<p>Is it just me, or does the prospect of Cornell engineering seems daunting. I would love to see what other people think on this subject.</p>
<p>Thinking is:</p>
<li><p>Engineering and Physics are considered to be among the toughest majors there are.</p></li>
<li><p>Cornell is considered to be one of the toughest schools in the country.</p></li>
<li><p>Their engineering is on the top and therefore attracts the best of the best.</p></li>
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<p>This looks like 3 strikes against ever succeding in grad school/law school admissions unless you are a genius or a complete workaholic. </p>
<p>I have hopes of going to grad school or law school and then getting a great job, with my Cornell degree and experience getting me a head start. Is this going to be a ridiculously crazy four years? Do grad/professional schools take Cornell and the major into consideration when reviewing GPA’s, etc?</p>
<p>Anyone else concerned that they may be a bit behind? Any college students experience this? My school’s college-prep is probably in the lower 30%. I guess I’ll see when I get there, but so much bad news is making me question my prospective major.</p>
<p>no worries....think about it. You were choose into the college because they believed that you can do the work. Yes its gonna be hard but just think ::starting salery::</p>
<p>i do have to say high school prepared me little for cornell engineering. it is/was tough. i say was because i had to/am in the process of transferring to the college of arts and sciences. engineering is one of the hardest of majors. compared to the Ds and Cs i recieved in engineering, i am now getting As and Bs. with little effort. but i also was one of few who did not do as well, they grade on a curve, so only a certain deviation do poorly.</p>
<p>I don't like the curve system, it guarantees a few genius children/workaholics success in getting A's but it also guarantees failure. </p>
<p>Engineering and premed are all tough majors (I'm prospective premed). Don't forget Chem. and bio besides physics. chem and bio technically are all considered the "hard sciences" according to Webster, psychology etc = soft sciences. Hard science = Cut-throat in cornell</p>
<p>so does these curves( i know nothing about em) ensure that the worst flunk , the best get an A, and most ppl get average?? but gaurantee failures????</p>
<p>The curve makes sure most people gets B's and B-'s, however the range for the next grade is pretty large. Most engineering professor's won't go below a C unless you force them to. You really have to try to get below a C for it to happen, so no there are not many failures. Most of these people switch majors anyway because they're in the major for the wrong reason like it'll look good on my resume for Grad school that's not related to engineering or engineering pays good. The only time people really flunk while trying is during a "weed-out" semester where to goal is to get rid of people that don't want to be there.</p>
<p>If they accepted you, there's a 95% chance that you will cut it. If not, then you switch to a different major. It's no big deal. The Cornell rep helps, but not too much for professional school. I'm not sure if it's the name or the students, but coming from Cornell helps a lot with grad school for whatever reasons</p>
<p>so when a current junior tells me something like" the net here at cornell is HUGE...they dont really let you fail...ESPECIALLY if ur a student athlete...." is it very true...partly true...etc..</p>