<p>^ oh now that i think about it, i know SMU. they are not that good at football and thats how i know who they are.</p>
<p>Engineering is hard because it has to be. If a Engineer messes up in his calculation and it falls through his apprentice engineers, people die. In Liberal arts majors, nobody is going to die if you mess up.</p>
<p>"Engineering is hard because it has to be. If a Engineer messes up in his calculation and it falls through his apprentice engineers, people die. In Liberal arts majors, nobody is going to die if you mess up."</p>
<p>Yeah but someone might have to take a bite of pickle on their hamburger when they didn't want any! I kid, I kid.</p>
<p>And SMU is bad at football because of something that happened a lot time ago. They used to be really, really good but they paid their players so the NCAA gave them the "death penalty" and they weren't allowed to play the following year. It crippled them (and destroyed their conference) and they never recovered.</p>
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<li><p>Engineering problems often require a lot of creativity to solve. Usually on every test there will be at least one "you're either smart enough to get it or you're not" type of question.</p></li>
<li><p>At many schools, especially large state universities, first year and even some second year courses are designed to weed out those who are not cut out for engineering. After all, schools are responsible for producing competent engineers. </p></li>
<li><p>Engineering tends to attract top students, and since most classes are graded on a curve it is by definition more difficult to get high grades. </p></li>
<li><p>Problem simply take a lot of time. </p></li>
<li><p>The breadth of knowledge required is demanding. Many people feel that each subject individually is manageable, but that taking many classes at a time forces them to spread themselves thin. </p></li>
<li><p>There is a social responsibility to be precise and rigorous. A lot of people could get hurt or even die if you screw up. </p></li>
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<p>This isn't to say that it's impossible; many people do just fine. If you're smart and hard-working you should be successful.</p>
<p>InnovativeBoxx, I assure you I am not illiterate. However, the example you used compares individual GPAs in engineering while the questions you ask compare average/typical GPA for a whole population of students. Using the former to illustrate a point about the latter would be inappropriate, which is what I was trying to point out.</p>
<p>Well InnovativeBoxx, good luck with your plan. It sounds great. We need more lawyers who have studied something rigorous.</p>
<p>For the life of me I can not understand why grading and work expectations are so low for LA courses. (Eng. grad).</p>