Thursday8

"So I would temper expectations about how much you can accomplish in terms of classes outside of your major if you do go with engineering"

In my "Why ___" essays, I planned on talking about how I will get involved in clubs and activities on campus, and how I hope to minor in Art/language etc. etc. Does that not sound realistic for a prospective engineer? Are you saying I won't really have time to get involved or to explore other non-engineering programs?

BeanTownGirl

It's all a matter of effective time management. You can be involved in clubs and activities, just don't spend a lot of time goofing off or partying too hard! The colleges really want engineering students who will be involved in campus life. My son and his friends are very involved in organizations at his school.
Many engineers minor in another subject, double-majoring is more difficult but do-able if there is a significant overlap between the two majors.

pierre0913

I'm not saying that you can't be involved in other activities or take other classes as well but I'm just saying that it will be difficult at times. Like BeanTownGirl says, it's all about time management and yep it will be difficult to double major in engineering (a minor might be possible). For engineering, I'd say that for every hour you spend in class, you should probably spend 3 hours studying the material/doing homework/writing lab reports

BeanTownGirl

The other point about double-majors is you need to decide very early on that you want to do it and meet with your academic advisor to plot out exactly how to make it work so that it doesn't take longer than 4 years. If it is something you really want to do, you can do it :-)