Is There A Minimum IQ For Engineering?
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2024
- Are you interested in studying engineering or STEM but wonder if worried that you're not smart enough? Is there a minimum IQ that will get you to graduation? And if so, can you increase your IQ to fill the gap?
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Your channel was one of the reasons I wanted to go down the route of engineering and I have just received 2 civil engineering degree apprenticeship offers in the UK!
Thats fantastic! happy to hear it
i think the most important component of progressing in any field is genuine interest and a natural insatiable curiosity
I was always a slow reader with poor comprehension. Then in about my second year of college one day I started speed reading. Self taught. Later I learned my IQ was 135 so I think I was sort of stuck in slow mode. Turns out I also had a fast forward. I found sitting though classes to be boring and unproductive. So started studying more and going about half my classes. People with high IQs actually have a overactive brain than presents it's own challenges. I've often thought my life may have been better if I was 120 or so.
I ain't giving up although I'm failing most of my exams and could still pass barely. I can improve myself even more and have the potential to get an A's and to finish the journey as an engineering student. Thanks for this video!
Great video. I appreciate how humble you are. Cheers!
glad you liked it!
In my opinion as a 2nd year civil engineering student......all you need is basic mathematics and some basic physics that's it. And of course a brain which is functioning if it's not functioning it means your dead then you cannot purse engineering 😅
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Yeah, ´basic´ actually requires above averageness. So yes there is a requirement.
@@jackdeniston6150 Yes Sir I totally agree with you
@@jackdeniston6150 What is exactly meant by "above averageness"?
This was an amazing video thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for the advice
youre very welcome!
Yearly, my school admitted 800 students, but only 250 graduated.
For my father, it was 100 in and 100 out. Way more selective.
Just read the books and hope to get passing grades.
I took the WAIS test and was slightly over mid 120 a few years ago and thought the average was 135 for the harder engineering degrees. I've been stressing over it a lot, I'm 32 with a GED and was homeschooled with a bad education (Mostly creationist junk.) I have worked trades/run a lawncare business my whole life but have always been obsessed with engineering.
I specifically am deeply interested in propulsion systems like hall effect thrusters and anything stupid fast/powerful. I'm kinda realizing I'll have to go for a Master's or beyond to work on projects like that and don't want to waste my time if only geniuses can really expect to pursue such things.
I'm in a point in my life where I don't worry about money anymore and can just do it but honestly I'm scared and feel like if I'm not naturally capable of it I'll waste a lot of time when I can make more money doing things I already do and just get into math and engineering as a hobby at home.
If anyone has any advice I appreciate it, I don't care about ego only truth so hit me.
There's a lot I don't know about you, and this isn't advice. I'm not gonna try to convince you, out of respect for you. Here is my personal perspectives, if it is of any value to you.... My IQ is lower than yours, and I'm 44 yrs. old and have a GED. I'm going for it. I'm going for adult high school, then preparatory college courses, then engineering. It's a long term investment. You may or may not want to do that. I think it will work for me. I see the future Potentialities. However, I don't have the success that you have, career wise. Note: For me, Fear is No Way to Live and Thrive. It's important for me to Thrive as a part of living. However, your perspectives may differ about life, living, or thriving and their relationships with fear. Some people feel differently about fear than I do. For me, I don't want it, so I Work to rid myself of it. Fear can, in certain cases, dissipate, the more a person Works to Do the thing they're afraid of, if that fear was unwarranted or unnecessary. What If.... W-h-a-t I-f.... This is what I ask myself, in a beneficial way. I also remind myself, "Forget yourself and get to Work". This can apply to whatever I Choose.
I have exactly 1 friend, wouldn't consider myself very successful. You're right though, I find it hard to do things without extreme confidence of the outcome. Recently though I sold everything, loaded up my F-150 and left East, TX which isn't like me, I feel like I'm test driving a midlife crisis lol.
I don't want to get political but I'm a right Libertarian and my opinions are public. I'm concerned if my positions were to ever be discovered in a University I'd be done, this may or may not be a rational fear, not sure. You're right though, what ifs have caused me vastly more pain and regret in life than my failures, not even a competition. "What if I gave her a chance dating, she seemed perfect" "What if I had left East, Texas when I was 20 instead of 32"
My life has been pretty shit until recently, money never made me happy and until recently I've never bought anything for pleasure since I was in my late 20's or so and bought a nice mountain bike, that's it. I appreciate the feedback but I think I need to learn to actually enjoy life instead of hoarding money like a fat dragon. @@JoshuaYourFriend2
I wish you the best of luck and hope it works out for you.@@JoshuaYourFriend2
If you want to work in the industry, then go for the degree. Don't worry about how smart you are. Your brain will adapt as you go as long as youre persistent.
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As a student that’s about to go into college everyone has always been telling me to go into medicine and become a surgeon but for some reason I’ve been thinking of becoming a mechanical engineer. I’m not a super genius or anything I’m just average at math and physics and I hate chemistry 😂 but for some reason I really want to go into mechanical or computer engineering so should I do it cause I’m afraid to waste my parents money and disappoint them but I think I want to go into mechanical engineering
He didn't cover the range of STEM occupations. Like where are physicists, research boi related occupations. So directed only at engineering is limited. One would still need a guidance counselor.
amazing video man !!!! soem people say that engineering is for the smartest but your a better guy: my name is yaganesh
hey thanks! i agree. anyone can do it
And I want to get into mechanical engineering cause I wanna help someone close to me who had a condition that limited their physical and that has been my main inspiration to get into mechanical engineering and help people
i love this
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What if you have good visual spatial but slow processing speed? Autism and adhd.
