<p>I was curious, im looking to go into mechanical engineering in college, for those who have gone through, is it possible to get good grades and still go out and party?? or is it all studying?? any insight would be appreciated</p>
<p>Yes, just don’t fall behind.</p>
<p>Also, you should really try to do a quick search of the forums for the 9807876876009876264 other posts exactly like this before asking questions.</p>
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<p>No it’s not.</p>
<p>Yeah, that is a silly question. Of course we all know its not possible.</p>
<p>It’s absolutely impossible. You must be studying or in class at all hours, even while eating and in the bathroom. You do get a 4-hour nightly sleep ration though, so it’s not all bad!</p>
<p>Of course it’s possible. If you manage your time appropriately, then you can have time to do anything you like - be it grinding on a strip pole for ex-politicians (my leisure of choice) or shooting down wooden ducks with a BB gun in your garage.</p>
<p>I partied a good bit and still came out with over a 3.8 GPA. I just worked hard when I needed to.</p>
<p>Partying(drinking) won’t be as appealing as it once was when you enter undergrad Engineering. You may find yourself preferring to hang out with friends, go to the gym, throw disc golf and/or other activities that wear you out less. It’s about being efficient, if you go out the bars you use up 4 hrs that night plus 8 hrs the next day sense you probably slept in and woke up with a hangover which will then drag on into sunday…So for 4 hrs of fun you have now wasted 12+ hrs of your time and this isn’t appealing. I’m sayin you can have a lot more fun in college if you take breaks from studying and doing social activities then going right back to studying. That being said, after finals week or over winter break I’m hitting the bars HARD. </p>
<p>I know alot of people that graduated that rarely went to the bars but did just what I’m saying…they worked on formula one race cars on friday’s or went to the movies or chilled with friends. THEN they graduated, got have awsome jobs, and f**n party their asses off every day in fun cities with money in their pocket. Trust me you will have the opportunity get buck wild more than any business majors you’ll see in undergrad just not in undergrad. It’s called ‘delayed gratification’. </p>
<p>In few words, if you party hard you’ll be studying every other min. If you don’t party hard you’ll have a lot more free time to do ‘soft’ social activities and feel less under pressure.</p>
<p>Of course. The difficulty of engineering is greatly exaggerated, especially on these forums. People just love to brag about how hard they have it, when it’s not actually all that hard.</p>
<p>I think the more important question is if you’re interested in having a social life, are you sure engineering is what you want to go for? I mean, we can pretend that people who faint when they see blood would make good surgeons, or that 800-lb asthmatics make good track coaches, but…</p>
<p>It’s all about time management. I’ve had a good social life with friends through the clubs that I’m in and I’ve learned to balance my study time and my social time. Granted, there are times when it feels like you’re not going to have a social life from time to time but it happens. It’s all about discipline and motivation. If you stay on top of things, you will have that free time.</p>
<p>Yes you can. How much you can go out depends on how good you are at managing time and how naturally smart/good at picking things up you are, but you certainly can have a social life.</p>
<p>Depending on what you mean by go out and party… maybe, maybe not. Most of the people I know in engineering who go out drinking more than twice/week don’t do too well. Once you start going out during the week it’s a slippery slope. Sun-Thurs you’re not going to have much of a social life at all in my experience.</p>
<p>OH yeah! if ur school has “learning communities” for engineering go ahead and sign up! You take classes together and meet to study. It’s a nice way to hang out with friends and get work done at the same time. People that are extroverted fit nicely into these groups. </p>
<p>I didn’t sign up though, I like studying at my desk in peace and quite with a pot of tea : )</p>
<p>Drinking alone is a good substitute for a social life Sun - Thurs. As far as the other two days go… start a fight club or something.</p>
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<p>This. 10 char</p>
<p>I mean, you want a social life? Why?</p>
<p>husk1es, “What is best in life?” (please get the reference, god, please)</p>
<p>???</p>
<p>Now I see.</p>
<p>When I first read the orig post I thought it was a joke, but yeah I get it.</p>