The Florida Institute of Technology

Date: May 15 2010
Major: Mechanical Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
Fit is a pretty weird School. First thing is it is GREATLY OVERPRICED. trust me its not worth the money AT ALL. go to a school like UCF, its a better campus or Texas A&M both are higher rated schools and cost 1/2 as much.

The school sometimes gives you the feeling that your just a product, that they are trying to exploit. people rarely graduate ontime, and most of the courses are only offered ONCE A YEAR. so if you fail one class, sometimes you have to wait an entire year before you can advance. Which sucks badly

that said the good:

The school it self is a fun experience, its small but very diversed. You'll meet alot of students from all over the world, I had 3 roomates 2 from Africa 1 from the caribbean. it was a really interesting learning experience, my best friends were from Japan and thailand. its a great place to learn about new cultures.

Interms of classes, the teachers are very bright but cant teach. Some of them are down right boring, others are very ineffective at explaining the concepts their trying to teach you.

As for the course material, I dont think they teach you enough practical knowledge. I would have liked to learn more about welding, get more experience on the mill, lathe, CNC and other machines. not saying a mechanical engineer should be an AWS certified welder, but heshould have at least a basic ideo of what welding is, and the different welding methods out there.

Also they dont teach you current CAE programs being used in industry. Case in point, they teach you Pro/E wildfire. Most companies still use Auto Cad or they have upgraded to Solidworks.

They give you an option in your programing class to do C++ or Fortran, NO ONE USES FORTRAN. Why is this even a choice, and as a Student why do they expect you to know these things?

As an ME student you never learn about composite materials (carbon fibre, fiberglass, etc) which is becoming more standard in just about any industry you'll get into after graduation.

Bottom line is before you sign up for school, you need to think seriously about what you want to get into and then choose the right electives to help you achieve your goals. If your interested in Automotive engineering or racing technology like i was, then taking Aircraft structures is a very good decision. That class will teach you all you need to know about composite materials and more popular .

Given the choice to do it all over Id go to Texas A&M instead. Im currently transferring to another institution to complete my degree

Also MELBOURNE SUCKS SO MUCH ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BORING TOWN. GO TO UCF