<p>Never changed majors. Always loved math and physics so I was pretty much on my way to engineering.</p>
<p>Yes, I did change majors…thought I wanted to do pre-med/pre/dent then realized I really hated chemistry…I could spend countless hours studying and accomplish nothing because I hated doing it.</p>
<p>I went to summer school one summer and took a couple prerequisite intro level classes to get them out of the way…one was an English class taught by a full professor and instead of being in a larger lecture as I would have been during the school year, we had 12 people in the class. </p>
<p>One day after class the professor asked if I was an English major because he really liked my writing…and said if I wasn’t, that I should seriously consider it. That was all the push that I needed…I ended up double majoring in English and Poli Sci and minoring in Pych (my original major) and Philosophy since at that time we had a significant philosophy requirement that only took about three more classes to get a minor and it was also something I really enjoyed.</p>
<p>The one thing I thought I knew but didn’t, was how to study effectively. I had managed to do very well in HS without much studying…I was very fortunate to date a girl for about two years who had great study skills and she literally taught me how to study …literally how to work smart as well as hard…we’d go to the library together every night and even had a few classes together that we studied and reviewed for together.</p>
<p>It paid big dividends and I am grateful to this day for the time we spent together and what she taught me.</p>
<p>Hey Collegebro – no I didn’t spend the night at SLU – I think that was the weekend prior to last weekend. I attended the Admitted Students Day so it would tie in with Marquette’s, this way I had to travel only one weekend. </p>
<p>SLU and Marquette are so similar because they are rooted in the Jesuit mission. Both campus’ are so welcoming. But SLU’s president supposedly loves flowers and SLU is a beautiful urban garden. There is so much green, all the bulbs were blooming and the different trees of color were amazing.</p>
<p>The new Doisy College of Health Sciences was pretty impressive - where I will be spending a lot of time. As for Dorms – not much selection. Griesedieck is my first pick, then Walsh. I’m hoping not Reinhart (my last choice), because I’m not a fan of its location and I don’t want to live in a triple. </p>
<p>Have you made your decision yet?</p>
<p>CollegeBro:</p>
<p>I have to second eadad’s comment about learning to study effectively when you start college. I never worked hard in high school and coasted by. I started my college career with the same attitude and bombed. My first college semester GPA was a paltry 2.46. Talk about a confidence shaker! I needed a 3.5 cumulative to transfer into electrical engineering. I recognized then that I was spending too much time and money enjoying the ‘good’ life (drinking age was only 18 then). Every semester after that one was a >3.5 performance.</p>
<p>It comes down to dedication and discipline and knowing how to study intelligently. Its something everybody has to learn I think. Stay on top of it, do not procrastinate (much), and tackle assignments/readings/papers/essays/projects right away because you will not have the time you need later to catch up. Get out of the starting blocks fast with good initial grades to lay a good foundation for the term. It is so hard to pull a grade up, but if you start high, its fairly easy to maintain. I have always felt that in college you need to learn how to teach yourself from class materials/books/notes, etc. Actually read the book. I would read every section when covered in lecture and then read it again prior to the exams.</p>
<p>Erp1821: </p>
<p>Very sorry to hear you will not be at MU next fall, but am happy you were able to find a school that you will love and where you will feel at home. Best of luck to you at SLU!</p>
<p>erp, good luck at SLU! Both my girls had SLU on their lists but chose the other way.
