<p>According to my schools scattergrams, Lafayette should be a fairly safe school for me to apply to. I saw that they have an engineering program and that makes me want to apply. I just want to know:
1. Is the program any good?
2. How hard is it compared to rest of school (avg. gpa? etc)
3. How are the facilities?</p>
<p>any other info would be appreciated too. thanks!</p>
<p>Hey, from this fall I will be an engineering student at Lafayette.
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1. Is the program any good?
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Well, check it out and find it yourself.
<a href="http://www.sandiego.edu/business/upload/ENGR/CBENG.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.sandiego.edu/business/upload/ENGR/CBENG.pdf</a>
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2. How hard is it compared to rest of school (avg. gpa? etc)
3. How are the facilities?
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I will be able to tell more about the facilities and difficulty in the fall, when I get there, but as far as I know there is Acopian Engineering Center, with really good facilities and as a current student told me, as in any good college engineering is quite hard to major in.</p>
<p>Andrassy,</p>
<p>I have taken the liberty of pasting here a previous post I wrote about the Engineering Program at Lafayette:</p>
<p><<< The engineering school at Lafayette is currently ranked 12th in the nation when compared to other engineering programs. We offer five types of engineering at Lafayette: B.S. degrees in Mechanical, Chemical, Civil & Environmental, or Computer & Electrical Engineering, and an A.B. program which allows students more freedom in their studies. A.B. Engineers still focus on engineering, but have more opportunities to take courses outside of that department.</p>
<p>Engineering classes are taken in the Acopian Engineering Center, which underwent a HUGE renovation in 2003. It really is a beautiful facility with every resource imaginable. The laboratory facilities are VERY high tech and contain state-of-the-art equipment.</p>
<p>About 20% of all Lafayette students actually end up majoring in one of our five types of engineering. These students face an extremely rigorous program, and actually have to take FIVE courses a semester starting their sophomore year. The program is very intense and comprehensive, and professors expect a lot from their students. If you were to examine the GPA's of engineers vs. humanities/science majors, you would notice that engineers typically have slightly lower GPA's. This is not because engineers don't work hard enough (quite the contrary), but is due simply to the difficulty of course material in some of the upper level engineering courses.</p>
<p>For more information on our engineering program, make sure to check out the Lafayette website at <a href="http://www.lafayette.edu/webdata/engineering/%5B/url%5D">http://www.lafayette.edu/webdata/engineering/</a> and clicks on any of the links to the right. I am sure the answers to any questions you may have are contained within those departmental webpages. >>></p>
<p>I hope this helps!</p>
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<li>Justin</li>
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