<p>Josh, sorry I know rocketDA can be brash, but you really are taking the wrong attitude to this, and this is as someone going to a totally different school but who has seen what serious students in engineering, etc do. Let me point this out:</p>
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<p>This is NOT correct. You get into a school if it lets you in, that’s all. It means you probably had fairly good grades, etc, it does not mean you will not have tons of trouble navigating the school, and it does not mean you’ll not completely misinterpret the level of difficulty of a certain program and/or the reason it is so difficult. </p>
<p>When you’re comparing programs, one of which involves doing engineering at Mudd, I think understanding a successful engineering alum’s perspective on the difficulty and time-commitment is incredibly on topic, perhaps one of the most on topic things that could be said. </p>
<p>About changing your major – some people may attend a school specifically for a certain program, in which case it’s especially important to understand what you’re getting into.</p>
<p>I think a better thing to tell rocketDA to give details, since of course “Mudd engineering is difficult” is just a cautionary point, and contains no more info. I think an overview of what specifically distinguishes the program would be enlightening in making the contrast.</p>