<p>Hi, I just got into usc!!! How difficult is it to maintain a 3.0 in civil engineering or in engineeering in general? </p>
<p>What can I expect my freshman year if i attend?</p>
<p>What should you expect? Well college is very different from high school. Lots more personal responsibility in getting your work done, studying, etc. Nobody is going to hold your hand and walk you through things. Make sure you plan and schedule things, because you will likely find that you are always busy running around doing fun things and haven’t set time aside to do your work.</p>
<p>As for grades, freshman year isn’t too bad. Just do your work, show up to class and pay attention, and you should be fine. The difficulty ramps up in the later years of course, but by then you hopefully will have figured things out.</p>