How hard is it to get GPA 3.5 in lower division engineering classes?

grapesoda
Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:35:59 +0000

People already inside the engineering school should be aiming for 3.5+ too

This. There are plenty of resources available from the engineering school, with all the honor societies offering tutoring for lower division (and some upper division) courses, as well as 2 hours of office hours from each professor and TA. You could also form study/project groups with your friends. Really, if you put in the time, you’ll probably do well, and these classes are generally set up in such a way that if you do well, you’ll get an A. Don’t worry about outliers (or do, and become one); they get A+s.

I’d imagine that 30-35% of students have 3.5 or above. That’s not a bad ratio.