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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are a STEM major anywhere, it is a massive grind. If you major in non-STEM it will be pretty easy.[/quote]

It’s cute how STEM majors think they’re the only ones who work hard in college.

I think humanities fields are generally less grimly competitive than STEM is said to be. There was definitely a feeling of camaraderie and collaboration in my department, and we were mostly all there because we loved the subject. But we all put in many, many long hours of reading, research, writing, and translating dead languages in college.

There’s no shortcut for research and writing if you want to do a truly good job. You have to put in the hours and do the work. [/quote]

Huge difference in amounts of work AND that most classes are graded on a curve. So with the curve in place you have to put in the extra effort to keep your gpa up if you have an exceptionally brilliant group of classmates- which you will have in the T20 schools. Most humanities are not graded on a curve - so regardless of your classmates work you would get the same grade.

Many stem majors don’t have capacity in the upper classes so there are intentional weed out classes early on to ensure upper level classes are not overenrolled. And in many schools if you don’t hit a certain gpa you cannot apply to that subspecialty for engineering.

So overall I agree your ending gpa in engineering does not matter as much as other majors, but you won’t be able to get the engineer degree at most schools if it drops. 
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