<p>I just got back home after staying at Cornell for DHW, and I would be glad to answer questions that people might have to the best of my ability. Other DHW-ers feel free to help with the answering process because I probably won't be able to get them all. But anyways, ask away.</p>
<p>what major/school did are you in?</p>
<p>^^^ College of Engineering, ChemE</p>
<p>are the engineers depressed? lol, a thread that was on this board earlier suggested that the majority of the engineering students they saw (it was a women in engineering event) seemed unhappy =/ which concerns me because that’s what I might be</p>
<p>^I was at the SWE event. I didn’t think they were depressed or anything, but they DEFINITELY had to work really hard. A lot harder than the students at other schools I’ve visited.</p>
<p>Keep in mind this is their crunch time right now. Classes end in a few weeks and finals. My D is also not happy right now, she was on top of the world just a week ago. Happiness scale moves to the right or left very quickly depending on prelims. </p>
<p>My daughter is not in engineering, but she also needs to work very hard. She just got her math prelim back with a 68, but it is still an B+/A- with the curve. She gets discouraged because she’s used to get all As, with all the effort she is putting in she feels she should be getting 4.0, but instead it’s 3.5. It’s a hard adjustment for most of high achievers. </p>
<p>There are quite a few engineering girls in her sorority. They study very hard, but my sense is they have time for parties and other ECs. When my daughter says she is studying all the time, it means she still has time to have 2 jobs, participate in her sorority, dance, party, and a boyfriend. I am very happy she is not just studying at school. FYI - math is probably one of the hardest majors, definitely not easier than engineering.</p>
<p>Take it with a grain of salt on how hard people are working. This is a stressful time for them now - finals are often worth +50% of their grades. I can’t imagine Cornell is any different than other top tier schools.</p>
<p>Yeah, I can definitely attest to it being crunch time now.</p>
<p>As an engineer, I expected the time when I was done with prelims to be a breeze. Instead, now, it’s filled with papers, lab reports, problem sets, and studying for the final.</p>
<p>disasterpiece, you were there? whats your name maybe i met yo. im going into CAS though. where are you from?</p>
<p>Yeah, disasterpiece, which engineering lab did you go to?</p>
<p>@lost4words: Check your inbox</p>
<p>@Modulation: I went to the AguaClara demo. It was alright, except I lost my interest as soon as they mentioned that it was mainly for civil and environmental engineers.</p>
<p>^Awww! That was the one I wanted to go to!</p>
<p>Don’t be put off of a project team just because it is mostly filled with a certain type of engineer. Do it because you are interested in it.</p>
<p>Not only that, by participating in something that isn’t your major, you are learning skill sets from a different concentration in engineering. I know of ChemEs, BEEs, ORIEs, MSEs in all of the project teams: AXP, Baja, CUAUV, Minesweeper, Phoenix Society, AguaClara, CUAIR, etc. Most people in these would be ECEs, CS, MechE, CEE, but that’s not everyone.</p>
<p>Anybody else? I’m sure people have questions</p>
<p>Did you party that night?</p>
<p>No…my host was…let’s just say he wasn’t the partying “type,” so I never really got any information of parties that were being held. But people I met there told me the stories of how their host was in a frat and they got to go to the parties with them.</p>
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<p>completely irresponsible…</p>
<p>"completely irresponsible… "</p>
<p>ResurgamBell-I would have to disagree with you on that one. I attended DHW weekend and had to change my host b/c he was not the social type. I got to go to two parties, and I am glad I did. I am sure we all know of Cornell’s exellent academics, yet the social aspect is one that cannot be judge unless you are part of it. To some the social aspect of a school is not important but when you are almost 8 hrs away from friend n family you need something to do. Hence, the people that decided to explore ALL aspects of Cornell are by no means “completely irresponsible”.</p>
<p>Agreed with JPcomm. Although I don’t think that I would go for the host change. I actually liked my host a lot, but he didn’t party. We still got to hang out with his friends in the dorm and whatnot. Changing the host to me would feel like he not doing an adequate job as my host, and it was far from that.</p>
<p>disasterpiece02- I did not change my host just b/c he was not social. He was not the adequate person to host. Though I may sound mean, he was socially awkward. He didnt bother to show me around or talk to me about campus. When I went to his dorm and try to have a conversation with him, there was this silence; very uncomfortable. </p>
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<li>Just want it to make that point clear! =)</li>
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<p>Yeah, my host brought me to parties. Apparently they’re supposed to “discourage” you from partying. However, if you “insist,” they will bring you. The walk from north to the frat houses was kind of far…</p>