<p>I'm a freshman and I got a 3.4 GPA first semester (Computer Science - Engineering).</p>
<p>What's the average and how hard is it to get a 3.7? At the moment I'm studying 1 to 2 hours a day.</p>
<p>I think you are doing pretty well if you are only studying 1-2 hours a day.</p>
<p>@oldfort
I was about to say the same thing.</p>
<p>Wow that’s not putting much work in, I’m surprised you are doing ok at all. Where is the struggle part? You are cruising.</p>
<p>But isn’t it silly to be asking an online forum of high school prospects instead of the students and professors right there at hand in your classes?</p>
<p>There may not be an analogous forum to discuss this type of thing with actual students and professors, in anonymous fashion, and evidently not everyone succeeds in developing a good personal network, I guess. .That may be why sometimes these types of questions come up here.</p>
<p>Can I even get a decent job with a 3.4 in engineering? Please be serious. I’m extremely nervous.</p>
<p>A friend of my D who’s a CoE graduate got into a big name investment bank with a 3.2 GPA. Hiring managers know Cornell CoE is full of capable young people. You are doing fine. Don’t worry, just do your best.</p>
<p>I got the same GPA but I didn’t put in much work last semester. I heard the mean GPA for freshman engineers is way lower than that so I wouldn’t be too pissed. If I’m correct, I think that’s just .1 under the GPA to make the Dean’s list. I do seem to be do be doing better this semester though as I’m putting in more work. Studying two hours a day for any major in engineering is ridiculously brave. I literally spend like 7-8 now (including homework, labs etc) and it still doesn’t feel enough. As per jobs, I think employers focus more on skills, internships, experience etc, at least that was what I was told by upperclassmen when I felt the way you did. But seriously though, you have 7 more semesters.</p>
<p>You can get plenty of good jobs if you graduate with a 3.4… including big names like facebook, amazon, microsoft, etc… </p>
<p>Update, I put in excessive work this semester and got a 3.9. Hopefully my GPA would continue like this.</p>