<p>How hard is it to get into compared to the other colleges?</p>
<p>What is the average workload? Such as, how much hours per day of study, etc.</p>
<p>Do most engineering majors stay for 4 years? or possibly 4.5 and even 5?</p>
<p>What is considered a ‘good’ GPA?</p>
<p>Can anyone with experience enlighten me?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
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<p>The Engineering program at BU is decently hard to get into. I, personally, didn’t have nearly the test scores as some of my classmates but I am sure that my immense hours of volunteer and extra curricular activities defiantly helped.</p>
<p>I would say that the workload is quite a bit but you pretty much get used to it. If you are pre-med then Chem 101 first semester will teach you alot about your own study habits and how to prepare for exams and such. I would say that I do about 10 hours of work on the weekends which includes my lab reports, physics problem sets, reading, and calculus problems. During the week, I would say that an average is two to three hours a day (some weeks its alot less) it just depends if you have papers due for your writing class or whatnot.</p>
<p>I would say almost all engineering students at BU get out in four years. They pretty much ensure that you will get out in four years unless you want to double major where that could take 5 years (but it is possible to double major in 4 years, it just requires summer classes).</p>
<p>In terms of “good gpa” in highschool if your school has a 5.0 scale (for 5.0’s for AP/honors classes) I would say anything right around 3.95 and above would be a “good” gpa. In terms of gpa in college I would say anything above a 3.3 is considered good and if you are premed you are going to need to maintain over a 3.5 at least in your science classes.</p>
<p>Personally, I love the Engineering college at BU! The undergraduate advisors all know me by name (and I am only a second semester freshman) and they are really helpful in answering any questions, in helping you get job/career opportunities, and in being in a smaller college at BU it is nice to have that smaller faculty to student ratio! As they say in engineering, the largest classroom in any engineering building (which we only have one large classroom) is 206 seats…so in your engineering classes nothing will ever be more than 206 seats. I would say most classes are about 25-40 students and upperdivision has a lot of cut-offs at 20 students.</p>
<p>I can tell you the retention rate is pretty bad, just like any other engineering school. I am currently a sophomore and we have roughly 200 people(all engineering majors combined) now whereas in freshmen year we had 500. In senior year the number plateaus around 100-150 people. </p>
<p>Average workload significantly increases after freshmen year. Some people try to obtain research positions and although it is a great resume booster, it increases the difficulty in maintaining your balance between school work, research and social life. I cant give you an average of how many hours I spend studying because after class I just do work and study so its pretty much a continuous thing until the weekend where I get to relax.</p>