can I start mechanical engineering if I don't know high school math or physics

No, probably not.

>>212331105 (OP)
Yes, of course, be the change you wanna see

I don't know basic arithmetic but good luck.

You need extensive preparation. do not jump head first into it
start with pre-calculus or grade school math if you need more.
if you don't know trigonometry, then start with the latter

>>212331105 (OP)
unless you like low wages and shitty factory work don't memechanical engineering

>>212331105 (OP)
I'm literally in the same boat as you

I very unironically didn't go to high school
I just gave up on everything and stopped going to school
They sent a teacher to teach me stuff but the teacher was ass and just told me the answers to the tests so I never learned shit
I want to learn engineering, whatever one that pays well, but I feel like my lack of knowledge on high school subjects would make this impossible
>>212331179
I just want a hands-on degree that pays well

>>212331105 (OP)
I'm doing the same thing after getting a meme degree. the course I'm looking at does a foundation year to catch people up before moving onto the 3 year main course. we are probably in the best age ever to change careers.

>>212331105 (OP)
You can be a mechanic-al engine-er

>>212331204
Become a machinist o algo

>>212331204
Go to a university pre-academic center, i assume you have them in your country

I remember absolutely nothing from high school. Mayber that's normal for 26 y/o, but i barely remember a single class.

>>212331320
what do you do now?

>>212331105 (OP)
yea it's over

me is full of differential equations, get straight up or you are screwed

>>212331363
>me is full of differential equations
jar jar binks quote

Yes but you won't get a job, or if you do get a job it will suck
t. knower

>>212331105 (OP)
Won't be defo easy though. Focus on learning basic maths and mechanics/dynamics in your junior year. 2nd year's curriculum will be tough.

t. Mech/Aerocel

>>212331105 (OP)
No. It'll be really hard if you try to. Even transitioning from high school maths and physics into Mech Eng it was extremely difficult for me. You almost certainly have to do pre-requisites to get in.
>>212331204
Most engineering jobs aren't hands on.

>>212331105 (OP)
just take an IQ test if you're below 115 stop wasting your time

>>212331388
then what do I do hm?

>>212331427
what do I do if it's below 115

>>212331430
goonmaxx and collect welfare

>>212331441
Thought about doing welding?

>>212331363
>>212331393
>>212331403
surely if he really focuses it should be fine? its not like it's impossible to learn some basic math before starting a university course

>>212331351
I study philosophy at a public college (one of the best in the country, at least). Since my university provides accommodation and gives some money to poor students, this is how I live. When this ends, I will probably move back in with my parents and become a NEET again...

>>212331105 (OP)
I did that as a 25 year old. It was a very bad choice do I dropped it like the lazy bum I am

>>212331474
if you are making the effort ro go back to university at a later age why do philosophy?

>>212331105 (OP)
Play to your strengths and do what comes easy to you. Don't play to your weaknesses by doing what's hard to you.

>>212331492
I was depressed and didn't know what to do with my life at the time (i was 22). Just wanted an excuse to escape the small country town where I had lived all my life.

>>212331468
I'm not saying its impossible, but still won't be easy if he is literally starting from the scratch. Thats why i'm saying he should focus on "filling the void" before he starts his 2nd year, as it gets really tough from the 2nd year.

>>212331441
idk maybe it's different in countries without harsh winter and rich in food, friendly pipo etc., here you are always on the edge

>>212331560
damn you're in year 4 ?

>>212331579
Yep, will finish this year. After that i really don't know what to do with my life.

>>212331609
Drop me some philosophical gems of knowledge

>>212331609
Well listen I was in your shoes, at age 22 I also started my academic journey with a bullshit degree(film), I saw the beginning tide of AI and the general uselessness of that degree and dropped out after year 1. Took a year off to learn maths and chill.
Now I'm in year 1 of an engineering degree.
I also did not remember much from school, I don't have the most sturdy base so it is difficult. But it's doable, I feel.
If you take the pre academic learning seriously, then you have a good chance at success.

>>212331651
>All that is good is pleasure; all that is bad is pain.
>The pursuit of good is the purpose of all human action.
>Pleasure is the cessation of pain.
>Therefore, the purpose of all human action is the cessation of pain.
>Pain never ceases.
>Therefore, it is impossible to attain good.

Thanks!

>>212331782
Well, I could drop philosophy and take a better (economically) course. I'm confident that I can learn anything, as long as I focus. But since I only have one semester left of this course, I want to finish it. Maybe I'll try another one after that (perhaps CS).

>>212331854
You might as well finish, and learn basic math in this semester as well

no because mechanical engineering, like all engineering, relies on the Integral

if you can't do a single variable integral you can't do engineering, and most companies require multivariable integrals aka multivariable calculus now too

>>212331105 (OP)
No

No TA or Professor is going to waste time explaining trig or single variable calculus to you

>>212331105 (OP)
>Engineering
Nigga, we don't live in the pre-2000s. Why would you do anything engineering related. You'd have a better shot being some technician/tradie and then upscaling from there

You'll need to pass calc and linear algebra at least, I recommend self studying and looking up youtube channels first.
https://www.youtube.com/@3blue1brown

>>212331944
If he can get involved in the semiconductor supply chain he'd make 10x whatever a tradie makes for way less stressful work

>>212331976
>3blue1brown
This is not a useful channel. It's interesting and fun, but not useful. If you want to learn math, you need to focus hard on doing all the boring stuff. Learning math is 99% boring and tedious work. 1% is the kind of understanding you can get through videos like that.

Also college level physics, especially in engineering, require a better understanding of the real world.

>>212332023
The channel has useful visualisations which can help with learning, it's obviously not a substitute to a real book.

>>212331989
>If
There's a reason you said 'if'. It's doing the heavy lifting of your hypothetical

>>212331895
I think I'll do that, or study to pass some exam to get a government job (you can get some good paying ones just by having any college degree).

>>212332154
Maybe you can sign up for a math course in another faculty, I don't know how things work in Brazil