<p>so i'm a hs senior who just got accepted into CoE, and i will be attending next fall pretty much for sure. I've read a lot of forums and i keep reading things like "engineers' lives are he1l" and "life sucks for engineers" and "all engineers do is study." i'm a pretty social, active person who would like to get out often, and party too, but i'm willing to work very hard also, and i was just wondering how true some of these statements/stereotypes are and if the engineering student's life is drastically different from that of a student of CAS or CALS, or any other of the colleges. is it manageable or will i find myself studying miserably on friday and saturday nights?</p>
<p>you can definitely go out and be social. I think its just that a lot of the engineers don’t really want to go out or just love engineering things so they choose to spend all their time studying or doing their own building/programming projects or whatever.
I’m an engineer and I have a very active social life. I’m in a sorority as well as several other clubs, and I go out 3-4 nights a week. Not gonna lie, you will be in the minority, but it really doesn’t matter. Actually it can be a great conversation starter. It’s really funny watching guys faces at parties when I say I’m an engineer and they try to decide whether I’m kidding.</p>
<p>The life of the average engineer is pretty different than that of other students, but it doesn’t have to be. I think it’s kind of self imposed.</p>
<p>What’s your major? If you’re in a major like Electrical and Computer Engineering, or Chemical engineering, you’ll have a good deal of studying to do; if you’re in a less rigorous major such as Operations Research, you won’t struggle too much. The workload for engineers is definitely manageable, but it depends on how smart a person is and how efficiently they do their work.</p>
<p>I’m in OR, but I do have some friends in more rigorous fields who go out plenty also.</p>
<p>and how about the rigor of the coursework? is it very difficult to maintain a 3.0, or 3.5? 3.5 was a good goal i thought for my first year, but i’m getting the impression that that’s nearly impossible.</p>
<p>its not near impossible.</p>
<p>not sure if this makes any difference, but right now, i’m thinking of bio/env engineering for a major. although freshman year i don’t believe you have to declare your major.</p>
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<p>plenty of Cornell engineers are social and party, in every discipline aswell. There are also plenty who don’t. You can have time for a social life and do well, you just have to manage your time well.</p>
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<p>You don’t have to declare one, but you’ll basically start with a given major track. I think everyone does this. And if you don’t, you’ll probably have problems graduating in 4 years. Put a lot of thought into your major before freshmen year b/c that’s the one you’ll most likely keep.</p>