<p>Hmmm, if you are getting a C average working close to 15 hours a day then you should realize that you are working in vain. A 2.00 gpa in engineering is not going to be very appealing compared to a 3.5+ in a humanities major. Additionally, if you devote 15 hours a day towards a non engineering and science major then you will probably approach a 4.00 gpa, which would be much more appealing.</p>
<p>but thats not what I want to study. and what do ya mean by in vain/.</p>
<p>are you saying I am not cut out for engineering? im not sure about that as pretty much everybody i know does just about the same amount of work.</p>
<p>From what I know, the good money in Civ E is from becoming a partner in a firm.</p>
<p>engineering is easy as ****</p>
<p>I had no life when I was studying for EE and I went to a pretty non-challenging school but I pulled a 3.8 for all my Engineering/Math/Science classes. I love to study EE classes but not working as an EE. I have no patience with programming. Study engineering only if you love it. Are you a naturally a tinkering person, ie like to take things apart, like to fix things, etc...</p>
<p>Its really not that hard guy. I put in maybe an hour to two worth of work every day and have a 3.0ish (with honors courses). This is the minimum I need for my scholarship =.=</p>
<p>I think it depends on the major as well...a lot of the IE's I've met from various schools party as much as the business kids, whereas many EEs are hermits.</p>
<p>I'm a EE (junior year) and the only studying I do is the day before tests and looking in the book to finish hw. I have a 2.95. </p>
<p>If you want to get an A, then you have to put in a lot of time, but if you want to get a B, it's not that hard. They probably only award about 5 A's in a class of 70 people.</p>
<p>I am a Civil Engineering major at the University of Tennessee. I have more, or as much work as anyone I know, except for Architecture majors. Although this is sometimes frustrating, the work you do can be quite rewarding, due to the strenuous schedule.</p>
<p>Engineering has a lot of work. Although it varies from school to school. I tend to think smaller private schools might have less work than big publics - but I have nothing to back this up.</p>
<p>My smaller private school for engineering seems to have less busy work than I hear of. A lot of the upper level classes have homework optional, or a shorter assignment due every week than the amount of problems you <em>should</em> be doing. I don't think this makes it any easier though. I think it's because most of the professors don't have TAs, and actually grade the homework themselves--you get their comments on the homework.</p>
<p>That said, I have managed my time so I've never pulled all-nighters in college, and there were only a handful of late nights or early mornings!</p>
<p>I went to an "open house" visit to an engineering college I was considering, and an admissions officer there claimed that for every 1 hour of class taken, 2-3 hours of studying would be required. I take that to mean that in a 15hr credit week, 30-45hrs additional time must be spent studying. I really found that hard to believe.</p>
<p>Aside from manual homework such as reading a lengthy book excerpt, how could it be that difficult for everyone? The only way I could see it being that hard is if the professors tested you on material that was never covered in the classroom. Does that regularly happen? I almost never had to study for any high school courses I took, since I learned everything from class. For the most part, any studying that was done was to refresh the material in my mind before a test.</p>
<p>I saw a study recently that was conducted on the habits of college students. Mind you, this wasn't on engineering students in particular, but among all college students polled, they found that the average college student has a whopping 11 hours a day in free time. By free time, I mean time that is not spent in class, studying, or sleeping. When I attended high school, I believe the amount of free time I had was only about 5-6 hours on a week day, and it probably would have been less if I had spent the time studying that most people do.</p>
<p>Is EE generally much harder than other engineering majors like civil, etc.? Or is the difference less noticeable? I mean in general like the difficulty of courses you have to take; obviously it would be slightly different for different people depending on strengths and interests.</p>
<p>mo24, You will definitely have a lot of free time on some days. Your schedule will most likely revolve around your tests, so if one week you don't have any tests then you will most likely have a lot of free time on your hands. Some factors can impact this, mainly sports and work studies, but clubs likely will not unless you are heavily involved.</p>
<p>As far as 11 hours, that seems a little much but you will have your days when you don't have to do much at all. For example, on Wednesdays I have only an 8:30 class. If I don't have any tests on Thursday, I can usually get away with only doing my Physics problem set (about 2 hours) and then I have the rest of the day off (from noon until sleep). Other weeks I will be swamped though...</p>
<p>11 hours of free time in college is hard to believe. If you sleep for 8 hours and have 11 hours of free time, you will be left with 5 hours. Now, let's assume you go to class for 2 hours/day (which is on the low end), you will be left with 3 hours. I'm assuming you will spend these 3 hours studying?</p>
<p>The average college student is a B- business major at a 3rd-tier state school that parties 5 nights/week. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but it's going to be different at any engineering school. You won't have 11 hours a day of free time and still be doing your best.</p>
<p>11 hours of free time for the average college student is very believable. You guys are engineering majors, so it's unreal to you. I know guys who have one class Tuesday/Thursday (the rest are online courses), so they basically have the entire week off. The funny thing is that they often skip their only course. So even the 11 hours of free time is a generous underestimate for them.</p>
<p>my roommate a biomedical sciences student, has a 178 hour a week free time. He as my roommate never went to one class, unless there was a test. never bought the books, never studied, didn't even review before tests. Guess what all A's. he has 76 credits has a 4,0 gpa and has never gone to class not even bought a book. He just plays world of warcraft and sleeps all day. Thats all he does. there was even a time about a month ago he didnt leave the dorm complex for 3 weeks, he went to get food and go to the bathroom. thats all.</p>
<p>So your roommate had this knowledge planted into his head when he was a baby? Sorry, your story isn't possible.</p>
<p>i wish what you said was true, he makes me feel like a dumb ass, but im not lying. I wish I was for my own sake but im not.</p>