how hard is it to gain a decent GPA in UB?

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<p>Electrical Engineering</p>

<p>how many people can maintain 3.0+gpa? 3.5 gpa?or 4.0? what's the rough proportion of student body?</p>

<p>thanks</p>

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<p>I am a EECS at UB and i have a 2.8. at this years graduation I knew 1 guy with a 3.8 in EE, he was the only one above 3.5. The Majority of people I know are below 3.0.</p>

<p>EE at UB is not easy at all, probably the hardest major at the school.</p>

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<p>oh my god,it's so terrible.
it's extremely diffcult!</p>

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<p>Um. For some reason I find that hard to believe. UB has enough people that it is impossible for only one person to get over a 3.5.</p>

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<p>how many people are there in EE?
why do professors give students ultra-low GPA?</p>

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<p>i586 is a troll. don't listen to him.</p>

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<p>the EE department has about 250 kids</p>

<p>The CSE department has 105 kids.</p>

<p>The school has 27000 students.</p>

<p>As to jason, Its a public school so lower grades are expected. If you want high inflated grades, UB is not for you.</p>

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<p>Troll or not, i586 has a point. I was an engineering major for three years at UB, and it is hard as hell to keep a 3.0 G.P.A. average. In many introductory level classes, there are serious curves applied to final grades. Physics 107-108/158 and Statics, which all SEAS students must take, are notorious for this. Getting a 3.0 may be doable freshaman year, but in the third and fourth semesters, Engineering becomes exponentially more difficult.</p>

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<p>graduate with a GPA below 3.0,what can I do with it? Graduate school?job?</p>

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<p>Like I have said in a earlier thread, just because you have a low gpa, doesn't mean you are going to be any less of a engineer than somebody with a higher gpa. Actually its possible the opposite is true.</p>

<p>alot of the High gpa guys are just good at reading books and reciting them on tests. They aren't real engineers.</p>

<p>Most engineering students at UB start off low and go lower, but then in there late junior and senior year get alot of A's and there gpa rebounds.</p>

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<p>Thank you,i586!</p>

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<p>How hard will it be to maintain a 3.0 GPA for a Provost Scholarship? My son is entering the EAS school this fall. As a UB graduate, will he be in a better position to apply to UB Grad. School?</p>

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<p>I realize it's not far into the year yet, but how hard has it been to get decent grades in the EE major?</p>