Questions for engineers

Colleges and Universities A-Z Cornell University
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<p>1) What's a respectable GPA to employers/grad schools? My GPA took a large hit semester and I'm down to like a 3.48. I still feel like I learned a lot in my classes, and my drop was largely just due to finals and not my lack of understanding, so I'm not going to care much about GPA anymore. I just want to know what I should aim to maintain if I want to work or maybe go to grad school.</p>

<p>2) How much will I find myself using MATLAB and when? I'm going to be a MechE.</p>

<p>3) Any opinions about ENGRD 202 (mechanics of solids), MATH 294 (linear algebra), ENGRD 221 (thermo)?</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>And I don't mean to say that I want to slack off; I'll work as hard as I've always been, but I'll just try not to obsess over grades as much as before.</p>

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<p>By graduate school, do you mean an M.Eng or MBA, or a PhD program? </p>

<p>My sense is a 3.5 and above coming out of Cornell engineering is fantastic. And typically your GPA will go up a lot your junior and senior years.</p>

<p>What year are you? First year? Finishing your your first year with a 3.5 is pretty good.</p>

<p>I took 222, not 294, but most engineers I knew felt that 294 (linear algebra) was the easiest in the sequence.</p>