<p>Is it really hard to get a good gpa like (3.7 or higher) in the college of engineering without turning into Arjun (Studying in ur room all day and being a socially worthless nerd)?</p>
<p>yes. you will have to work much harder than non-engineering students. you will find yourself doing problem sets a lot of the times while your friends are out partying.</p>
<p>wow that sucks..</p>
<p>one more question about college of engineering:</p>
<p>Does HS GPA matter the most for this?
My GPA is pretty bad but I will have 2300+ SAT and good (science) xtracurriculars</p>
<p>wow this sux so i have to be like arjun for 4 years.........wow awesome</p>
<p>You don't have to be like Arjun... unless you want a good GPA. I plan to slack off until after the first semester, then become like Arjun when I get slapped in the face with a 2.0 GPA.</p>
<p>i mean, what kind of HighSchool GPA do you need to get accepted into Engineering compared to other Cornell colleges?
Do you need to have a really high one?</p>
<p>Straight from the College of Engineering FAQ:</p>
<p>"When considering a students GPA, we look at things like the rigor of the high school curriculum, whether the GPA is weighted or un-weighted, and whether the student has taken challenging courses."</p>
<p>GPA really isn't a good indicator, because it means different things at different schools. Far more important are the classes you take and how you stack up against the rest of your HS class. 90% of students in the College of Engineering graduated in the top 10% of their HS class, so I'd say that would be a good starting point.</p>
<p>can i strike a balance and go out and still maintain a good gpa like >3.7</p>
<p>3.7 is SUPER easy, especially in engineering.</p>
<p>Basically, all the intro engineering classes (Chem 211, Math 192-293-294, Phys 112-213-214) are complete fluff as long as you have some high school background. </p>
<p>Engineering is extremely overrated at Cornell, especially in regards to it's legendary "difficulty". I actually think Hotel Administration is harder, since they actually do new things that they haven't seen in high school before.</p>
<p>oh thank god i am planning on re doing my basic classes like physics after taking the ap class. lol we have the best physics program in the world according to college board.</p>
<p>yea. the problem sets in physics and math are really simple. They usually take no more than half an hour each, and there's only one set/class a week.</p>
<p>lol so what is it...are the people that are saying its hard either not engineering students (so its hard to them) or are they the dumb ones? I'm interested in others answer to this question as well. Nobody should have to be Arjun, not even for a day.</p>
<p>this turned out to be more of an Arjun mockery thread than a discussion of engineering rigor and GPA matters at cornell...</p>
<p>SM</p>
<p>Cornell engineering and rigor don't even belong in the same sentence if you ask me. It really is extremely easy. You don't even have to go to classes or office hours. Just spend about half an hour a day to finish the problem sets, then you're basically guarunteed a 3.7+</p>
<p>Usually, companies take into account school rigor when looking at college GPAs. That's why it's really important to have at least a 3.8 or above if you're an engineer to be even considered. Hotelies, on the other hand, can usually get by with a 2.7(B-) because employees know the challenging and demanding nature of their classes.</p>
<p>ameechee, is being extremely sarcastic, u know right?</p>
<p>a girl on my floor (no joke)
high school stats veledictorian, 1530 SATs</p>
<p>first semester at Cornell engineering: 2.75</p>
<p>no, it really is incredibly easy. I've seen the work that they have to do.</p>
<p>It rarely goes above things such as "Calculate the derivative of 2[x^5(e^(6x))]"</p>
<p>It's ridiculous. And people have the balls to say "Oooh engineering is so time consuming...oooh the prelims are soo hard.... waaa waaa waaa."</p>
<p>If they want something challenging and really intellectually stimulating, they should take something in Hotel management.</p>
<p>(2x^5)(e^6x) is something you'd run into in math 111, the intro calculus course in Arts and Sciences which covers limits up through u-substitution...it's just product rule and a couple derivative laws. Most engineers go into Math 191 or 192 where it's assumed that you aready know things as basic as that. I really hope you're being sarcastic, because I heard my first semester engineer friends talking about double integrations, rotational stuff, multivariable, etc.</p>
<p>Hotel school is not intellectual. It's practical. It may be difficult, it may be exciting, and I have plenty of respect for the students in the hotel school, but I wouldn't call it a particularly intellectual field.</p>
<p>wrong, it's something you do even in the higher up math levels like 293 and 294. They are all incredibly lame and require almost no critical thinking skills at all.</p>
<p>Especially Physics 112....quite possibly the easiest class at Cornell. Almost no time is required to get an A in that class.</p>
<p>there is a lively discussion on at the Parents forum abt engineers and thier profession and the false caricature sum hav abt them....... ""Well-rounded jobs for well-rounded kids ""</p>
<p>SM</p>