<p>Well let me tell me my experience in undergrad, note this may or may not apply to you. I’ve always thought I was pretty smart, that is, until I got to college (now I think I’m only slightly better than the average idiot). I’ve never studied in HS and made mostly all A’s. So I thought I could just ride on that through college. The first few engineering classes were not very difficult, so I continued goofing off. Then I hit a wall, I believe it was Statics, I made a 43 on the first test. That’s when I decided I need to either get my act together, or drop out of engineering. (I ended up making a 90 on the final, which was the 2nd highest grade in the class. But I digress.) The point is, if you did well without much effort in HS, chances are, the first few engineering classes won’t be too difficult for you. But believe me, there are much harder classes beyond the first few. </p>
<p>Of course, you could be one of the very few insanely smart people. I’ve seen one. Even the last semester of senior year, it didn’t seem like he needed to put in much effort. If you are one of those people, then everything is easy for you and can’t be compared to us mere mortals :)</p>