<p>OK, so I go to Case. A very close friend of mine went to a school of a level similar to Case and then transferred to UPenn. Here’s some suggestions based on what I have heard from him / my own experience. </p>
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<li><p>Yes I have found there is a lot of work (keep in mind I’m an engineer). However, I have also found that if I work hard I will get A’s and B’s. Also, in regards to complaints about Case, there are a lot of students with inferiority complexes who wish they had gone to better schools or schools with the “name brand” so they try to complain and exaggerate that they work harder than students at such schools, sort of really sad competition . My guess is that with less complaining and more actual work, things could get done faster. But, if you have to work hard, it’s good to know that I am never the only one studying at Case. </p></li>
<li><p>Quality of Life. It is what you make it. There are a lot of people at Case who don’t have lives, like me freshman year. And then I realized school isn’t everything, college only happens once and I needed to experience it. So I did. I love Case, and although I didn’t know it coming in, it was the very best choice for me. I work hard, but I figure out ways to make it fun. During finals and midterms there are tons of people studying, but then there are people who need study breaks too. I am involved in Greek life, volunteering and I’ve studied abroad.</p></li>
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<p>That being said, my friend at UPenn does talk about how much more stimulating the atmosphere is there, and it would be nice to go to school that people (I’m from the East coast) had actually heard of. I know that people that really can affect my future (companies, grad schools, etc) know that Case is an excellent school, but to be brutally honest, I don’t appreciate the “you go where?” But I get over it, because I won’t be a 20-something with almost 200k in debt. However, if I didn’t want to go grad school I might have gone to a more prestigious college, but since I plan on going to grad school, where I went to college won’t matter so much on my resume.</p>
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<li>Class meeting times: most of my classes have been 3 credit hours and meets MWF 50 minutes each or TH 80 min each. (Of course labs are completely different, you get much fewer credits per hour spent in the lab).</li>
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<p>Good luck with everything, hope this helped.</p>