How hard is engineering at Penn??

Colleges & Universities University of Pennsylvania
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<p>Do people study ALL the time? Are the GPAs really low (I kinda wanna go to grad school)? What are the career paths people ususally take?</p>

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<p>[Career</a> Services, University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/surveys.html]Career”>http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/careerservices/seas/surveys.html) answers your question about career paths.</p>

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<p>Hard as any other ivy engineering, but not as intense as the MIT/Caltech path. And because it’s attached to a good name, you’ll get into a great grad school.</p>

<p>There’s a good, long discussion about engineering at an Ivy here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/578349-does-prestige-undergraduate-school-matter-engineering.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/engineering-majors/578349-does-prestige-undergraduate-school-matter-engineering.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Engineering at Penn is impossible. It’s more difficult than childbirth. Think of childbirth, everyday… for four years. That’s Penn Engineering. </p>

<p>Actually, I’m lying. It’s difficult I’ve heard. But I’m also currently CAS, and will begin a dual major next fall with SEAS.</p>

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<p>average gpa in engineering was a 2.8 back in the day</p>

<p>probably not too much higher now?</p>

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<p>I’m in SEAS, though an applied science major.</p>

<p>It’s pretty hard, but not impossible. Expect to do more studying than your CAS buddies. I should be studying for finals!</p>

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<p>Probably harder than you expect, in that it will take a lot of work to get a high GPA.</p>

<p>And I should be studying for finals too!</p>

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<p>i’m trying to study and not doing too well</p>

<p>it’s tough to study for something that has no relevance to your immediate future career (e.g. my test on magnetic resonance imaging has no bearing on my success as a management consultant)</p>

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<p>uh oh
(10char)</p>

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<p>haha what?</p>

<p>i’m sure… we’ll all be fine… =p</p>

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<p>Hopefully…</p>

<p>But I’m a bit lazy…ugh. Need to change my work ethic. </p>

<p>Off topic, my friend(who’s still in hs) the other day made a comment about how Penn SEAS girls are…not so attractive. Is is true? I’m just curious. I’m a girl btw.</p>

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<p>^this may be inappropriate coming from a male, but would you consider yourself “not so attractive”?..sorry, I just had too…I’m an ass I know…</p>

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<p>from my friends in it now, they work A LOT. a lot of people drop out of engineering at any top university, because high schools really don’t prepare you for as well in engineering/sciences as they do for humanities, english, etc. some people couldn’t handle the work or understand what was going on, some people decided they wanted to do something else… it depends why some people don’t finish. but, if you are really passionate about it and have shown good problem solving skills in physics, calc, etc… then you could be prepared for engineering here.</p>

<p>really no matter where you go, you’re not going to find an “easy” engineering school, and grad schools and companies want to see you went to a good engineering school and did good in it!!</p>

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<p>My school was a science, math, and technology magnet and it just barely prepared me for it, I think. It’s still very difficult, but if I hadn’t been in a relatively tough high school program I would be dead now. If you have a strong aptitude for math and hard science, you’ll be fine, but if not, I’d seriously reassess your choice of schools.</p>

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<p>But the thing is, I don’t even know what I want to do after undergrad, or if even I want to pursue a career as an engineer. I selected SEAS because it fits my personality the most. But I really don’t know where to go from there. </p>

<p>nj_azn, lol I can’t really figure out how your question relates to my question. I asked because like it’s kind of a stereotype and I don’t know if it’s really true because I think (without any arrogance) I’m pretty good for a girl. And I was mad how my friend just categorized SEAS like that. Or does that mean I’ll do bad in engineering…</p>

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<p>Well yes according to the theory that IQ = k*(1/B), where IQ is Intelligence Quotient, k>0 is a proportionality constant, and B is some index of Beauty (or “hotness”) :)</p>

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<p>Judging by your name, soysauce, you must be asian. Penn engineering asians are pretty cute.</p>

<p>In any case, Penn engineering girls are not that different from CAS or Wharton or Nursing. </p>

<p>Stereotypes are formed to help one’s understanding of a people via extrapolation of observations. Anyone who says Penn engineering girls or Penn girls are not-so-beautiful is doing it wrongly.</p>

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<p>Rudess, but isn’t there another theory that relates to evolution and that smart people are usually also better looking. Personally, I just think it depends on individuals, but just for a sake of arguing. </p>

<p>Ah, good to know lol.</p>

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<p>soysauce, yes, probably, but through my experience I’ve found that the really hot girls are usually not that smart. Conversely, the really smart girls (and by smart I mean capable of doing some real math) are also usually not that hot. But of course this is just my experience, and I certainly don’t doubt you’re both beautiful and smart :)</p>

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<p>Wow. 10char</p>