Freshman - Senior retention rate

ME_76
Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:41:55 +0000

Concerned123, why do you think that ee or chemical are much harder than mechanical? I can tell you that my ME undergrad class was more than cut in half from freshman year. As I’ve said before on here, everything is relative. If you hate chemistry, then cheme will be very difficult but if you hate mechanics for instance, ME will be very difficult.

To answer the question as to why so many drop out of engineering, the simple answer is because engineering is very difficult. The course requirements (and the difficulty of these courses) is well beyond practically any other major out there. Students that are not willing to put in a lot of effort typically don’t last very long in engineering.