<p>For all of you who now have the luxury of forgetting about college essays, the SAT!!, and the build up of clicking on the link to your "Cornell Decision", please list what Engineering major you plan on pursuing at Cornell.</p>
<p>Me - Environmental</p>
<p>Operations Research</p>
<p>operations research</p>
<p>chemical, you guys got facebooks?</p>
<p>undecided!</p>
<p>yeah, there's an engineering fb group</p>
<p>Cornell</a> University Class of 2013 - College of Engineering | Facebook</p>
<p>enviromental/ civil</p>
<p>undecided... interested in too many fields. :$</p>
<p>Undecided, but I may eventually declare it to be either mechanical or chemical.</p>
<p>Computer Science</p>
<p>congrats everyone! I'm a freshman in engineering, probably majoring in OR and I'd be happy to answer questions about the engineering school or just cornell in general.</p>
<p>thanks for offering to answer questions. I am mother-of the-ED (mechanical engineering) who is busy writing a 7-paged short story due, of course, tomorrow so if you don't mind, first pragmatic question, which cell phone service providers work well in Ithaca (emphasis on well, like not having to stand outside in winter)? Also is it possible to do engineering and get some sleep?
thanks for any tips you can offer.</p>
<p>Verizon has the best service in Ithaca.
Contrary to popular belief, engineering does not have to be more time consuming than most other majors. I think that engineering attracts people who are a) perfectionists who will do anything to get the best grades in the class and spent their lives studying and b) get really absorbed in projects/reading and do much more than they have to by choice. I made the decision before I started here that I'm not going to spend all my time studying, even if it means my grades aren't the best. I'm not willing to sacrifice the things I enjoy for top grades, especially in the intro classes I'm in now that don't really relate to my interests so much. I keep up with my work and do ok (usually at or a little below the mean on tests) by going to most of my classes and putting in maybe four hours a week of work outside of class and about three hours of studying for a test. I have a ton of free time - I'm involved in several clubs (completely unrelated to engineering), go out 3-4 nights a week, and spend time with friends and meeting new people. When I don't go out I usually go to bed around 10 (really early, I know, but I need to compensate for out nights when I go to sleep around 4). It's true that lots of engineers don't sleep much because they spend so much time studying, but its only because of self (or parentally) imposed pressure.</p>
<p>oh the irony. Verizon has the worst service where we live :). But thanks for the info.
I am glad to hear about your well balanced attitude toward work/study and hope my son adopts the same! thanks again</p>
<p>I am currently a first year in Engineering Physics if anyone is interested in that shoot some questions.</p>
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<p>Sorry for the double post...
Hi cjmdjm, I'm new to this forum. I am intending to apply for the Engineering Physics in Cornell this year. I was wondering that, as the top engineering physics major in the country, how hard is it to get into the major as compared to other engineering majors? Thank you!</p>
<p>I am a freshmen Materials Science Engineer (previously Chemical, found it too boring).</p>
<p>I am also open to questions.</p>
<p>Sorry for the long delay had a hectic travel week. EP is one of the hardest to get into as you need atleast a B- in all math and physics courses. However, my advisor was telling us that if you get 1 C or something first semester you can probably still get in.</p>
<p>My son also got in ED. Interested in Mechanical. Just got his Financial aid package. It was really generous but also includes work study. Does anyone know how many hours/week you are expected to work & if it interferes w/ academics? Also need time for social/play!</p>
<p>about 10 hr/week is sufficient. Tons of kids on campus have this, so no, it will not interefere with anything. I would actually say that getting a job (if it is his first) even if it is a menial task related job, is a valuable life experience in itself.</p>