Then find a place among engineering "technicians" Not as an Engineer. If you get on a team of Engineers with higher IQ's your going to embarrass/hurt yourself. Don't do it. If you start at work as an assistant to engineers after you learn a lot you may find it easier to step into an Engineering position. Also, Stay narrow in your field of interest this makes it easier to master. Blessings.
I respectfully disagree. As a graduate level Engineer I agree you need to put in the work no matter how smart you are. You also need a passion for the subject which is mostly math, physic fundamentals at the undergraduate level. At the graduate level creativity enters the equation and you need to publish. I understand part of what you do is motivational speaking/advertising. Let's not kid or mislead anyone for CZcams views! If you want to publish in a peer review scientific Journal a 120 IQ won't even cut it. Why? Because your peer review is evaluated by world class scientists who are brilliant. Why don't you consider an article on this topic? Just because you hold an undergraduate degree in Engineering does not make you an Engineer. Looks like this is what you are referring to in this video. If you want to contribute to the field of Engineering? You need at least superior IQ within the top 5% of our population.
Sure bud
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Idk I just got a bachelors in mechanical engineering but I feel like an idiot 😅 there’s always more to learn and experience to be gained.
I'm a 22yo engineering student. I started my STEM degree very recently. I have done some online IQ tests from sites like the official Mensa webpage (which I admit isn't as accurate as an in person test, but still gives a roughly estimate) where I consistently score a result spanning 126-140. One of the tests I've done divides the IQ in spatial, memory, and verbal. The first two categories give me 136 and 140, respectively, while verbal at a much lower of 103. So, I don't get why university is being so difficult to me. I go to class and it's like I don't understand what's going on. I'm being left behind while everyone else seems to understand. Have I been fooled into believing I'm more intelligent than I am? What is going on? What can I do to improve my situation? I'm starting to feel frustrated with STEM
Hey man, I'm not pursuing engineering but I think that it might be, to a large degree, that many people just have a lot of prior knowledge in comparison to you.
It seems like a lot of people think the way you do when they start an engineering degree, from what I have gathered
@jonatansandberg312 it could be an explanation, I didn't have the best preparation for STEM, honestly. But even then, it is crazy that many do so seamlessly. I will have to catch up somehow if I don't want to repeat the year
Stick at it, eventually you will catch up but you will have to put in the work during summer breaks. I was the same, I didn’t go to the best high school and everyone seemed ahead of me but by my bachelors and masters year everyone is practically on the same lvl.
@MAGIC66able thanks man, you're right. I will have to take advantage of the summer time to fix the issues with the basic concepts. It you could do it I can too
I'm 15 years old 9th grader and I have the IQ of 138 currently but I don't feel like I'm intelligent enough. Can I still increase my IQ to 160? I want to become as smart as Albert Einstein.
138 is like the top 2%. I think you are plenty smart enough. i recommend working on your discipline.
Einstein iq was much higher than 160, that number was made up by a journalist and just caught on. Based off his theories and equations, some of which are just now getting proven today, estimations for his actual iq come out at the low 200s
@@becominganengineer2271This is the best advice to give him, and at his age it will have an impact over every part of his life, including confidence, which seems to be his primary concern. I’m 34, and have struggled most of my life with staying focused on long term goals. The book that has helped me more than any other (aside from religious texts) is Atomic Habit. When it clicked with the engineering mindset I’ve always had I’ve been finding ways to design my environment (my home) to develop and maintain the habits I’m wanting to create for myself. I’m looking into getting a masters in engineering, and want to build my habits that will guide me through successfully. I’m glad I found your channel, thank you for the content!
I dont care if I am stupid, I wanna help people
I dont agree. Bad video, bad advice. You can do it just because you want to, without sufficient lQ. Training lQ is redicilious.
its proven
Well .. i given UP
No!! Why?
EQ IS more important. My iq didnt save me
EQ?
@@becominganengineer2271 EQ is Emotional Quotient, what I touched upon above. Please know aspirenux, many engineers are on the autistic scale including me, high functioning Aspergers. Through therapy and learning about yourself aka leaning on your IQ which you say isn't a problem, quite possibly you are on the autistic spectrum yourself. You can overcome this through understanding and 'channeling' your superpower of Aspergers. In other words your social deficit or what you perceived to be challenged EQ can be elevated. Some if not most of the greatest minds who ever lived are/were on the Aspergers scale of autism including Elon Musk, Bobby Fisher and perhaps most of the greatest scientists like Einstein, Telsa, Newton and countless more.
Read all the psychology books you have time for and in particular books on autism and through your intellect, you should be able to manage your EQ.
PS. I became interested in the subject years ago because my brother has a genius IQ and Masters in Physics from a top college and he was never nice to me and had a stilted personality I could never understand. I learned he was profoundly autistic and it sure never stopped him from a graduate degree where he did graduate at the top of this class and he has children and is still married. Through his towering intellect, he learned to manage his social deficit. I am like my brother only a bit more 'normal' in interaction with people although the polar opposite as more hyper verbal.
@@becominganengineer2271 emotional quotient
Please don't encourage subpar individuals to become engineers. I don't want to have to work with them
Yikes ..
If they are subpar, engineering school will be a nightmare and they will quit
What if i got 55 on my intro physics midterm
I think I got a 22/50 on one of my physics 2 midterms.
@@becominganengineer2271what were you studying? i mean what kind of engineering, ee, mech, or something else?
Mechanical