And the flowers will bloom at Marquette! They really will and will be gorgeous (she says looking out at today’s snow 
)</p>
<p>Don’t waste your time. If you don’t party, this school is NOT FOR YOU. I can’t emphasize enough that when you visit, pay attention to the STUDENTS.</p>
<p>After a year here, I can’t wait to transfer. Everyone dresses the same. People are incredibly closed minded. It’s a social struggle for them, very resemblant of 6th-7th graders bullying each other for approval. You cannot be different and be accepted here, unless you are crazy lucky and meet some other “non-mainstream North Face, Ugg Boot, American Eagle-wearing” people, which are SOOOO RARE.</p>
<p>This place is ultraconservative, and just for having other ideas than people, I have been harshly rejected by the students here. Not that I even care - they’re total jerks and I wouldn’t want to be friends with them anyway. Basically what I’m saying, is that if you feel you are creative and/or different, please don’t waste your time with this school. They will try to make you one of them, and if you stay true to your roots (which you should) you will not make friends. Please trust me on this one, i am a current student and have VERY CLOSE experience with this issue.</p>
<p>@TheDeerman -sorry to hear that is your experience. Sure was not my experience when I attended. I’m a non-conformist and never fell any resentment. Most of my friends were the same way. As a matter of fact it is not the feedback I get from my S, a current sophomore in the engineering department, and he is worse than me about being out there with his ideas. Never wears clothing you describe, so i dont know. Sorry you could not find the experience most people I talk to had or are currently having at MU.</p>
<p>newsdrms</p>
<p>Not sure what to make of TheDeerman…joined today, only three posts and all are slamming MU (and ND as well) and espousing as fact something that goes completely opposite of what any other person on this board, including current and former students, is saying.</p>
<p>I don’t want to say ■■■■■, but something is a bit fishy here…</p>
<p>eadad</p>
<p>Thought the same thing, but gave him/her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe really bad experience and did not look for help? Also if you are going to a Catholic school you can’t expect not to find some conservative points of views! Even at the most liberal schools you will find conservative views. But yes I noticed the same thing this afternoon…</p>
<p>Call me a ■■■■■, call me a newb, I am a person, I am a student here, and my opinion does matter. Lately I have just been thinking a lot about my poor decision in going to this school, and I wanted to make sure that other people really had the facts before making the same decision. After all, if I had learned these facts, I probably would have spent this past year at a school much more suited to me, and I’d be a lot happier with my social life.</p>
<p>Some parting words from “The Nightman Cometh”:</p>
<p>You gotta pay to ■■■■■ toll, if you wanna get into the boy’s soul</p>
<p>Clearly your views have more value, @eadad, given that you are a “Senior Member” and I am a “New Member”. Obviously my unfiltered actual experience as a current student doesn’t stack up against the filtered things you’ve heard from your son.</p>
<p>As I read this I wonder, who has the problem? Marquette or Deerman? Deerman answers that question more completely each time he posts.</p>
<p>Well if you’re conservative, suburban, and “mainstream,” then I probably have the problem. But by problem, I just mean “values different from your own.”</p>
<p>Deerman,</p>
<p>Let me ask you this… You’ve made it clear that you are not happy at Marquette. I feel for you and hope you can find a happy home somewhere. </p>
<p>So, understanding that you have grievances, let’s set them aside for the moment and can you tell me in your honest opinion, how do you think the majority of Marquette students feel about being at Marquette? Marquette’s listed retention rate from freshman to sophomore year is about 90%. That means that 1 in 10 transfer out for some reason or other. It’s fair to assume that the 90% that does not transfer is quite happy to stay at MU. Is this consistent with your observations regarding student satisfaction?</p>
<p>I’m just curious to know what you see in other students attitudes and impressions (whether you agree with them or not) if you look beyond the issues you find.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I was told by MU admissions that many of that 10% are local commuter students who choose to attend UWM as a lower cost alternative or just quit school to work, get married etc…it happened 40 years ago as well…interesting that it still holds true. I actually knew more who transferred in (I was one) than transferred out.</p>
<p>how would you compare miami university of ohio with marquette in general and the engineering schools in particular?</p>
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<p>deerman</p>
<p>Neither my son or daughter attended MU…I did 40 years ago but have remained active in the admissions process locally and have thus met many recent and current students…as well as recent grads in the alumni assn at numerous local events.</p>
<p>The MU you describe sounds nothing like anything I ever experienced nor like anything I’ve heard from very recent students and alums.</p>
<p>FWIW, both my children are quite liberal and open minded their friends are a very diverse bunch…one of my son’s best friends in college was gay (came out freshman year) and he had numerous LBG friends in his circle of friends. I’m the last person you want to accuse of being closed minded or judgmental, trust me.</p>
<p>As everyone has said, if you are that unhappy, transfer out…I’m the first to tell people the importance of “fit” when selecting a school.</p>
<p>1234</p>
<p>The biggest differences are locale and campuses…Miami is very rural…Oxford is a nice little college town that is somewhat isolated…read not much to do nearby as far as shopping etc. The campus is beautiful…red brick Georgian architecture and gently rolling hills. Kids tend to be very preppy…the student body was described in the Princeton Review a few years ago as looking like they had stepped out of a J Crew catalog/advertisement.</p>
<p>Marquette is urban…literally just outside downtown Milwaukee. The campus straddles Milwaukee’s main E/W street, Wisconsin Ave, with classroom buildings primarily on the south side and residential facilities and student center on the north side. The campus green space that exists today was created in the early 70s by closing side streets and demolishing old buildings. They’ve created a very nice little oasis in the middle of the city.</p>
<p>The type of students are very similar…primarily midwestern but in the case of Marquette with a surprising number of students from the northeast. There’s a good number of people who apply to both schools so that should give you some idea of the “typical” student.</p>
<p>Don’t know much about Miami engineering…everyone I know who went there was more Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>i am an international student and i choose Marquette. Welcome to Mu~</p>
<p>thanks for your response. difficult to compare the 2 engineering schools from what I can find</p>