Engineering + Sports

karp4170
Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:15:03 +0000

S is an engineering major and just completed his four years as a D1 athlete at a Big 10 school. It is hard but doable. Again…time management is the key. One of the biggest obstacles he faced was scheduling required courses for his major during non-practice time. Although in four years he managed to complete enough hours to graduate (which resulted in the acquisition of a couple of minors), some required courses still need to be taken. What has ended up happening is that he will return for a semester (or two) to complete his degree and minors. The result of having spread out the hard core technical courses over an extra semester or two really made a difference in being successful both as an athlete and a student. (FWIW…he has almost a 3.7 gpa.)