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  1. dcroasmu

    Company paying off student loans

    Sure, they'll pay it off. Every few weeks, they give you a check, then you send a big chunk of it off to the student loan people. Then you can spend the rest on living expenses, hobbies, and maybe even have a little left over for savings. They'll probably call it a salary. In all...
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    Competitions

    Have you considered acting as an advisor to one of those high school/undergrad competition teams? You get to do some design work (but not all of it), promote engineering to the youngsters, and write it all off as volunteer work. Just off the top of my head, there's a bunch of SAE competitions...
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    Stress at Work

    I play on a dodgeball team. What caused me stress in grade school removes stress now.
  4. dcroasmu

    What makes a shift "sporty"?

    I'm trying to define "Sporty" as a target for AT shift feeling. What, in your opinion, are the characteristics of a "sporty" feeling shift? Thanks
  5. dcroasmu

    Recent graduate with poor GPA, what do I do about my resume?

    Would it work out better for you to put down your overall GPA and then also list your GPA in your major?
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    Was that Graduate degree worth it?

    I went directly on to grad school after undergrad, and that's the only way I would've ever done it. I had 2 good reasons at the time: 1. Didn't have a job offer that I really loved. 2. The school offered to pay for it. Is it worth it? Absolutely, there's no way I could pass up a free MS...
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    Olympic skiing " a la " NASCAR?

    Have you ever seen the "boardercross" or "ski-cross" events at the x-games? Boardercross is actually an event at the olympics this year. Basically, 4-6 riders at a time on a downhill course featuring jumps and other obstacles. Usually the top few rider from each heat advance in a tournemant...
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    Torque Steer

    I've been looking high and low and haven't been able to find a satisfactory explanation of torque steer in front wheel drive vehicles. I understand that it's caused by unequal length shafts from the differential to the drive wheels, but I don't understand how unequal torques come out of an open...
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