Thoughts About Majoring in EE and Minoring in Material Science

Totally agree but this came from the engineering orientation a few years back at Michigan. They stated over and over that a “B” at Michigan is like an “A” anywhere else. Some grandstanding sure… But they were saying that all you perfect 4.0 kids are most likely not going to achieve that anymore. They talked about getting your first “C” or two (large gasp in the audience ?) and for certain classes that could be a good score. They also showed the new head of engineering report card and showed a few c’s and a D and not the greatest GPA at sophomore grades. That point is that just work hard and do your best and you will have all the help you need to be successful. Don’t glare at grades and it’s about learning now kinda speech. It was actually very well done.