<p>Are there any current Penn SEAS students on this forum? If so, could you share your experiences, tell us what the school is like and why you chose it. Also, whether or not you are happy with your choice. I have seen numerous posts about Penn’s program being weaker than alot of others … but I’d like also to hear about the good stuff at Penn engineering. Thanks!</p>
<p>Same here. I would like to know how SEAS is, what opportunities it offers, and its advantages. I need to pick between Cornell Engineering and Penn SEAS.</p>
<p>I am extremely pleased with my experience so far as a freshman in SEAS. So far, I have taken mostly intro classes and have only taken one engineering class. I chose Penn Engineering because of its relatively small size as compared to other schools. Also, the professors are TOP NOTCH. These men and women are leaders in their fields and it is a privilege to learn from them and work with them. At Penn Engineering, everyone is concerned with your future. I receive numerous emails each day about career planning, internship opportunities, guest lecturers, and fun events involving SEAS. The professors truly care about the kids. I met with a BE professor the other day just to chat about his research and he was very helpful and encouraging. Also, Penn Engineering has a great reputation. I applied for a summer research internship that was meant for juniors and seniors and I got the position. The director noted that Penn Engineering is known for producing high-quality students. If you have any other specific questions, I'd be happy to answer them for you.</p>
<p>I highly agree that SEAS is much better than its rankings would suggest.. the professors are very involved and caring and krtumpet is correct with the emails and such.. they tell us about 15 things a week!
i'm CSE and I've taken 2 CSE classes and really enjoyed them.. the first one I took was actually taught by the department chair.. </p>
<p>If you have any other questions, feel free to email me or something :)</p>
<p>mnasy1122:</p>
<p>Are you doing the BSE or the BAS? I am thinking of switching into CS (the BAS) to dual with Wharton. How did you find CSE120? I heard 120 was ok but 121 is pretty darn hard. What was the average grade in the class (for 120)? A B- ish?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I have a question for you guys: Is it really hard to get good grades? Is engineering at Penn really demanding?</p>
<p>How is Penn Engineering for career and graduate school acceptance? I've heard that the top 20-30% of Cornell's engineering school are nearly guarenteed into a top grad schools like MIT, Stanford, etc. Can Penn SEAS claim something similar?</p>
<p>It depends what you consider "demanding" I went to a very competitive public high school, and thought that my freshman year was pretty easy. But there are others who found it challenging, and switched to the college. There will always be the geniuses who get 4.0's w/o doing much work, and those who slog their butt off and still barely make a 3.0.</p>
<p>I reckon that upper-level engineering classes are challenging. I heard that it is difficult to get A's in any engineering, but they give out a fair amount of B's and B+'s. Engineering at Penn is competitive (the most competitive school, more so than Wharton), but not as cut-throat as say, the pre-meds a JHU or engineering at MIT or CalTech.</p>
<p>ditto Flavian's question.</p>
<p>penn engineering graduates have a high level of acceptance rate into grad schools, including medical school. i believe 4/5 of penn engineers who applied for med school last year were accepted and 7/8 to engineering grad school were accepted as well. on a similar note, penn engineering is known for its grad programs and offer submatriculation, where you apply and can be accepted as early as junior year. this might be helpful when considering that last year, 28 people were accepted to the bioengineering grad program out of a whopping 300 that applied.</p>
<p>Thanks to all who responded to my original post. The info you are providing is really helpful. My son arrives at Penn Sunday evening (4/1) and will be staying over in a dorm with a friend of his who is a freshman at Penn (but not in engineering).</p>
<p>krtrumpet182 ... those med/grad school acceptance nmbers are impressive. Are they documented somewhere or is this what you hear from being at the school? Do you know which grad schools Penn engineers are getting accepted into? Also, this is a very naive question (I haven't done any research on the topic yet) but where do most folks get funding for grad school. Is there financial aid? Take loans? A combination?</p>
<p>Penn15: I'm doing the BSE.. I had considered doing the BAS if I got into wharton, but I don't think I have much of a chance anymore as I haven't done as well as I would have hoped this semester. 120 wasn't bad really, especially if you have some programming experience.. 121 is a *****, lol.. it's a lot of math and proofs and stuff, which for people who understand that stuff, it's easy.. for me, not so much. If you take 120 and don't have any programming experience i'd definitely suggest getting a JAVA book and learning a little over the summer</p>
<p>If you have any other questions on CSE, feel free to email me :)</p>
<p>How are the people in seas? do they have lives or go out on the weekends, or is the workload so tough that they have to study constantly? Also, does anyone know how feasible it is to transfer into a joint or dual degree program (M&T) after your freshman year?</p>
<p>The following has been posted in another thread but here seems to be the right place </p>
<p>I heard the average GPA for SEAS freshman is 2.8. This looks tough. Is this true? How about sophomore's?</p>