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[quote=Anonymous]High school buddy from church and I both went to Engineering School, but at different schools.  We had very very different experiences.

The common factors were that engineering is hard at any school, courses are graded on a curve (with 50%. correct often being an A), and that the curriculum did not have much flexibility.

The different factor was graduation rate.

At my smaller, lower ranked E School, a small part of a modest sized general flagship public, we all were told on the 1st day that “Everyone here is capable of graduating.  We are here to help you graduate on time.  You will need to be diligent, start homework when its assigned not the night before it is due, and use office hours.  I had easy access directly to faculty and lots of faculty support at office hours.  It was a supportive environment.  It still was very very hard work for everyone, no shortage of rigor.  Top job offers.  Everyone found a job, even bottom of class.

At his higher ranked, much larger, public flagship specifically for engineering, students were told to look around them.  Then they were told that only 7 of 10 freshman students would still be in engineering at that school in 2 years time.  They said it is up to you whether you are still here in 2 years time.  They further said that only 6 of 10 freshman students would graduate on time in 4 years.  He had little faculty access because they were “too busy”.  It was definitely a competitive weed-out environment, roughly opposite to my own.  Upper class E school students at his E School did have access to a wider range of engineering electives than my school offered.  It was higher ranked and much better known for engineering.  A different animal in many ways. Similar job offers.[/quote]

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