Freshman Engineering -- What he'd do differently

Great advice. one additional one for upper level students. See if there’s any wAy to study abroad especially if your school like my kids requires that all study abroad be pass fail. My daughter was initially told it was" impossible" as a double engineering major to study abroad but she looked into it in herself and realized that there were programs in Austraila and New Zealand where she could get TWO of her hardest engineering classes out of the way pass fail plus one of her modestly hard science classes. . She had a wonderful time in a much less stressful academic environment and came back to her strongest semester ever.

Daughter also benefited by a generous grandmother who believed that " doing laundry is a stupid way to spend your limited free time" and has paid for her to have door to door wash fold service. Can’t recommend that sort of grandma highly ennough. Lol!