<p>unless you choose to take 2800 and/or honors math, the first two years will be a joke difficulty wise, though less so for sophomore if you choose to challenge yourself. since you're concerned about competing with geniuses, you probably won't be taking them.</p>
<p>after that seas difficulty takes off, though depending on your major it may not be that bad; could just be a lot of tedious work rather than stuff of tremendous difficulty. varies by major, of course.</p>
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<p>This vastly depends on your high school preparation. Others will definitely beg to differ, but I agree with you.</p>
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I'm just a little concerned about getting into a program that is overly challenging and it wrecks my GPA and general future, especially if I'm up against all those naturally genius engineers.
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<p>There are a small handful of geniuses, a number of people who are really really smart, more total morons than you'd expect, and a fair number of people who aren't all that bright and just work really heard. The majority of SEAS kids are just plain old smart -- smart enough to be a professor at a good school, or to run a successful company, or to be a well-respected engineer. If you got in, there's no reason for you to think you're not smart enough to fit in with the pack. The entire class isn't Linus Pauling.</p>
<p>C2K2, I don't see it answered clearly elsewhere but...</p>
<p>% Grades in the A range (A/A-) are still listed on the transcript except for seminars, which leave that column blank.</p>
<p>"If you want an A and don't want to work that hard, you can either be 1) really smart and/or efficient or 2) do a really good job with your course selection given some classes have much more grade inflation than others."</p>
<p>I disagree with (a). If you're talking about natural smarts where you can miss 30 days of school and still blow every test away with A's then theres a problem. Even people who are naturally smart cannot get by college without putting in the hard work. They will get accustomed to slacking off and being lazy and ultimately flunk. </p>
<p>But besides that, I heard Harvard is notorious for its grade inflation because of the fear of their graduation rate declining.</p>
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"If you want an A and don't want to work that hard, you can either be 1) really smart and/or efficient or 2) do a really good job with your course selection given some classes have much more grade inflation than others."</p>
<p>I disagree with (a). If you're talking about natural smarts where you can miss 30 days of school and still blow every test away with A's then theres a problem. Even people who are naturally smart cannot get by college without putting in the hard work. They will get accustomed to slacking off and being lazy and ultimately flunk.
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<p>Why do people on this board only talk in extremes? We're talking about "not working that hard," not going to Aruba for a month-long vacation during the middle of the semester. Your straw-man doesn't advance your point.</p>
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But besides that, I heard Harvard is notorious for its grade inflation because of the fear of their graduation rate declining.
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<p>Think about what you posted. Think about whether it makes sense. Think about why it doesn't make sense.</p>
<p>Columbia2002, this is what's been told to me and what I've read on CC. It's not my words and I am not saying they are true so whether it makes sense or not is not on me. Either consult those who say it is or Harvard.</p>
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Either consult those who say it is or Harvard.
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<p>Harvard presumably didn't say it; you don't say that anyone at Harvard said it. You don't say who said it, so who am I going to consult?</p>
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It's not my words and I am not saying they are true so whether it makes sense or not is not on me.
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<p>You posted the statement and reported it as if it were the truth. You used the statement to support a point you tried to make. You didn't say that you heard the statement and wonder if it's true. You didn't name your source so we could assess the statement's credibility. </p>
<p>See, when you're a conduit for false information and then try to hide under the guise of "I didn't say it," you fail miserably. Lesson learned.</p>
<p>I think you just want to argue with me for the sake of it.</p>
<p>"But besides that, I heard Harvard is notorious for its grade inflation because of the fear of their graduation rate declining."</p>
<p>Key word= "heard"</p>
<p>So please, don't try to make it look like I'm just throwing random things out there because I did make it clear that it may not be credible. Period.</p>
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I know that in CC you can do an econ-IEOR major, so I'm assuming you might be able to do an IEOR-econ major in SEAS. Still, I'd suggest you look at the SEAS core course requirement, because nothing is worse for a gpa -- or a college experience -- then having to grind your way through classes that don't interest you and that don't relate to your ultimate goals. (There is also some new financial engineering program in SEAS, by the way.)
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<p>No you cant do an ieor/econ major in seas unless you 4/1. You can do an econ minor, and many do choose to.</p>
<p>thank you for supplying the correct information.</p>
<p>House of London owned Columbia2002</p>