^^
' `' ~- l7 l' P0 m, Y$ o, W6 }我觉得学ENGG挺酷的,哈哈,而且比较实用,如果毕业了想再读研究生也可以,懒的读去工作也好找.
工资也还差不多(其实我完全不知道别的职业挣多少,我就是看着COOP毕业了那价格基本够生活了 ...

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你是engineering什么专业的?第几年?

尘

coop毕业后的工作就基本够生活而已嘛？你这是那里听来的啊？

678

ENGG出来才够生活，你开什么玩笑啊。那我们拼了命的上了好几年大学，最后出来才能温饱？那还不如学什么ART啊 PSYCHOLOGY啊这些垃圾专业呢。

晓晓晓晓

诶.....被这么多人攻击...我只是说低调一点而已~免得别的系的说嘛.

故国神游子

原帖由 心草 于 2008-4-4 08:53 发表
i am thinking about engineering too,....  many frds told me that engineering is not a good choice for girls..... i dont know why,,........ and dont konw what to do now...

2 t2 W: L1 I& V+ _( | Don't let them fool you. That was the thinking many, many moons ago. I'm a U of A Civil Engineer grad from the 80's. From the grad pictures, there were only a handful of girls in our grad class. Things change over the years. More and more girls graduated in ENG and found excellent career in their studied field. Through the "Edmonton Chinese Engineer Society" www.eces.cc , I know there's a lot of young ladies who graduated in Civil, Environmental, Electrical, Mechanical, ... and so on. Starting salary for Eng Grads is in the range of $40,000 to $55,000. That's the salary of a Professional Eng with 10+ years experienced only 8 years ago!

( j: F0 s5 x& R4 @& G: Y: o Check out the salary survey here:

$ ?- k) g+ c; @4 |0 g) xhttp://www.apegga.org/Members/Publications/salarysurvey.html
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) l6 g! X9 c& h0 ?* c9 f9 ][ 本帖最后由 故国神游子 于 2008-4-12 03:52 编辑 ]

酸葡萄

建议女生别去读mechanical engg. 因为我就是读这个的. 觉得不是很适合女生读.出来以后的工作也是偏重男性.