<p>I hear Engineering at UC Irvine is brutal, basically out of 15 students, only 2 or 3 don't drop out.</p>
<p>How is it at UCR?</p>
<p>and how are the Engineering students? are they all smart with 1800+ SAT scores or like 1600 SAT scores</p>
<p>I just wanna know where I stand in both schools</p>
<p>No matter where you go Engineering WILL be brutal.
Just so you know SAT=worthless in measuring intellectual level.
I guess in UCR it might be less brutal than UCI just because the general population of UCI have normally done better than UCR. </p>
<p>The drop out thing is probably true for majority of all colleges because many times there are people who take Engineering but don’t have any idea about it.</p>
<p>If you have gotten into both UCR and UCI then don’t decide based on how hard the school is but which one is better for your specific major/interest in Engineering. Which would offer you the opportunities you are looking for.</p>
<p>About 1/3 of incoming engineers make it all the way through. Only like 40/160 of the introductory class to ME passed. For the record, i passed. lol.</p>
<p>what was your GPA?</p>
<p>can you even get a good job if ur GPA falls under a 3.0?</p>
<p>well Ive only had 2 quarter worth of grades, so its probably not the most accurate representation (3.65). Its gonna be tough if your gpa falls below a 3.0, but you never know. Maybe you got some good connections or something.</p>
<p>the 1/3 incoming engineers that make it through…is that mostly because engineering is too difficult, or because people just wanted to change their majors during the beginning of the yeaar?</p>
<p>oh and I heard a C in the class is like getting a 30% (cause of the curve), basically a super low fail for high school</p>
<p>is it true?</p>
<p>if so then what percent would be a B and an A?</p>
<p>Its a combination of both. Some change cause they felt engineering wasn’t for them, or its too hard, etc. Oh and yes its true cause i was the one who told you about the curve lol. Depending on the class, the curve is different. In my physics class roughly 30-50 is C range, 50-70 B, 70+ A. That’s what i estimated it to be since the professor never really tells us the exact curve. Oh and there are + and - grades. So a B+ would be worth 3.3 and a A- is a 3.7. A+ is the same as A though.</p>
<p>edit: oh and if your wondering why so many failed the intro to ME class. Its because there was no curve. The professor had some special grading system that was suppose to compensate for a curve, but it really didnt help… Pass professors who taught that class had a curve though, but not a very generous one.</p>
<p>is there only 1 teacher for that intro to ME class?</p>
<p>whats his name?</p>
<p>whats the average engineering major at UCR like?</p>
<p>are they like those smart guys taking a load of science APs in high school being at the top of their class</p>
<p>or like people taking easier APs like history and english</p>
<p>basically, where would they stand in their highschool rank</p>
<p>oh and im doing EE not ME, any idea which is harder LOL</p>
<p>For most major specific course, especially in engineering, only one class of it is offered each quarter. In the upper division courses, it can be once per year. him—>[MarkoPrincevac</a> - University of California Riverside - RateMyProfessors.com](<a href=“http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=858875]MarkoPrincevac”>Marko Princevac at University of California Riverside | Rate My Professors). Ironically, most people who passed, got at least a B in their physics class in the same quarter.</p>
<p>Most of the people who do well have taken some form of calculus or physics, whether ap or not, in high school. You dont have to necessary of done well in them or remember everything. It is definitely possibly to learn it as you go.</p>
<p>Most of the engineers are what you would expect to a person going to UCR is like. Probably had like a 3.0-3.5 in high school.</p>
<p>Their about the same. Also, I heard the real test for a EE starts spring quarter. You got physics, calc, EE-20, and a computer science class. EE-20 i hear is pretty hard.</p>
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<p>hows the campus and dorms at UCR?</p>
<p>people from other UCs say that its a dull place</p>
<p>i want to know the perspective of somebody that actually goes there</p>
<p>oh and Marko Princevac is for ME only or do EE also need him?</p>
<p>the dude seems insane</p>
<p>Princevac is a Mechanical Engineering professor and you most likely not have him unless you take a mechanical engineering class. As for him being insane, as for workload and what the professors expect from you, most of the engineering professors are all the same. Some more helpful, or easier, ect but they all still expect a lot from their students.
As for grades, many of the engineering classes don’t have curves and if they do, it means everyone is struggling but that’s rare.
As for the students in engineering, forget about what they were in high school because they will be weeded out. Slowly but surely the ones that don’t want to put in the time anymore leave.
If you want to take a look at course loads try [BCOE</a> Student Affairs: Majors](<a href=“http://student.engr.ucr.edu/majors/]BCOE”>Majors | Engineering Student Affairs) they have a link to the course plans at UCR at least</p>