<p>actually, they do look at grades, although hometests are essential. 
I don’t think they want stupid kids on their campus, especially when architecture as a field has been suffering. I think they want intelligible people who have the ability to expand their creativity and present their works persuasively to society that they can become leaders of their time</p>
<p>I said art applicants kimchiboy :P</p>
<p>And architecture is like a combination of art and structural design/physics… of course they look at grades lol</p>
<p>haha, oops. my bad, Yuhiko…haha…</p>
<p>This thread seems to have been dead for quite a while… Let’s see if I can revive it…</p>
<p>I’ll be applying to CU Engineering this fall, and my question is: Is it possible for you to get a well-rounded education at Cooper Union?
According to [Curriculum</a> | Cooper Union](<a href=“http://www.cooper.edu/engineering/curriculum]Curriculum”>Curriculum | The Cooper Union) , there seems to be some “core” requirements at CU. Are they generally taken seriously? How’s the quality of humanity and social sciences education?
My problem is that I’m like 80% sure about engineering, but I don’t want my career to be just hardcore engineering/researching and locked labs all day long. I may even consider management, teaching at a college, etc., something with a social aspect…</p>
<p>Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!</p>
<p>Hi there Ebowyang, hope this response doesn’t come too late. Many of the engineering students typically dread taking humanities classes because they typically are trying to take as many math/science courses as possible and see the courses as annoying distractions.</p>
<p>That being said - there are those that really like the humanities and social science classes (I loved them!)</p>
<p>The question about the well rounded education if you ask me I feel that Cooper tells you everything you need to know from modern to traditional practices from art to engineering etc. you need to remember that Cooper Union has been running for 150 years we have a lot of really old irreplaceable equipment from the world wars extremely old rare library books etc in our old foundation building while on the other hand in the new building we have the latest technology is cnc machines 3d printer plotters computer labs chemical labs mechi labs labs labs labs you name it all to asses the creative needs of artists engineers and architects. Cooper Union has its financial troubles yes but it also has its crazy resources that can be hard to find elsewhere. Something that is also interesting to cooper is that we are expected to take a lot of courses. Everyone takes around 21 credits each semester you can take more if you like and you aren’t charges per credit like you are at other institutions. Many engineers take classes from the master programs if they have room at it looks really good if you are preparing yourself of high level courses in specific areas of interest. they load you with humanities and give to some room to take classes from the other two schools. You should look at Cooper Unions course description booklet. Cooper is all about constructing your own education as an individual:
<a href=“http://cooper.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/assets/site/files/catalogs/%202013-14_FULL-1.pdf[/url]”>http://cooper.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/assets/site/files/catalogs/%202013-14_FULL-1.pdf</a></p>
<p>Ya I agree ken285 there is no way you should feel unsafe in the lower east side. It is becoming one of the hottest places for food, art galleries etc. It has strong night life culture everyone has a smile on their face and people are always around. A lot of female models live around there to be close enough to canal st for photo shoots (they walk around alone every hour). You are cushioned under union square, above Houston and far enough away from ave D. Plus are really close to nyu and the new schools and the city is just about to place a large walking park right in front of the foundation building which will draw even more people down the bowery.</p>
<p>If anyone can respond to this, it would be well appreciated 
:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1660512-cooper-union-what-happens-when-you-don-t-respond-to-an-acceptance.html?new=1”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/1660512-cooper-union-what-happens-when-you-don-t-respond-to-an-acceptance.html?new=1</a></p>
<p>I haven’t been on this board for some time:
As for the humanities, some people love them. Others, like Alan Wolf, thought that the department should have been cut.
I think the problem most people have with the humanities curriculum is that there aren’t enough classes that deal with oral presentation. That is a skill needed by engineers and architect.
NYC was for the most part safe during the day when I went to college in 2003. I don’t know how it is now. The only thing is that at night, a lot of thugs come out. I was mugged on the subway once.</p>