<p>I said that aid exists for all should they choose to accept it saaky. And by "they" I meant athletes in general. Not just ballplayers. I know a guy in gymnastics in my calc 3 class and usually helped me and another guy with the homework (that was much more difficult than the tests or material taught in class) because during his mandatory study hours he got a lot of help and the homework completed. Same with another girl who did track in my calc 1.</p>
<p>But then again there are ballplayers who don't use the help and sometimes it matters (they fail) and other times it doesn't (they're in leisure studies). If the college is going to give that much money, they want to make sure their investment pays off (stays in school playing athletics, meaning GPA must be high enough).</p>
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<p>And that's exactly my point too. There should be MORE aid for those athletes who are in the more difficult majors, such as engineering. This gets down to the fact that engineering is, for whatever reason, graded harder than other majors, meaning that it is more difficult to stay academically eligible to play if you are an engineer.</p>
<p>Personally, I think the real way to solve the problem is to stop having the grading of engineering be so difficult. Another way is for the NCAA to adjust its GPA cutoffs to account for the fact that engineering is graded harder. However, I am not holding my breath waiting for either of these things to happen. So the most realistic option is to simply provide more help to the engineering athletes.</p>
<p>"If you have a B.S. in engineering, you really don't need to go to grad school to get a job w/ great pay."</p>
<p>Unless you are doing major cutting edge R&D, this is true. IMHO most cases take Part 1 of the PE exam (Fundamentals of Engineering) soon after graduating (I did it 4 years after graduating), and go for the PE license.</p>
<p>Don't get into Engineering if the only reason is because you like Math and Physics. You might as well get into Math or Physics instead. Instead, you must have a real burning desire to want to learn how things work. Otherwise, you will absolutely hate it.</p>
<p>Agree with Sakky. Wish I didn't, but I do. </p>
<p>I'm in law school. Most schools don't care that it takes more effort to get a C in an engineering class than an A- in a liberal arts class - so it's very hard to get into a good law school. </p>
<p>Jamimom, who no longer posts here was very adamant about how hard engineers worked - she said once that she nearly had her head handed to her in physics class, while the engineers glided through - and got massacred in their engineering classes. It's tough stuff, and the curve is brutal. If there are 25 kids in your class and 12 of them outscore you on an exam, you have a C+. That's a 2.3 GPA.</p>
<p>The average grade in several of my hardest upper division aerospace courses was a "D." I remember taking a class with Dr. Haddad in "Vibrational Systems and Dynamics" where the class average was less than a 10%. YES, a 10% out of 100. There were 5 zeros on the exam. I made a 2% along with a couple others. </p>
<p>but lancer.did you work that courses hard ?i cant believe that %10.if you're studying an engineering major.you have to study hard for a high GPA.</p>
<p>Welcome to Georgia Tech. Otherwise known as the shaft. Aerospace was also the hardest as well as longest major there.</p>
<p>I am an "A" student (3.9 GPA after sophomore year) much like most everyone else who gets into their junior/senior level classes at Tech. It was definitely not a matter of not working hard, as the average grade in that class (as well as in a couple others) was a "D." Had I been one of few who had done poorly, it'd be different. But considering that most everyone in a class of bada$$es got no higher than a "C" average, leads me to believe that the low grades wasn't the students' fault. In your upper level courses at Tech, there are a few professors that seem to delight in demoralizing and failing the hell out of their students...</p>
<p>I should have gone to Embry-Riddle instead. Had a full-ride and everything..</p>