Engineering + Pre-Med

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Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

and yet well over 25% of Duke (Pratt) grads have that gpa...varies on the school...

That’s nuts

Why???

Think about it, if you already skimmed the cream of the crop to attend your engineering school, why would t you expect kids to do well?
It's not a state u ranked 200+ where if you graduate hs with a 3.0 you can attend and even major in engineering/cs. Duke engineering has smart, highly driven students, why wouldn't that continue in college?

Lol give me a break it’s ranked 20th in engineering. Far better and more comprehensive schools for engineering.

usnews "ranking" is not the ranking of the quality of the students. Duke students (and harvard students which also ranks low on engineering) are among the best in the country. There is no comparison between the average engineering student at Duke (or ivies with Engineering) and the average UMD or Oh State student. Any professor who has taught at both will tell you. Duke and its peers do get the cream of the crop don't be ridiculous.

lol Dude you or your kid definitely went to Duke. We get it...you think it's great. Cool! But, does it have to be the theme for everyone of your posts?

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Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

and yet well over 25% of Duke (Pratt) grads have that gpa...varies on the school...

That’s nuts

Why???

Think about it, if you already skimmed the cream of the crop to attend your engineering school, why would t you expect kids to do well?
It's not a state u ranked 200+ where if you graduate hs with a 3.0 you can attend and even major in engineering/cs. Duke engineering has smart, highly driven students, why wouldn't that continue in college?

Lol give me a break it’s ranked 20th in engineering. Far better and more comprehensive schools for engineering.

usnews "ranking" is not the ranking of the quality of the students. Duke students (and harvard students which also ranks low on engineering) are among the best in the country. There is no comparison between the average engineering student at Duke (or ivies with Engineering) and the average UMD or Oh State student. Any professor who has taught at both will tell you. Duke and its peers do get the cream of the crop don't be ridiculous.

lol Dude you or your kid definitely went to Duke. We get it...you think it's great. Cool! But, does it have to be the theme for everyone of your posts?

LOL. That poster and “my kid’s ivy” mom poster should get together

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

and yet well over 25% of Duke (Pratt) grads have that gpa...varies on the school...

That’s nuts

Why???

Think about it, if you already skimmed the cream of the crop to attend your engineering school, why would t you expect kids to do well?
It's not a state u ranked 200+ where if you graduate hs with a 3.0 you can attend and even major in engineering/cs. Duke engineering has smart, highly driven students, why wouldn't that continue in college?

Lol give me a break it’s ranked 20th in engineering. Far better and more comprehensive schools for engineering.

It is filled with kids who are top notch, highly driven students. Why would you expect that to end after HS? There are 30-40+ schools that are filled mostly with very smart driven students, not just the T10.
And yes, if everyone at college had a 3.9+UW, took 10+ APs and earned 4 or 5s on them (5s on majority), why wouldn't you expect them to still do exceedingly well in college? Either you learn the material or not. It's not "the bottom 25% fail the course", or at least it shouldn't be

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Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

Not really. I did it 30+ years ago at a T10 school (without grade inflation). My kid is doing it at a T40 school with one of the more difficult engineering majors. The only reason it's not a 3.9+ is the 2nd semester of Orgo and Calc 4 (bad prof, couldn't speak English and couldn't teach). Otherwise, my kid has almost 4.0 in the actual Chem Eng courses (one A- heading into senior year).

sure you did

Actually did. Along with double majoring in 5 years but to get both degrees required almost 6 years worth of courses so I overloaded most semesters. It's not that difficult for smart people to do well in engineering.

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Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

and yet well over 25% of Duke (Pratt) grads have that gpa...varies on the school...

That’s nuts

Why???

Think about it, if you already skimmed the cream of the crop to attend your engineering school, why would t you expect kids to do well?
It's not a state u ranked 200+ where if you graduate hs with a 3.0 you can attend and even major in engineering/cs. Duke engineering has smart, highly driven students, why wouldn't that continue in college?

Lol give me a break it’s ranked 20th in engineering. Far better and more comprehensive schools for engineering.

It is filled with kids who are top notch, highly driven students. Why would you expect that to end after HS? There are 30-40+ schools that are filled mostly with very smart driven students, not just the T10.
And yes, if everyone at college had a 3.9+UW, took 10+ APs and earned 4 or 5s on them (5s on majority), why wouldn't you expect them to still do exceedingly well in college? Either you learn the material or not. It's not "the bottom 25% fail the course", or at least it shouldn't be

So are all the Top Engineering programs. Still #20.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3.8+ in engineering is so f'king hard

and yet well over 25% of Duke (Pratt) grads have that gpa...varies on the school...

That’s nuts

Why???

Think about it, if you already skimmed the cream of the crop to attend your engineering school, why would t you expect kids to do well?
It's not a state u ranked 200+ where if you graduate hs with a 3.0 you can attend and even major in engineering/cs. Duke engineering has smart, highly driven students, why wouldn't that continue in college?

Lol give me a break it’s ranked 20th in engineering. Far better and more comprehensive schools for engineering.

It is filled with kids who are top notch, highly driven students. Why would you expect that to end after HS? There are 30-40+ schools that are filled mostly with very smart driven students, not just the T10.
And yes, if everyone at college had a 3.9+UW, took 10+ APs and earned 4 or 5s on them (5s on majority), why wouldn't you expect them to still do exceedingly well in college? Either you learn the material or not. It's not "the bottom 25% fail the course", or at least it shouldn't be

So are all the Top Engineering programs. Still #20.

I just posted this. Wanted to add we probably are saying the same thing. All these Top Engineering schools have bright kids that are high achievers. There are just some top engineering schools where it's increasingly difficult to get very high GPA's as opposed to other schools or majors where one could major in humanities, but still take all the premed prerequisites. There are just easier pathways.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to take all the required pre-med classes while completing an engineering degree, preferably in 4 years?

Which classes are typically more difficult, engineering or med school prerequisites?

Why? Aren't both of these paths challenging enough?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it possible to take all the required pre-med classes while completing an engineering degree, preferably in 4 years?

Which classes are typically more difficult, engineering or med school prerequisites?

Why? Aren't both of these paths challenging enough?

Yes, both challenging, but one more challenging than the other.