Anonymous
07/24/2025 09:00
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Agreed rankings are important but certainly not everything. But, when you add where top engineering employers go to find grads - tells more of the story.
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering
https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech
Anonymous
07/23/2025 23:42
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:30
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
+1
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:29
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
I don’t think even OP really cares about who ranks where for engineering. They were simply asking about being a premed engineering major. Get over it, doesn’t matter for the question or for med school admissions. They aren’t impressed by it.
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:29
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
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.
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:20
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/engineering-doctorate?_sort=rank&_sortDirection=asc
Duke doesn't look too impressive here. Below UMD, one above Ohio State.
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:13
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous
07/23/2025 20:06
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous
07/23/2025 17:01
Subject: Engineering + Pre-Med
Anonymous wrote: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?